Sean Combs (Diddy) Arrested
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He knew these charges were coming
Sean Combs, the embattled music mogul, has been indicted on three counts of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
In the indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York accused Mr. Combs of running a “criminal enterprise” that for years threatened, abused and coerced women, and included accusations of forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice. To commit these acts, the prosecutors said, Mr. Combs relied on the help of the employees of his business.
Mr. Combs, 54, was expected to appear for an arraignment later on Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Manhattan.
The charges against Mr. Combs were revealed a day after he was arrested in a Manhattan hotel room, following a federal investigation that has been active since at least early this year. In March, federal agents raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, Fla.
The arrest of Mr. Combs — a producer, record executive and performer who is also known as Diddy and Puff Daddy — makes him the highest-profile figure in the music world to face criminal charges for sexual misconduct since R. Kelly, the R&B singer who, after trials in New York and Chicago, was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for child sex crimes, sex trafficking and racketeering.
Mr. Combs was a key figure in the global rise of hip-hop as a commercial force in the 1990s and 2000s, helping to make stars of rappers and R&B singers like the Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige. But he has been under public scrutiny since a former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in November accusing him of years of sexual and physical abuse.
Mr. Combs settled the suit with Ms. Ventura — an R&B singer known as Cassie — in one day, and denied any wrongdoing. But legal pressure quickly mounted, with the filing of five successive lawsuits by women alleging sexual assault and three other sexual misconduct suits, all of which Mr. Combs’s lawyers are fighting in court.
After his arrest on Monday, lawyers for Mr. Combs said they were disappointed with the decision to prosecute him.
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children and working to uplift the Black community,” Mr. Combs’s legal team said in a statement. “He is an imperfect person but he is not a criminal.”
The statement added that he had been cooperative with the investigation and had “voluntarily relocated to New York” in anticipation of the charges.
These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide,” his lawyers added, “and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Speculation about the federal case against Mr. Combs has been building ever since the raid on his homes. Prosecutors have been sending subpoenas to witnesses for months.
In anticipation of an indictment, Mr. Combs recently traveled to New York to make himself available to law enforcement. For days he had been staying at the Park Hyatt New York hotel on West 57th Street, largely hunkering down while awaiting any news but also drawing some attention on social media with a visit to Harlem, where he grew up.
Got damn
Sean Combs Indicted on Charges of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering
In charges unsealed a day after his arrest in Manhattan, the music mogul known as Diddy was accused of running a “criminal enterprise” that threatened and abused women.Sean Combs, the embattled music mogul, has been indicted on three counts of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
In the indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York accused Mr. Combs of running a “criminal enterprise” that for years threatened, abused and coerced women, and included accusations of forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice. To commit these acts, the prosecutors said, Mr. Combs relied on the help of the employees of his business.
Mr. Combs, 54, was expected to appear for an arraignment later on Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Manhattan.
The charges against Mr. Combs were revealed a day after he was arrested in a Manhattan hotel room, following a federal investigation that has been active since at least early this year. In March, federal agents raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, Fla.
The arrest of Mr. Combs — a producer, record executive and performer who is also known as Diddy and Puff Daddy — makes him the highest-profile figure in the music world to face criminal charges for sexual misconduct since R. Kelly, the R&B singer who, after trials in New York and Chicago, was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for child sex crimes, sex trafficking and racketeering.
Mr. Combs was a key figure in the global rise of hip-hop as a commercial force in the 1990s and 2000s, helping to make stars of rappers and R&B singers like the Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige. But he has been under public scrutiny since a former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in November accusing him of years of sexual and physical abuse.
Mr. Combs settled the suit with Ms. Ventura — an R&B singer known as Cassie — in one day, and denied any wrongdoing. But legal pressure quickly mounted, with the filing of five successive lawsuits by women alleging sexual assault and three other sexual misconduct suits, all of which Mr. Combs’s lawyers are fighting in court.
After his arrest on Monday, lawyers for Mr. Combs said they were disappointed with the decision to prosecute him.
“Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children and working to uplift the Black community,” Mr. Combs’s legal team said in a statement. “He is an imperfect person but he is not a criminal.”
The statement added that he had been cooperative with the investigation and had “voluntarily relocated to New York” in anticipation of the charges.
These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide,” his lawyers added, “and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Speculation about the federal case against Mr. Combs has been building ever since the raid on his homes. Prosecutors have been sending subpoenas to witnesses for months.
In anticipation of an indictment, Mr. Combs recently traveled to New York to make himself available to law enforcement. For days he had been staying at the Park Hyatt New York hotel on West 57th Street, largely hunkering down while awaiting any news but also drawing some attention on social media with a visit to Harlem, where he grew up.
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Might as well go all the way with the scumbaggery. He about to be R Kellied and be locked up in a cell. At least in another country they can come visit.And leave all his kids behind, including the teenage twins without a mother? On top of that he has a newborn that's barely 2 years old. He would be a scumbag to just abandon them for his freedom
Uchiha God
Veteran
- racketeering conspiracy
- sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion
- transportation to engage in prostitution.
nikkas looove them some white supremacy. Couldve been anywhere in the world but chose to be here with me in Babylon
Vandelay
Waxing Intellectual
There were someWait what??
Edit: Let me be mindful of what I say.
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Nigerianwonder
Superstar
IT’S OVAHHHH
- racketeering conspiracy
- sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion
- transportation to engage in prostitution.
There is no mention of children in the actual indictment. TMZ and CNN went through it.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
indictment just got unsealed:
racketeering, kidnapping, sex trafficking, forced labor, arson.........
racketeering, kidnapping, sex trafficking, forced labor, arson.........
"...The music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,” according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday... . 
www.huffpost.com
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Indicted On Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Charges
Combs was arrested roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
This is just the start. The racketeering charge has basically all of the Cassie claims in it including the arson/bombing of kid cudi’s car.
The indictment says they found an AR-15 with a scratched serial number (federal crime), during the March searches, 1000+ bottles of baby oil and references the freak offs directly.
It also mentions there is some evidence of bribery as he directed people to change their stories on recorded phone calls last year.
They're going to drop more charges on him I bet
The indictment says they found an AR-15 with a scratched serial number (federal crime), during the March searches, 1000+ bottles of baby oil and references the freak offs directly.
It also mentions there is some evidence of bribery as he directed people to change their stories on recorded phone calls last year.
They're going to drop more charges on him I bet
beenz
Rap Guerilla
ABC saying he's facing life in prison 
Lock him up and throw away the key
Uchiha God
Veteran
I shouldn’t be laughing but
ABC saying he's facing life in prison
It’s over
