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Combs, 45, was booked in to the jail on the west Los Angeles
college campus after an incident involving a kettleball, a
weight with a handle, which was deemed a deadly weapon, UCLA's
campus police UCPD said in a statement. No one was injured and
the incident is being investigated by college police.
The rapper was released late on Monday night after posting bail,
according to jail records.
Representatives for the rapper did not immediately respond to
requests for comment.
Celebrity website TMZ.com, citing unidentified sources, said
Combs was involved in an argument with a football team coach at
the campus' athletic facility. The rapper's son, Justin Combs,
is on the college football team on a scholarship.
"This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. While
UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal
process run its course and refrain from further comment at this
time," Jim Mora, UCLA's football coach, said in a statement.
Combs, also known as P. Diddy and Puff Daddy, is a hip hop
artist, actor, entrepreneur and founder of Bad Boy Records. As
of 2014, Forbes magazine listed his earnings at $60 million.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bernard Orr and Paul
Tait)
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