Brendan Paul, a Diddy associate charged with drug possession, pleaded not guilty on We
An associate of "Sean Diddy" Combs who's accused of being a "mule" for the music mogul's drugs and guns was formally arraigned in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on Wednesday.
According to records, Miami-Dade State Attorneys officially filed a cocaine possession charge against 25-year-old Brendan Paul but dropped a possession of controlled substance charge.
Despite Paul not being physically present, his attorney Brian Bieber entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
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Paul was arrested on March 25 after being taken into custody at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport for carrying cocaine and marijuana-laced candy, Miami-Dade Police said in an arrest affidavit.
Paul, who played basketball for Syracuse University in 2019, bonded out of jail March 26.
Video from TMZ showed Diddy pacing around at the same airport March 25 as Homeland Security agents raided the mogul's mansions in Miami Beach and Los Angeles.
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At least five law enforcement sources told NBC the raids are connected to an ongoing sex trafficking probe.
In a statement, Combs' attorney called the raids an "unprecedented ambush" and said the mogul "is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name."
“There was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences. There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated," Aaron Dyer's statement said in part.
