Whereas Sean Combs awaits the beginning of his trial, federal prosecutors on Thursday added two expenses to his indictment – one rely of intercourse trafficking and one rely of transportation to interact in prostitution.
These allegations are in relation to certainly one of three feminine victims who’re included within the indictment. The previous music mogul and Sean John founder was arrested in September and charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution in a three-count indictment that was filed within the U.S. District Court docket within the Southern District of New York. He plead not responsible and he has denied any wrongdoing. The preliminary submitting alleged that Combs used his companies to threaten and abuse ladies to meet his sexual needs.
Within the superseding indictment, which was filed in federal courtroom Thursday, Combs is alleged to have used pressure, fraud or coercion to make a lady participate in business intercourse acts from at the very least 2021 to 2024. He’s accused of transporting the lady — and different folks, together with business intercourse employees — to participate in prostitution, throughout that timeframe.
Within the newest courtroom submitting, Combs is dealing with allegations of intercourse trafficking three people and forcing a fourth, an worker, to interact in sexual acts with him.
“These usually are not new allegations or new accusers. These are the identical people, former long-term girlfriends, who have been concerned in consensual relationships. This was their non-public intercourse life, outlined by consent, not coercion,” attorneys for Combs mentioned in an announcement Friday afternoon.
The unique indictment was additionally amended final month, alleging that Combs pressured workers to work lengthy hours and threatened anybody who didn’t assist facilitate his intercourse trafficking enterprise. He’s being detained in the identical federal jail as Luigi Mangione, the suspect within the deadly capturing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief govt officer Brian Thompson, and Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto mogul convicted of fraud. Combs’ trial is scheduled to begin Could 5.
The multi-Grammy winner is dealing with greater than two dozen a number of lawsuits and accusations of rape, sexual assault and drugging some victims. His case has spawned numerous docuseries, podcasts and information specials, In February, Combs filed a $100 million lawsuit in opposition to NBCUniversal for the documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Unhealthy Boy.” Three days later, a civil case in opposition to Combs and Jay-Z, which alleged they’d raped a 13-year-old in 2000, was dismissed.
