Federal prosecutors unveiled a disturbing array of accusations against rapper and media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as they charging him with three counts of sex trafficking and racketeering that allegedly spans decades. Combs was arrested late Monday in Manhattan following a grand jury indictment earlier this month that had been sealed. It’s the latest addition to an increasingly long list of legal entanglements for the former megawatt star.
He pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon. Details contained in a 14-page charging document unsealed earlier in the day helped fill in the contours of a case characterized by so-called freak-offs, described as abusive parties Combs allegedly threw, as U.S.
Attorney Damian Williams also explained in a news conference. A letter from prosecutors to U.S.
Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky provided some additional details. Here’s what we learned.
Law enforcement found 1,000 bottles of lubricant for alleged ‘freak-offs.’ Prosecutors said in charging papers that Combs’ abuse was “recurrent and widely known” from at least 2008. He allegedly coerced women to perform sex acts with male sex workers, plying the women with drugs and deploying threats against witnesses to keep the parties secret.
“Combs allegedly planned and controlled the sex performances, which he called freak-offs, and he often electronically recorded them,” Williams said at the news conference. Law enforcement reported finding more than 1,000 bottles of lubricant.