Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit With Revised Sex Trafficking Indictment
Federal prosecutors have issued a bolstered version of an indictment accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of directing a vast criminal enterprise through which he assaulted and trafficked women with the help of his various businesses from at least 2008.
The revised indictment, issued in federal court in New York on Thursday, represents an attempt by prosecutors to strengthen their case by detailing new allegations in the alleged racketeering conspiracy, including by specifying that there were three victims that the rap mogul allegedly forced to engage in commercial sex acts. It doesn’t contain any additional charges.
A representative for Combs didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The filing adds to an indictment issued against Combs in September charging him with sex trafficking and racketeering for, in part, assaulting and arranging forced sexual encounters with women. For decades, Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” the indictment stated. The sex trafficking allegations revolve around claims that he “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers,” who were often flown in across state lines and internationally.
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Among the new allegations in the complaint are that Combs paid hotel security staff $100,000 for surveillance footage of his alleged March 2016 assault of a woman, who later came forward as ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
If convicted, Combs faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
More to come.
