Within the newest information surrounding Diddy’s arrest, the disgraced mogul has been indicted on fees of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud or coercion, and transportation for functions of prostitution.
As beforehand reported, Diddy was arrested Monday evening in New York after federal authorities conducting a intercourse trafficking investigation raided his houses in Los Angeles and Miami almost six months in the past.
Now, NBC Information reviews that per an unsealed indictment, federal prosecutors allege that he “threatened and coerced girls and others round him to meet his sexual wishes” for years.
He’s additionally being accused of “making a legal enterprise” whose members and associates engaged in” varied crimes, reminiscent of “intercourse trafficking, pressured labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice,” in keeping with court docket docs.
“When workers, witnesses to his abuse, or others threatened Combs’ authority or fame, Combs and members and associates of the Enterprise engaged in acts of violence, threats of violence, threats of monetary and reputational hurt, and verbal abuse,” reads the indictment. “These acts of violence included kidnapping and arson. As well as, on a number of events, Combs threw each objects and folks in addition to hit, dragged, choked, and shoved others.”
Particulars Of Diddy’s Indictment Launched
TMZ reviews {that a} important a part of the allegations facilities on Diddy’s alleged “freak offs,” first described by Cassie Ventura in her 2023 lawsuit that was settled simply someday later.
Prosecutors described freak-offs within the 14-page indictment as “elaborate, produced intercourse performances” orchestrated by the music mogul” who allegedly directed and recorded the occasions whereas masturbating.
The indictment alleges that the mogul lured girls into his inside circle underneath the guise of romantic relationships, solely “to be coerced into participating in intercourse acts with male business intercourse employees,” a notion additionally beforehand alleged by Cassie.
The ladies had been reportedly subjected to pressure, threats, and coercion, and prosecutors consider that Diddy and the ladies concerned had been allegedly administered IV fluids to get better from the bodily toll of drug use together with cocaine, GHB (the “date rape” drug), MDMA, ketamine, and different substances.
“Combs subjected victims to bodily, emotional and verbal abuse to trigger the victims to have interaction in freaks offs,” reads the indictment. “Combs maintained management overs his victims by means of amongst different issues, bodily violence, guarantees of profession alternatives, granting and threatening to withhold monetary help and by different coercive means together with monitoring their whereabouts dictating the victims’ look, monitoring their medical data, controlling their housing and supplying them with managed substances.”
“Throughout and separate from freak offs, Combs amongst different issues, hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims at instances by their hair. These assaults usually resulted in accidents that took days or perhaps weeks to heal.”
Web page 7 of the indictment states that authorities seized “freak off provides” that included 1,000 bottles of child oil and lubricant. Additionally seized had been firearms, together with three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers and a drum journal, and alleged that Diddy carried or brandished firearms to “intimidate and threaten different others, together with victims of and witnesses to his abuse.”
The indictment reads:
“Members and associates of the Combs Enterprises together with high-ranking supervisors, safety employees, family employees, private assistants and different Combs Enterprise workers, facilitated the Freak Offs by, amongst different issues, reserving resort rooms for the Freak Offs; stocking the resort rooms upfront with the required Freak Off Provides together with managed substances, child oil, lubricant, additional linens and lighting; cleansing the resort rooms after the Freak Offs to attempt to mitigate room injury; arranging for journey for victims, business intercourse employees, and Combs to and from Freak Offs; resupplying Combs with requested provides; delivering massive sums of money to Combs to pay the business intercourse employees; and scheduling the supply of IV fluids.”
Prosecutors allege that in late 2023, following public allegations of the crimes, Combs and his associates would “stress victims and witnesses, together with by means of tried bribery, to remain silent.”
It additionally feels like there might have been recorded cellphone calls to corroborate this allegation.
“Combs brought about these calls to be recorded on a minimum of two events,” reads the indictment.
On Tuesday, Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo spoke to reporters and mentioned he would “struggle like hell” to get Diddy launched.
Agnifilo mentioned Diddy’s spirits are “good” and known as his consumer assured whereas pleading his innocence.
“He’s not responsible, he’s harmless of those fees.”
Yesterday, he launched an announcement to TMZ calling his consumer an “imperfect particular person” however “not a legal.”
This story continues to be growing…
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