sidney madden: definitely.he fallout from these allegations so far has definitely been a blow to diddy's business and his public reputation. so, since these allegations started to come out, he has stepped down as chairman of revolt tv, revolt entertainment, his news media channel. he's also sold off all of his shares of that. and he's parted ways with the liquor company that used to distribute a lot of his name-brand liquors and collaborations. and there have been a lot of people in the hip-hop space who have kind of just used this as a moment to say that all of these indiscretions that he's being accused of are open secrets that have been proliferated in the music industry over the years. but what that fails to interrogate is how they have been able to operate as open secrets without anybody calling him out, for fear of losing here their proximity, their business, their just access to his celebrity. amna: what about that allegation of this being an open secret for so long? i mean, when you and i spoke at the e

for the latest, i'm joined by sidney madden, music reporter for npr and co-host of its podcast louderriot. let's begin with those raids by federal investigators. what do we know about why they went in and what they found? >> it's not exactly clear what the charges were that prompted these raids. although we do know that in the civil suits that were recently filed against him, dating back last year that date back decades, there have been many allegations of sex trafficking in the midst of those civil suits and that homeland security and federal agents to investigate those charges criminally. amna: remind us as well, there was a late 2023 lawsuit by mr. combs girlfriend that open the door for these other lawsuits to follow. what prompted this scan -- cascade of lawsuits we have seen since? >> the original lawsuit did open the floodgates because it detailed almost two decades of hidden coercion, abuse, assault, even rape, and itht was darksiy public relationship and their working relationship in the music industry that dates back to the 2000's. amna: are the allegations consistent across