Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested on Monday, and the recently unsealed indictment reveals more about the charges he will be facing.
The 14-page indictment alleges that Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him,” and used his massive fame and fortune to run a “criminal enterprise.” He is currently charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The details of these charges are like something out of a horror novel, and make it all the more shocking that it took this long to finally begin on the path to justice.
“For decades, Sean Combs the defendant, abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” it reads. “To do so, Combs relied on the employees, resources, and influence of the multi-faceted business empire that he led and controlled – creating a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”
“At all times relevant to this Indictment, Sean Combs the defendant, engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,” it continues. “This abuse was, at times, verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual. As part of his pattern of abuse, Combs manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers. At times. Combs and others acting at his direction, made arrangements for women and commercial sex workers to fly to Combs’ location. Combs ensured participation from the women by, among other things, obtaining and distributing narcotics to them, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support and threatening to cut off the same, and using intimidation and violence.”
“Physical abuse by Sean Combs the defendant, was recurrent and widely known. On numerous occasions from at least in or about 2009 and continuing for years, Combs assaulted women by, among other things, striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them,” it explains. “These assaults were, at times, witnessed by others and included one instance at a Los Angeles hotel in or about March 2016, which was captured on video and later publically reported, where Combs kicked, dragged, and threw a vase at a woman as she was attempting to leave. When a member of the hotel security staff intervened, Combs attempted to bribe the staff member to ensure silence. Combs’ violence was also not limited to these women. It extended to his employees, witnesses to his abuse, and others.”
Another part of the indictment details how Combs would get people to attend his “Freak Offs.”
COMBS, and other members and associates of the Combs Enterprise, wielded the power and prestige of COMBS’ role at the Combs Business to intimidate, threaten, and lure female victims into COMBS’ orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. COMBS then used force, threats of force, and coercion, to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that COMBS referred to as, among other things, “Freak Offs.” Freak Offs were elaborate and produced sex performances that COMBS arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded. In arranging these Freak Offs, COMBS, with the assistance of members and associates of the Combs Enterprise, transported, and caused to be transported, commercial sex workers across state lines and internationally. Freak Offs occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers. During Freak Offs, COMBS distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant. Sometimes unbeknownst to the victims, COMBS kept videos he filmed of victims engaging in sex acts with commercial sex workers. After Freak Offs, COMBS and the victims typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use.
Combs is expected to plead not guilty to the charges.
BREAKING: Rapper Diddy charged with racketeering, s*x trafficking and prost*tution transportation.
Federal prosecutors say he “threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his s*xual desires” for years.
Diddy allegedly created “a criminal enterprise whose… pic.twitter.com/CNGe1ZzbJz
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 17, 2024
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