A woman claiming to be the wife of P Diddy has been arrested after she mistakenly visited a house that she believed belonged to the rapper.

Cemelia Green was released on $5000 bail after she pleaded not guilty to criminal mischief and trespassing.

Green visited the house in East Hampton on February 12 claiming to be P Diddy's wife.

A maintenance worker for the rapper - who is not married - contacted police, but the woman fled, according to the Associated Press.

On February 22, Green then appeared at a local police station to ask for directions to the rapper's house, but had her request turned down.

She was later arrested at the same East Hamton house where she had been spotted just over a week earlier.

A spokesperson for the rapper, whose real name is Sean Coombs, would not comment on the issue.

(by Jason Gregory)