Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, has not landed in the Caribbean island of Antigua despite reports he could have arrived there aboard a private jet, the island’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne told Newsweek.
“There is no credible information that he is here. To the contrary, he did not arrive on the flight yesterday to Antigua,” Browne said in a message.
Combs’ homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided by Homeland Security on Monday, weeks after he had been accused of sexual misconduct and alleged trafficking. Homeland Security did not confirm why it had carried out the raids, but the Associated Press reported that two officials said it was part of an alleged sex trafficking investigation. Homeland Security Investigations has said it will release more information as it becomes available.
Some plane trackers said Combs’ private jet had landed on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Jack Sweeney, a private flight tracking expert had posted the supposed route of the Gulfstream jet, taking off from northern California before stopping in Los Angeles and then flying on to land in Antigua at 10:21 p.m. ET. Sweeney quoted sources as saying Diddy had not been aboard the flight.
A black jet with registration N1969C that had previously been identified as Combs’ by CelebrityPrivateJetTracker.com stood on the tarmac at Antigua’s V.C. Bird international airport on Tuesday and Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez said he believed it was the star’s jet, but both he and the prime minister said there was no information that Combs himself had been aboard.
On the subject of who might have been aboard the plane, Browne said: “Am told a Caucasian family. A family of four. Don’t know them.”
The jet had first landed at Codrington Airport on the neighboring island of Barbuda in the twin island Caribbean state, before continuing to V.C. Bird airport on the main island, according to Antiguan journalist Elesha George.
Three-time Grammy winner Combs has faced a series of legal battles in recent months, including lawsuits that accuse him of sexual assault and trafficking.
Among the lawsuits is one filed by a music producer that accuses Combs of coercing him to solicit prostitutes and then to have sex with them under pressure. Combs’ attorney Shawn Holley previously told Newsweek that “we have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies.”
In another case, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, sued him for alleged sex abuse in November. The lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed.
Combs was hit with another lawsuit in December over allegations of trafficking and sexual abuse of a woman who was identified as Jane Doe.
According to TMZ, Combs was seen at about 6 p.m. at Miami Airport pacing in a car park.
Antigua is a Caribbean island of little over 90,000 people about the same size as Queens County, New York. Tourism accounts for more than half the country’s gross national product.
