
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Indicted on Racketeering and Sex Trafficking Charges
Published on September 17, 2024
Federal authorities charged Sean “Diddy” Combs with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking during the rap artist’s appearance in court on Tuesday. Almost six months after federal authorities raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami, Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday evening in Manhattan and was due in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York. According to the indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.” The indictment alleges that this criminal enterprise involved kidnapping, forced labor, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice, and sex trafficking “from at least in or about 2008” to 2018....
