Sean Combs’ Alleged Drug ‘Mule’ Sees Fees Dropped

The private assistant accused of being Sean Combs’ drug “mule” had his two pending drug fees terminated Tuesday after he finished a court-ordered diversion program in Florida, his attorney showed to Rolling Stone.

Brendan Paul, 25, was once with Combs on the Miami-Opa Locka airport ultimate March when he was once arrested and led away in handcuffs at the identical day federal government raided Combs’ apartments in Miami and Los Angeles as a part of a federal intercourse trafficking investigation. Officers searched Paul’s bag and allegedly discovered cocaine and marijuana sweet. As a first-time wrongdoer, he was once presented a substitute for prosecution.

“Mr. Paul’s case was once officially disregarded lately in its entirety. We’re happy that every one fees had been dropped and the case closed,” Paul’s attorney, Brian H. Bieber, tells Rolling Stone. “Mr. Paul is happy to near this bankruptcy of his lifestyles.”

Paul’s arrest got here one month after track manufacturer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones sued Combs for sexual harassment and discussed Paul by way of identify. Jones alleged that Paul “works as Mr. Combs’ drug mule. He acquires and distributes Mr. Combs’ medication and weapons.” Jones mentioned he “individually witnessed” Paul shipping or intend to move unlawful elements in his luggage whilst touring between Los Angeles, Miami, Virginia, the Caribbean, and London on 3 separate events between December 2022 and past due 2023. 

It was once in November 2023 that Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura first sued Combs for intercourse trafficking and rape, resulting in a wave of an identical complaints and a legal probe. (Combs and Ventura reached a agreement an afternoon after she filed her swimsuit.)

Combs, 55, was once indicted in September and has pleaded no longer responsible to fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The media magnate was once arrested in New York Town on Sept. 16 and has been detained since. He’s recently housed on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn. His trial is about for Would possibly 2025.