MIAMI – Rap mogul Diddy’s alleged “drug mule” is avoiding jail time in Miami-Dade County.
Brendan Paul, 25, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, qualified for diversion in his felony drug case as a non-violent offender with no prior convictions arrested for drug possession, officials said.
As part of the program, Paul must enter a six-month substance abuse program. If that is completed, the charges against him will be dismissed.
Paul was arrested back in March after officers found cocaine and marijuana candy in his luggage while he was getting ready to board a flight at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.
During Paul’s arrest, federal agents also raided Diddy’s Miami Beach and Los Angeles properties in an ongoing sex trafficking probe.
Diddy — whose real name is Sean Combs — has not been criminally charged in that investigation as of Friday.
Editor’s note: The original version of this article characterized Paul as accepting a “plea deal.” Officials with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office said that Paul did not take a plea deal and is instead going through a diversion program.