Here is all you need to know about basketball player Brendan Paul as the alleged drug mule of Sean Diddy Combs is arrested
Following a recent lawsuit, Diddy and his crew were halted by federal law enforcement on Monday, during which time Diddy’s purported “mule” was taken into custody.
Following the federal agencies’ capture of Diddy’s plane at Miami’s Opa Locka Airport, Brendan Paul was charged with two distinct criminal offences: one count of possessing suspected cocaine and another of possessing suspected marijuana candy, both crimes in the state of Florida, a report in TMZ reported.
Who is ex-Syracuse basketball player Brendan Paul alleged drug mule of Sean P Diddy Combs as he’s arrested
Diddy's accused drug mule is alleged former Syracuse basketball player Brendan Paul.
Paul was arrested on cocaine and marijuana possessions charges in Miami around the same time Diddy's homes were raided by Homeland Security, per @TMZ. pic.twitter.com/t6CDcvcjFx
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Paul was heading somewhere at the airport, but it’s unclear where he was going or if his arrest had anything to do with the larger Combs probe. As reported by NBC News, Combs was confirmed to be in Florida at the time of the raid, and prior to his scheduled departure for a trip to the Caribbean, authorities went through his phones.
Who is Brendan Paul?
Brendan Paul, a six-foot Ohioan is a West Virginia native who studied music production as an amateur. The police report states that Paul currently resides in Chagrin Falls, close to Cleveland, but that he was originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
For his last year of high school, Paul transferred to Hawken High, a private day school in Ohio, after spending the first three years of his education at the prestigious New England boarding school Brewster Academy.
Paul continued on to study for his first and second years at Syracuse University in New York, then for his last two years he transferred to Fairmont State University. Between 2018 and 2020, he participated in Division I school basketball. In 2020, he transferred to the Division II squad, averaging less than ten minutes per game.
Eventually, on September’s release of The Love Album, he started producing music for Diddy. He is now facing allegations in a federal lawsuit against the rap mogul that he is a “drug mule” for his employer, Diddy.
Brendan Paul’s parents
Brendan Paul resides in their $829,000 four-bedroom, six-bathroom home with his parents, Curt and Mary Jo.