Did Du arrested on Monday in New York
Music mogul Sean Combs, famously known as P Diddy has been arrested and charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The 54-year-old was arrested in New York City on Monday.
The first charge in the indictment is racketeering conspiracy, a federal crime used to target organized criminal syndicates, known as an “enterprise,” such as the Mafia.
“Members and associates of the Combs Enterprise engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other activities, sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, coercion and enticement to engage in prostitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice,” the indictment states.
The indictment alleges Combs held what he called “Freak Offs,” or elaborate sex performances in which he drugged and coerced victims into extended sex acts with male sex workers.
These “Freak Offs” occurred regularly and sometimes lasted multiple days, the indictment states.
“Combs also used the sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings that he made during Freak Offs as collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims,” the indictment states.
Combs “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,” the indictment states. “This abuse was, at times, verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual.”
The indictment highlights one instance at a Los Angeles hotel in or about March 2016, “which was captured on video and later publicly reported,” showing Combs kicking, dragging and throwing a vase at a woman. When a hotel staffer intervened, Combs attempted to bribe them for their silence, the indictment adds.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams describes the evidence seized during the raids on Sean Combs’ residences, which included ammunition, AR-15s and 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant pic.twitter.com/aLx3Z20qYf
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