New body-cam video captures the moment when the man accused of being a “mule” for Sean “Diddy” Combs was carted off in handcuffs to the back of a police cruiser earlier this week after federal agents raided the music mogul’s two lavish estates in Miami and Los Angeles.
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Brendon Paul was preparing to board one of Diddy’s private jets Monday evening when he was met by several Miami-Dade officers at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport. He was charged with possession of cocaine and suspected marijuana-laced candy.
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Paul was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, and released on a $2,500 bond a day later.
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The 25-year-old Ohio native, who played on Syracuse University’s basketball team for two years before transferring to Fairmont State University, was credited as a contributor on Diddy’s “The Love” album.
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The alleged contraband found in Paul’s bag was already on a plane linked to Combs, according to a law enforcement source. Paul’s arrest was not related to Monday’s federal raids on Diddy’s mansions on Star Island in Miami Beach and in Los Angeles, as part of an ongoing sex-trafficking investigation.
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Homeland Security Investigations agents haven’t said specifically what they seized nor were looking for, but the raids came a month after a lawsuit was brought by a music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — who accused Diddy, 53, of using the producer and others to hire sex workers for him.
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Sometime after the arrest, Diddy was seen pacing around outside at Miami Opa-Locka airport.
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Aside from Paul’s arrest on drug charges, he was also named in Jones’ lawsuit, in which he was accused of paying sex workers in cash.
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Late Tuesday, Miami attorney Brian Bieber, who is representing Paul, issued a short statement: “We do not plan on trying this case in the media – all issues will be dealt with in court.”
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His first court appearance is scheduled for April 24.
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