Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Alleged Drug Mule Brendan Paul's Charges Dropped

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs; Brendan Paul.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Miami-Dade Police Department

Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Miami-Dade Police Department

Charges againstBrendan Paul,Sean “Diddy” Combs' alleged drug mule, have been dropped.

Paul’s attorney, Brian Bieber, confirmed to PEOPLE on Tuesday, Dec. 17: “Mr. Paul’s case was formally dismissed today - in its entirety.“Paul had previously entered a plea dealin May after hisMarch arrest for cocaine and marijuana possession.

Bieber confirmed Tuesday that “Mr. Paul completed the pretrial program.”

In April, Paul was alsocharged with felony cocaine possessionamid the sexual trafficking lawsuits filed against Diddy, 55.

Brendan Paul.Miami-Dade Police Department

Miami-Dade Police Department

Paul, who had previously played basketball at Syracuse University, entered a not-guilty plea in April via his attorney.

Combs' former producer and videographerRodney “Lil Rod” Jonesalleged in a lawsuit that Diddy “sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him” for over a year. He also claimed that Paul was Combs' “mule,” who “acquired” and “distributed” “drugs and guns” for the rapper.

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The charges being dropped for Paul is thelatest chapter of the saga concerning Diddy’s alleged federal sex crimes. Diddy’shomes in Miami and Los Angeles were raidedin March amid sex trafficking lawsuits.

“Between 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened, and coerced women and others, and led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, among other crimes,” a press release from theU.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New Yorkstates.

He has been behind bars since at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2023.Paras Griffin/Getty

Paras Griffin/Getty

The disgraced rapper has beendenied bail three timesandwill remain in prison until his trialbegins in May 2025. If convicted, Diddy could face decades in prison.

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source: people.com