Brendan Paul, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Alleged Drug Mule, Will Avoid Prison By Accepting Plea Deal

Paul was charged with cocaine possession last month

Brendan Paul, Sean Diddy Combs' alleged drug mule, has made a deal.

PEOPLE has confirmed that Paul will avoid prison following his March arrest on cocaine and marijuana possession charges amid federal sex trafficking charges the hip-hop mogul is facing. The 25-year-old is now enrolled in a drug diversion program.

“Brendan has accepted the prosecutor's offer to allow him to participate in the diversion program and, upon completion, the charges against him will be dismissed in their entirety,” Brian Bieber, Paul's attorney, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

A representative for the Miami-Dade State Attorney said it was a “standard offer made to a non-violent defendant with no prior record,” TMZ reports.

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On March 27, Paul, a former Syracuse University basketball player, was arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana.

An affidavit obtained by PEOPLE said he was arrested at Opa-Locka Airport by Miami-Dade police working alongside Homeland Security agents, who searched Combs' two homes around at the same time that day. The affidavit alleged Paul was arrested after being caught with suspected cocaine and marijuana in his travel bags.

Paul was previously named in a civil sexual assault lawsuit filed by Combs' former producer and videographer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, in which Jones claimed Paul was Combs' “mule” who “acquires” and “distributes » his “drugs and weapons”. .”

Despite his arrest, he appeared to have no connection to the 54-year-old “I'll Be Missing You” artist.

Attorney Bieber said in a statement to PEOPLE on March 27, “We do not intend to try this matter in the media – all issues will be addressed in court.”

Miami-Dade police had no comment on the matter.

In April, Paul was charged with possession of cocaine. However, according to court documents, Paul's additional criminal charges for marijuana candy were dropped.

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PEOPLE confirmed that Bieber pleaded not guilty during a “very brief” hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami, Florida, on Paul's behalf on April 24.

“We will handle this matter in court, not in the court of public opinion,” the attorney said in a statement to PEOPLE.

At the time, a hearing was scheduled for Friday, May 17. It has now been cancelled.

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