Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani on the charges against Sean 'Diddy' Combs and how he would defend the case if he were Combs' defense team. Hip-hop's "Bad Boy" billionaire Sean "Diddy" Combs is drawing comparisons to the late sex-trafficking financier Jeffrey Epstein, who used his power and connections to lure young women and girls to a private island, allegedly along with a network of wealthy friends. Now Combs is facing federal sex trafficking charges himself along with racketeering and other counts.
His arrest at a New York City hotel came six months after Homeland Security agents raided his mansions in Miami and Los Angeles and nearly a year after a series of explosive lawsuits began naming him as an alleged sex trafficking and domestic abuser, claims apparently supported, in part, by the leak of security video showing an assault on his ex, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, in a hotel hallway. "This is like Epstein 2.0, if you think about it," said David Gelman, a New Jersey-based defense attorney and former prosecutor.
"You have a guy who is extremely rich and extremely powerful, just like Jeffrey Epstein was. You have him being charged with allegations that are inhumane and unheard of against women and potential minors for sex trafficking and sexually deviant acts, and the similarities are uncanny." SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS' LUXURY YACHT DRAWS COMPARISONS TO EPSTEIN ISLAND AMID SEX TRAFFICKING PROBE Sean "Diddy" Combs and his defense lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, stand before U.
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