faces federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in an indictment, unsealed Tuesday, claiming he hit and abused women for over a decade and presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes.
The music mogul 91裸聊视频渆ngaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,91裸聊视频� according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The indictment details allegations dating to 2008 that he abused, threatened and coerced women for years 91裸聊视频渢o fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.91裸聊视频� He is accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed 91裸聊视频淔reak Offs91裸聊视频� in the indictment. It also refers obliquely to an attack on his former girlfriend, the , that was captured on video.
Combs was in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation in Los Angeles and Miami. He was due in court Tuesday to face the charges.
Over the past year, Combs who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations, and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that Combs would plead not guilty and that he would 91裸聊视频渇ight like hell91裸聊视频� to try to get his client released from custody.
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The indictment describes Combs, 54, as the head of a criminal enterprise that engaged or attempted to engage in activities including sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice. He91裸聊视频檚 accused of striking, punching and dragging women on numerous occasions, throwing objects and kicking them 91裸聊视频� and enlisting his personal assistants, security and household staff to help him hide it all.
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He sometimes arranged to fly the women in and ensured their participation by procuring and providing drugs, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support, and using intimidation and violence, according to the indictment.
The events could last for days, and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids 91裸聊视频渢o recover from the physical exertion and drug use91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淔reak Offs,91裸聊视频� the indictment said. It said his employees facilitated 91裸聊视频淔reak Offs91裸聊视频� by arranging travel, booking hotel rooms where they would take place and stocking those rooms with supplies, including drugs, baby oil, lubricants, extra linens and lighting, scheduling the delivery of IV fluids, and then cleaning the rooms afterward.
During a search of Combs91裸聊视频� homes in Miami and Los Angeles this year, law enforcement seized narcotics and more than a thousand bottles of baby oil and lubricant, according to the indictment. Agents also seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, the indictment said.
It alleges that, unbeknownst to his victims, Combs sometimes kept his videos of them engaging in sex acts and used the recordings as 91裸聊视频渃ollateral91裸聊视频� to ensure the women91裸聊视频檚 continued obedience and silence. He also exerted control over victims by promising career opportunities, providing and threatening to withhold financial support, dictating how they looked, monitoring their health records and controlling where they lived, according to the indictment.
As the threat of criminal charges loomed, Combs and his associates pressured witnesses and victims to stay silent, including by attempting to bribe them and providing them with a false narrative of events, the indictment says.
All of this, prosecutors allege, was happening behind the facade of Combs91裸聊视频� global music, lifestyle and clothing empire.
Combs was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.
In November, Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit . She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.
The suit was , but months later, CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, , saying, 91裸聊视频淚 was disgusted when I did it.91裸聊视频�
The indictment refers to the attack, without naming Ventura, and says Combs tried to bribe a hotel security staffer to stay mum about it.
Combs and his attorneys denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.
Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Ventura, said in a statement Tuesday that 91裸聊视频渘either Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淲e appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,91裸聊视频� he added.
A woman said two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, said Combs subjected her to 91裸聊视频渢errifying sexual encounters,91裸聊视频� starting when she was a college student in 1994.
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Ventura and Lampros did.
Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.
In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served about eight years in prison.
