The 25-year-old accused that he is Sean “Diddy” Combs' alleged drug mule, struck a deal with Miami prosecutors after he was arrested for cocaine possession, Rolling rock has confirmed.
Brendan Paul will avoid any prison time as part of the deal. Instead, he will have to enroll in a drug diversion program, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade District Attorney's Office said. Rolling rock. The deal was offered because Paul is considered a first-time offender and the amount of substance allegedly found was not of a “trafficking” level, the spokesman added.
“Brendan has accepted the prosecutor's offer to be allowed to enter the diversion program, which, upon completion, will result in the case against him being dismissed in its entirety,” Paul's attorney, Brian Bieber, said in a statement to Rolling rock.
Police led Paul away in handcuffs on March 25 — the same day that Homeland Security agents and local law enforcement officers raided Combs' residences in Miami and Los Angeles as part of a federal sex-trafficking investigation. Combs' attorney, Aaron Dyer, called the raids “an excessive show of force and hostility.” (It's unclear if Paul's arrest was connected to the broader investigation into Combs.)
The raid comes just four months after Combs' ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie, accused the Bad Boy founder of sex trafficking. Since her deposition, three more women and one man have accused the rap mogul of sexual assault. (Combs has denied their claims.)
Paul was at the Miami-Opa Locka airport with his boss, reportedly on a tropical vacation, when federal agents arrived on the tarmac to question Cobbs. Only Paul was arrested when police allegedly found cocaine and marijuana candy in his personal travel bags, according to an arrest affidavit. Paul has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
His arrest comes weeks after music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed a bombshell lawsuit against Combs alleging sexual harassment and abuse in February. As part of his complaint, Jones accused Paul of being Combs' drug “mule,” allegedly “obtaining[ing] and distribution[ing]drugs to Combs and his associates.
“Members of the enterprise and their associates procured, transported, and distributed ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, mushrooms, and tuci by packing these substances in their carry-on bags and passing them through TSA,” the lawsuit alleges.
Jones claimed he “personally saw” Paul carry or intend to carry illegal substances in his luggage while traveling between Los Angeles, Miami, Virginia, the Caribbean and London on three separate occasions in December 2022, April 2023 and November of 2023.
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