In a bolstered model of an indictment, prosecutors accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of obligating workers, one among whom he compelled to have intercourse with him, to work lengthy hours below the specter of bodily, monetary and reputational hurt.
The indictment, issued on Thursday, doesn’t include new prices or victims however as a substitute expands upon allegations over the tactic of the alleged enterprise via which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his varied companies.
In a press release, Marc Agnifilo, a lawyer for Combs, denied the allegations. “He seems to be ahead to his day in court docket when it’s going to turn into clear that he has by no means compelled anybody to interact in sexual acts towards their will,” he stated. “Many former workers stand by his aspect, ready to attest to the dedication, exhausting work, and inspiration they skilled whereas serving to construct groundbreaking, award-winning companies.”
The revised indictment represents an try by prosecutors to strengthen their case by detailing new accusations within the alleged racketeering conspiracy. It provides to a different superseding indictment issued towards Combs in January that specified that there have been three victims that the rap mogul allegedly compelled to interact in industrial intercourse acts. The costs contain claims that he organized compelled sexual encounters with ladies, allegedly manipulating them into taking part in “extremely orchestrated performances of sexual exercise with male industrial intercourse employees,” who have been typically flown in throughout state strains and internationally.
In line with the brand new indictment, Combs maintained management over employees at his varied companies. He “induced these workers to imagine they might be harmed — together with by dropping their jobs — if they didn’t comply along with his calls for.”
The indictment provides, “With respect to at least one worker, Combs used bodily power, psychological hurt, monetary hurt, and reputational hurt, and/or threats of the identical to trigger the worker to interact in intercourse acts” with him.
Combs can be arraigned on the brand new prices subsequent week. He stays in custody on the federal Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, along with his trial scheduled to start out Might 5.
