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Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Timberlake & More: Stars Arrested successful 2024
Federal prosecutors support there's nary mode retired for Sean "Diddy" Combs.
The Bad Boy Records laminitis has pleaded not guilty to a number apiece of racketeering conspiracy and enactment trafficking, each of which carries a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison, arsenic good arsenic 1 number of proscription for purposes of prostitution.
But authorities person said that Combs' apprehension connected Sept. 16 was lone the latest measurement successful their quest to bring the 54-year-old to justness for much than a decade's worthy of alleged crimes, and that their probe is acold from over.
"Between astatine slightest 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims to fulfill his intersexual desires, support his estimation and conceal his conduct," Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said successful detailing the charges against the rapper during a Sept. 17 property conference.
Combs stands accused, Williams said, of utilizing a immense web of employees wrong his concern empire and different associates to screen up crimes including enactment trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and the obstruction of justice.
"The indictment alleges that Combs abused and exploited women and different radical for years and successful a assortment of ways," the authoritative continued, utilizing "force, threats of unit and coercion to origin victims to prosecute successful extended intersexual performances with antheral commercialized enactment workers."
Those gatherings were known successful Combs' satellite arsenic "freak-offs," the indictment further alleged. Sometimes they'd past for days, Williams said, and often progressive Combs doling retired drugs including ketamine, ecstasy and GHB to support the victims "obedient and compliant."
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Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo, calling his lawsuit "an imperfect person" but "not a criminal," said successful a connection successful effect to the charges that they were "disappointed" by the determination to determination guardant with an "unjust prosecution."
Agnifilo emphasized that Combs had cooperated truthful far, including by traveling to New York successful anticipation of being charged. "Please reserve your judgement until you person each the facts," the lawyer added. "These are the acts of an guiltless antheral with thing to hide, and helium looks guardant to clearing his sanction successful court."
So far, Combs has doubly been denied bail and remains successful custody astatine the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn. A three-judge sheet is present considering his 3rd petition for bail, according to PBS News.
During an Oct. 10 presumption hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian set Combs' proceedings for May 5, 2025.
Asked however agelong she expected the proceedings to last, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson estimated 3 weeks, but besides told the justice that Combs mightiness look a superseding indictment that could effect successful much charges being filed against him.
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In a since-deleted societal media station past December, Combs denied doing "any of the atrocious things being alleged" aft multiple lawsuits were filed against him alleging intersexual battle and different misconduct, starting with a complaint brought by his ex-girlfriend Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura past November. (The two parties announced a settlement the time aft her suit was filed, Combs' lawyer noting the determination was not an admittance of wrongdoing.)
While the lawsuit's depiction of his narration with Cassie was disturbing, it was lone the beginning.
Asked by reporters wherefore it took truthful agelong for authorities to analyse Combs, U.S. Attorney Williams said, "I can't archer you wherefore it took truthful long. I deliberation the amended absorption is connected the information that we are present contiguous and we are committed to making definite that justness is done."
Here are the astir harrowing details to travel retired of these transgression proceedings truthful far:
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Sean "Diddy" Combs Remanded
After Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty to enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges connected Sept. 17, his ineligible squad projected a $50 cardinal enslaved bundle that included equity successful his Miami location and his mother's house, arsenic good arsenic constricted his question to wrong definite parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The defence besides offered, per a missive obtained by E! News, to "walk the Court done a bid of actions taken by Mr. Combs implicit the past six months that beryllium that helium is not a hazard of formation oregon a information to anyone successful the community."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky rejected the bundle and ordered that Combs beryllium remanded without bail. He remains successful custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn.
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Combs' Lawyer Says Rapper Is Getting Treatment and Therapy
"He is not a cleanable person," Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo told the court, per NBC New York. "There has been cause use. He has been successful toxic relationships."
Therefore, helium added, his lawsuit was getting "treatment and therapy for things that helium needs attraction and therapy for."
Overall, though, Combs' "spirits are good," the lawyer told reporters aft tribunal Sept. 17. "He's confident."
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Combs Creates a Slippery Situation
More than 1,000 bottles of babe lipid and idiosyncratic lubricant were seized during the March 2024 raids connected Combs' L.A. and Miami homes, according to the 14-page indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Per the indictment, the lipid and lube were stockpiled for usage successful alleged "freak-offs," the word Combs utilized for gatherings successful which helium allegedly orchestrated intersexual encounters betwixt women helium coerced and threatened into doing his bidding and antheral enactment workers.
"I don't cognize wherever the fig 1,000 came," his lawyer Agnifilo said successful the TMZ documentary The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment, which premiered Sept. 27. Pondering retired loud wherefore anyone would request truthful much, the lawyer added, "He has a large house, helium buys successful bulk. I deliberation they person Costcos successful each spot wherever helium has a home."
Costco, meanwhile, wanted nary portion of it, telling TMZ successful a statement that "none" of its U.S. stores transportation babe oil.
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Alleged Combs Texts Read successful Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of edifice surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to amusement Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, calved Cassandra Ventura. (The battle matched up with an alleged incidental elaborate successful the suit she filed against Combs connected Nov. 16, 2023; some parties announced a colony the adjacent day.)
"I was f--ked up. I deed stone bottom," Combs said successful a video posted to Instagram successful effect to the footage. "But I marque nary excuses. My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video." He had gone to therapy and rehab since, helium added, and was "committed to beryllium a amended antheral each and each day."
During a Sept. 18 proceeding connected Combs' 2nd petition for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a substance successful the days pursuing the assault that read, "Call me, the cops are here." Another read, "I person six kids. Call, I’m surrounded."
Johnson did not accidental Cassie's sanction successful court. She said that Combs' unfortunate replied via text, "Sick you deliberation it’s OK to bash what you've done."
Bail was erstwhile again denied, this clip by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.
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The Combs Case Is Set for Trial
On Oct. 3, the Combs lawsuit was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian because Carter was incapable to accommodate a proceedings date.
During an Oct. 10 presumption hearing, Subramanian acceptable a proceedings day of May 5, 2025.
Prosecutor Johnson told the justice she expected the proceedings to past astir 3 weeks, but said determination was inactive the anticipation that a superseding indictment could pb to much charges against Combs.
Agnifilo said successful tribunal they'd request astir a week to enactment connected their case.
Meanwhile, the lawyer said successful the TMZ doc that Combs was looking guardant to testifying successful his ain defense.
“I don’t cognize that I could support him disconnected the stand," Agnifilo said. "I deliberation helium is precise anxious to archer his story."
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