A screenshot of a CNN broadcast saying that underground tunnels were found in the home of hiphop star Sean Diddy Combs which was raided by law enforcement this week following a sex trafficking lawsuit is fabricated
The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday that they had begun an investigation
of Combs and searched his Los Angeles and Miami properties in relation to a lawsuit accusing him of engaging in sex trafficking that was filed in federal court by a former girlfriend in November 2023
An Instagram post
says Another conspiracy theory turned FACT Its just the beginning yall The dominos are falling
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The post shares an image of a fabricated CNN broadcast report where the chyron says Underground tunnels found at Diddys LA home
The screenshot includes a still from a Sky News video
of the raid around 006 in a photo of Combs and a photo of a tunnel
That is a manipulated image and not something CNN reported CNN representative Emily Kuhn said in an email
None of the reports on the CNN website
about the raids on Combs properties talk about the discovery of underground tunnels This is not mentioned on CNNs social
The home does have a pool with a grotto connected by an underwater swimming tunnel the Los Angeles Times
reported in 2014
There are no credible reports about other underground tunnels in his home however
Representatives for Combs and US Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment
