Diddy‘s alleged drug mule, Brendan Paul, has entered a plea deal in his drug-possession case.
Miami-Dade State Attorneys officially filed a cocaine-possession charge against the 25-year-old on Wednesday (April 24), though they dropped another for the possession of a controlled substance.
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Whereas the former Syracuse basketball player was not at the hearing, his attorney Brian Bieber entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.
Paul was arrested at an airport in Florida for possession of marijuana and cocaine last month, just as a federal investigation into the alleged dealings of the embattled Bad Boy Records mogul began picking up steam.
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Rolling Stone initially reported that he was taken into custody at in late March. He was approached at Opa-Loka Airport by the Miami-Dade Police, who have been working in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, according to an affidavit.
A family member of Paul confirmed to the outlet that he had indeed been arrested, though it was unclear if it had anything to do with the New York City label executive.
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Paul was initially named as a “mule” in a lawsuit filed by producer Lil Rod against Diddy back in February, which alleges that the person in question took on the role of “acquir[ing] and distribut[ing]…drugs and guns” for the businessman.
A few hours after Paul’s arrest, Diddy was stopped by federal authorities at an airport in Miami. This occurred soon after Homeland Security raided his homes across the United States.
In related news, Benzino recently offered his thoughts on the rumors about Meek Mill and Diddy being in a sexual relationship, as alleged in the lawsuit filed against the Bad Boy Records mogul.
The former Source Magazine editor-in-chief joined the We In Miami podcast for an interview, during which he was asked for his opinion on the matter.
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“It’s none of our fucking business if him and Meek are fucking,” he said. “Or not fucking. The internet makes all our business everybody’s business. At least the privacy of what we’re doin’ in our bedroom should be private.”
He continued: “But what a man does in a man’s bedroom? […] Now, that’s a different narrative. Because real street n-ggas can be gay. We got to be adults, and we got to look at this for what it is.”
