Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 37
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with racketeering conspiracy alleging he ran an enterprise that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor or, kidnapping, arson and other crimes.
He is also charged by sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami. The indictment detailing the charges was unsealed Tuesday morning. According to the indictment, “Combs abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
Combs, 54, relied on employees, resources and influence of his multi-faceted business empire to create “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,” the indictment said.
Diddy allegedly controlled women by plying them with drugs, withholding financial support and resorting to violence, allegations that mirror 11 civil complaints filed against him since 2023.
Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse.
ABC News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
