Former NYPD detective Derrick Parker didn’t appear all that shocked about Sean “Diddy” Combs’ continued authorized troubles after Homeland Safety raided his Miami, New York and Los Angeles houses on Monday in relation to a collection of intercourse trafficking allegations and lawsuits.
Parker, in spite of everything, has the nickname “Hip-Hop Cop.” He arrested Combs twice in 1999 for the notorious nightclub capturing in New York Metropolis and for the rapper’s alleged assault of Interscope report govt Steve Stoute on the set of Nas’ “Hate Me Now” video.
“I knew Diddy again after I arrested him for the membership in New York capturing after which the assault with Steve Stoute at MTV,” Parker defined whereas interviewing on Fox Information’ “America’s Newsroom” with hosts Invoice Hemmer and Dana Perino on Friday. “We all know one another fairly nicely — I imply, professionally.”
Requested if he has any perception into Combs’ way of thinking following Monday’s raids, Parker admitted that they haven’t seen one another “in years, however proper now, it’s received to be bothering him.”
“He’s at this peak in his life the place he’s a billionaire nearly, and he’s very, very well liked by some individuals, not by others,” Parker mentioned. “However he’s very well-known. I do know this has received to be bothering him proper now, all these allegations which have come out towards him and the individuals who have come out towards him.”
The previous detective informed Hemmer and Perino that he’s continued maintaining tabs on the musician’s profession “from the time that I knew him.”
“Has he been residing a clear life?” Hemmer requested. Parker wasn’t 100% satisfied he had.
“For essentially the most half, I may say sure, and perhaps no. I imply, there’s different individuals should you ask, they’re going to say no, that he’s lived completely different lives,” he mentioned.
Elsewhere within the section, Parker defined why the house raids have been executed with SWAT groups and heavy artillery.
“As soon as that they had info that there have been in all probability weapons in the home and the medication, they needed to be cautious,” he mentioned. “In order that they mounted a group, the SWAT group, to go in and to handle that safely.”
Combs and his authorized group addressed Monday’s Homeland Safety raids on his houses on Tuesday, calling the “extreme,” “military-level” effort an “unprecedented ambush.”
“Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level power as search warrants have been executed at Mr. Combs’ residences. There isn’t a excuse for the extreme present of power and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way in which his kids and workers have been handled,” the mogul’s protection lawyer Aaron Dyer mentioned in a press release to media, obtained by TheWrap. “Mr. Combs was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities. Regardless of media hypothesis, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his members of the family have been arrested nor has their capability to journey been restricted in any manner.
“This unprecedented ambush — paired with a sophisticated, coordinated media presence — results in a untimely rush to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing greater than a witch hunt primarily based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits,” the assertion continued. “There was no discovering of felony or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations. Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to struggle each single day to clear his title.”
Since November 2023, Combs has had 5 lawsuits filed towards him associated to alleged sexual assault, bodily abuse and intercourse trafficking.