Much like every other home in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills, its extravagance both defines and conforms it to the surrounding area.
But the $40million mansion owned by rapper, producer and entrepreneur Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is currently the focus of rather more than an episode of MTV Cribs.
On Monday, federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement descended on the property as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.
Combs, 54, who is facing mounting sexual harassment and rape lawsuits, was nowhere to be seen as agents combed through his homes in Los Angeles and Miami, removing boxes and bags of evidence.
Fans may well have already seen the property’s vast interiors and exteriors, with the father-of-seven previously sharing regular Instagram posts from the Holmby Hills residence he bought in 2014.
Homeland Security agents have descended on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ homes in Los Angeles (pictured) and Miami as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation
Fans may well have already seen the property’s vast interiors and exteriors, with the father-of-seven previously sharing regular Instagram posts from the Holmby Hills residence
The European-style villa has about 17,000 square feet of living space, and there’s an accompanying 3,000 square-foot guesthouse.
The sprawling grounds cover one acre and boast a ‘lagoon-style swimming pool with a grotto connected by an underwater swimming tunnel’, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Inside, the home includes eight bedrooms, eleven bathrooms, a 35-seat theatre and its very own fitness studio, the subject of many posts shared by Combs.
Elsewhere there’s a separate spa house with an accompanying steam room, and – according to TMZ – a massage room and beauty salon.
Diddy has also shared posts from the property’s enormous kitchen, complete with gleaming metallic surfaces and glass fronted cupboards.
A police line was set up around the Los Angeles house, where at least two men were put in handcuffs, following the arrival of Homeland Security on Monday.
Armed agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered luxury properties on both East and West Coasts of the United States, with video footage showing helicopters circling overhead.
The agents, who were wearing vests, gathered in the home’s backyard near the pool. Multiple officers were seen carrying bags and boxes of evidence to a van with assistance from police dogs.
