Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’s history of misconduct dates all the way back to 1999, when he was charged with assaulting record executive Steve Stoute, but his legal woes reached a new level this week when he was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York. Below, find all the details that have come out so far about the 54-year-old rap mogul’s arrest—and the alleged pattern of abusive behavior that brought him to this point. When and where was Sean “Diddy” Combs arrested? Combs was arrested in a Manhattan hotel lobby late on Monday, September 16, after his indictment by a federal grand jury earlier that day.
The arrest followed raids of Combs’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami back in March, when Homeland Security Investigations agents discovered multiple AR-15 guns, large-capacity magazines, and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant on his properties. A judge denied bail for Combs on Tuesday, meaning he will likely remain in custody until his trial. What charges was Combs indicted on? The 14-page indictment unsealed on Tuesday includes three counts of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Prosecutors allege Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others” to “fulfill his sexual desires” in a “recurrent and widely known” pattern of abuse that goes back to at least 2009. Many of the current charges being leveled against Combs stem from “freak offs,” Combs’s term for coerced sex acts that he wou.