Sean “Diddy” Combs filmed a music video inside the now-Abandoned Mansions of the Hollywood Hills Learning of the production, it has been taken over by squatters and taggers, who have spray-painted the ceilings with the words “Diddy was here”.
Combs used several parts of the stately home, including the great room, spiral staircase and exterior near the pool, as the backdrop for his 2007 song “Last Night” Featuring Keyshia Cole.
Mary K. Blige has lived in the mansion over the years, as have a number of “high-end businessmen”, including a neighbor named Jack told KABC.
The neighbor said, “I think some influential people have been living here for the last few years. It's a really great house. It's big.”
“The longer it stays like this, the more people will come and keep doing what they're doing,” Jack said. “The neighborhood, especially this house, needs a security guard. Two guards… aren't that expensive. Let's keep the neighborhood safe.”
Combs is being organized Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn He was arrested by federal agents on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
was a rapper placed on suicide watch As a “preventive measure” inside the prison.
The neglected mansion, located at 7571 Mulholland Drive in the posh Hollywood Hills, has been owned by John Powers Middleton since 2012.
Middleton, the only son of businessman and Philadelphia Phillies owner John S. Middleton, was issued an abatement order by the city of Los Angeles two years after purchasing the property.
According to KABC, Middleton also owns a second property in Los Angeles that has also been taken over by squatters and taggers.
Squatters and taggers have been entering the property for over two years now.
The unwelcome guests have become a headache and a safety hazard for neighbors, who call the home an eyesore, with its exterior walls covered in graffiti art and “tags.”
Residents who live near a Hollywood Hills home are furious that they are no longer safe living near the property.
A homeowner was attacked by a vagrant with “a steel rod and a beer bottle”, WPVI reported.
Others claim that taggers are beginning to expand their work to other properties.
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety has declared the property a nuisance and issued an abatement order forcing the owner to fence and secure the property by October 2022. NBCLA reported.
Middleton failed to comply with the order, causing the city to install a fence at his location.
The lien on the home has been released, and Middleton hasn't been paying property taxes for several years.
There are still squatters and taggers in the six-bedroom, 9,707-square-foot home. According to the listing, Middleton's mansion has a pool and is worth an estimated $6.53 million.
Most of the windows are broken and the home's exterior walls and ceiling are covered in graffiti.
Private security is posted at the home 24 hours a day to keep squatters and taggers at bay.
The Los Angeles Police Department was called to the property six times in September, and on Wednesday, 10 people were removed and one was arrested on a warrant, KABC reported.
