Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs indicted on intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy prices

Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was arrested Monday in Manhattan, has been indicted by a grand jury on prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution for alleged crimes relationship again to 2008.

“For many years, the defendant abused, threatened, and coerced ladies and others round him to meet his sexual needs, shield his fame, and conceal his conduct,” reads the unsealed indictment, which Leisure Weekly has reviewed. “To take action, Combs relied on the workers, sources, and affect of the multi-faceted enterprise empire that he led and managed — making a legal enterprise.”

Per the 14-page federal doc, members of the Combs enterprise allegedly engaged in intercourse trafficking, compelled labor, interstate transportation for functions of prostitution, coercion and enticement to have interaction in prostitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.

The music mogul pleaded not responsible after the fees had been learn in courtroom Tuesday, in line with the Related Press. Federal prosecutors referred to as Combs “harmful” and requested that he be jailed with out bail, whereas Combs’ legal professionals proposed he be launched on a $50 million bond to dwelling detention with digital monitoring. U.S. Justice of the Peace Decide Robyn Tarnofsky denied the bail request, and Combs’ authorized crew mentioned they’d enchantment.

On the primary rely, Combs and his firm are being charged with “a persistent and pervasive sample of abuse towards ladies and different people” that was “at instances, verbal, emotional, bodily and sexual.”

The second and third counts accuse Combs of inflicting unnamed victims to “interact in business intercourse acts” and declare that he “knowingly transported a person in interstate and international commerce with intent that the person interact in prostitution.”

Per the indictment, Combs “ensured participation from the ladies by, amongst different issues, acquiring and distributing narcotics to them, controlling their careers, leveraging his monetary assist and threatening to chop off the identical, and utilizing intimidation and violence.”

Representatives for Combs and the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace did not instantly reply to EW’s request for remark.

On the night of Combs’ arrest, his lawyer Marc Agnifilo mentioned in a press release, “We’re disenchanted with the choice to pursue what we consider is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace.” Agnifilo additional acknowledged that Combs had been “cooperative with this investigation and voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those prices” and that he “appears ahead to clearing his identify in courtroom.”

The saga continues a legally tumultuous 12 months for Combs. Controversy surrounding the rapper and producer hit a peak when his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit in November accusing him of sexual assault and years of bodily abuse. Combs denied all of the allegations the day the lawsuit surfaced, and he and Ventura settled the go well with the next day. Within the aftermath of Ventura’s claims, a number of different accusers sued Combs, who has constantly denied the allegations.

In March, federal brokers raided Combs’ houses in Los Angeles and Miami as a part of an investigation by Homeland Safety Investigations. Combs criticized the transfer as a “gross overuse of military-level drive” in a press release by way of his lawyer the next day.

A video of Combs bodily assaulting Ventura resurfaced on-line in Could, prompting the musician to apologize and take “full accountability” for his habits. “I am disgusted,” Combs mentioned in a since-deleted video. “I used to be disgusted then once I did it. I am disgusted now.”

Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day criticized his response on social media, writing, “Diddy didn’t apologize to Cassie.”

Extra not too long ago, former grownup movie star Adria English sued Combs in July over accusations of intercourse trafficking and sexual assault, which the musician denied. English’s lawyer, Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, informed TMZ {that a} legal indictment towards Combs may comply with “very quickly.”

[This story has been updated with information about Sean Combs’ court appearance.]