P Diddy arrested over assault at son's American football game

Rapper arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after incident involving coach at son's university American football game

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1:03AM BST 23 Jun 2015

Hip-hop music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs was arrested on Monday on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, where his son is in the American football team.

Combs, 45, was arrested at UCLA's Acosta Athletic Training Complex on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon shortly after 12:30pm, according to a statement from campus police, and held at the jail on the west Los Angeles college campus after the incident.

Combs was released from jail late on Monday night after posting bail, several hours after his afternoon arrest, jail records showed.

^{Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs charge sheet (Splash)}

The jail records show that Combs' bail was $160,000, but sheriff's officials reached by phone said he posted $50,000. The reason for the discrepancy wasn't clear.

^{P. Diddy sits in a police car after being arrested (Splash)}
Officers said the weapon involved was a kettlebell, which is used by athletes in weight training.
No one was seriously injured and campus police were investigating. Officials did not identify the victim of the assault, or say what led to it.
Celebrity website TMZ.com, citing unnamed sources, said Combs was involved in an argument with an American football team coach at the campus's athletic facility.

^{Justin Combs with his father, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs (Getty)}

Defensive back

Combs's son Justin Combs is a redshirt junior defensive back on the UCLA football team, which has been practising on campus. He has played in just a handful of games in his three years with the team.


The son of another major rap star also plays football for the Bruins. Snoop Dogg's son Cordell Broadus is a wide receiver who signed with the team this year.