Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Charged With Racketeering, Sex Trafficking By Force

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday morning that charged the rap icon with racketeering and sex trafficking by force.

Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” prosecutors said in court documents.

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Prosecutors said that Combs carried out this scheme by relying “on the employees, resources, and influence of the multi-faceted business empire that he led and controlled—creating a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”

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