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Combs, 45, was booked into the campus jail of the west Los
Angeles college after an incident on Monday involving a
kettlebell weight, deemed a deadly weapon, at an athletic
facility, campus police said. He was released late on Monday
night after posting bail.
"The various accounts of the event and charges that are being
reported are wholly inaccurate," the rapper's spokeswoman
Nathalie Moar said in a statement.
"What we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr. Combs were
solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son. We
are confident that once the true facts are revealed, the case
will be dismissed."
Celebrity news website TMZ.com said Bad Boy Records founder
Combs, also known as P. Diddy and Puff Daddy, argued with a
football team coach, citing unnamed sources.
The rapper's son, Justin Combs, is on the UCLA college football
team on a scholarship.
UCLA's football coach Jim Mora called the incident "unfortunate"
on Monday and said the matter is being reviewed, declining to
comment further.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Christian Plumb)
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