His parties in Hollywood were legendary. His empire immense, his bank account huge. At one time, he was the king of hip hop, one of the early pioneers who took his music and culture and turned it into hundreds of millions of dollars, establishing himself as a true power broker in the world of entertainment. Sean, Puff Daddy, Puff, Puffy, Diddy, Combs has gone by many names and nicknames, but now he has a new title Federal indictee. He has been accused of engaging in sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could keep him locked up for the rest of his life. The allegations are serious and include recording lewd acts, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and other offenses. Prosecutors say he abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct. Diddy has denied all the allegations but will have to defend himself in Federal court when prosecutors try the case and try to lock up Diddy for decades.
He was a mogul in the entertainment business.
A ‘freak off’ is an orgy. These rumors have been around for a very long time. In fact, some people have publicly spoken about them, but the legacy media, traditional outlets were afraid of covering it because it’s highly litigious. Combs would sue them. That’s why he was able to get away with this for decades, according to the FBI. His staff was the accomplices.
Why did it take so long for Diddy to be charged?
He was dangerous, had sensitive and embarrassing ‘collateral’ to threaten and coerce people. He also used guns. Nobody came out and reported him, because they were afraid of him.
The civil lawsuit by Cassie, Casandra Ventura, Combs’s ex-girlfriend alleges: “The first time, Mr. Combs hired a man and brought the man to his home in Los Angeles. The man, Mr. Combs, and Ms. Ventura wore masquerade masks, and ingested drugs. Ms. Combs directed Ms. Ventura to perform sexual acts with this man while Mr. Combs watched them. He masturbated while he directed Ms. Ventura and the man to do specific sexual acts. The entire encounter lasted multiple day. Mr. Combs began to call the arrangement a ‘freak off,’ or ‘FO’. Ms. Ventura was eventually instructed to use website and escort services to find male sex workers to participate the FOs. Mr. Combs told Ms. Ventura to search for ‘large black penises’ on the website. Sometimes, Mr. Combs would pay to fly male sex workers to his location. Mr. Combs always supplied Ms. Ventura (and the sex worker) with copious amounts of drugs before and during the FOs. Ms. Ventura was given ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, and alcohol in excessive amount during FOs, which allowed her to disassociate during these horrific encounters. It became common place to get IV fluids in the days after an FO to recover from the excessive substances pushed upon her.” Although, this civil lawsuit opened the doors.
November 16, 2023, former longtime girlfriend, Cassie Ventura filed a civil suit against Combs alleging years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, saying she had endured “over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands.
November 23, 2023, Joi Dickerson-Neal filed suit against Combs accusing him of drugging and raping her in January 1991, when she was a college student at Syracuse University. And Liza Gardner filed a lawsuit against Combs claiming that he and a singer-songwriter both took turns raping her and a friend one night in the early 1990s.
December 6, 2023, Combs, a business associate and a third defendant are named in a complaint by a woman identified only as Jane Doe who alleged that in 2003, when she was 17 years old, she was sex-trafficked and gang-raped by Combs, the associate and a ‘third assailant’.
February 16, 2024, music producer, Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, sued Combs, accusing him in graphic detail of unwanted sexual contact and of forcing him to hire prostitutes and to participate in sex acts with them.
Diddy had a public persona that it hadn’t been tarnished up until that video. There had been rumors ‘he’s not the guy to mess with’.
May 21, 2024, a former model, named Crystal McKinney, accused Combs of sexually assaulting her in 2003 at his recording studio in New York City, when she was 22 years old.
May 23, 2024, a woman named April Lampros filed a civil suit accusing Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting her after she met him, more than 20 years ago, while she was a student in New York City.
A Michigan inmate claims Combs drugged and sexually assaulted him at a party in Detroit in June 1997.
July 3, 2024, a former adult film actress, Adria English, filed a suit accusing Combs of sex-trafficking and also naming a woman accused of being to Combs, what Ghislaine Maxwell was to Jeffrey Epstein.
September 10, 2024, a former bandmate of Combs, Dawn Richard, accused him of terrorizing and sexually abusing her in a lawsuit that also alleged she witnessed him beating his ex-girlfriend, Cassie.
September 17, 2024, arrested and indicted.
Diddy pleaded not guilty to the charges.
“For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.” Sean Diddy Combs
September 17, 2024, The U.S. Attorney Damian Williams: “The indictment alleges that he maintained control over the victims in several ways, including by giving them drugs, by giving and threatening to take away financial support or housing, by promising them career opportunities, by monitoring their whereabouts and even by dictating their physical appearance. Because of all of this, the indictment alleges that the victims did not believe they could refuse Combs, without risking their security or facing more abuse. The indictment also alleges other acts of violence undertaken by Combs and others, including violence against witnesses to his abuse, kidnapping and arson. The indictment alleges that on more than one occasion, Combs carried or brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten victims and witnesses.”
Weapons were seized in his mansion. Illegal weapons. Several AR-15s and others. Serial numbers have been thoroughly defaced.
He cultivated different image of global jet setting, party throwing businessman, doting loving father to a lot of children. He helped charities.
He wasn’t realized out on bail, because of a worry of intimidation. That happened when his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, sued him.
Sean Combs was born on November 4 1969, in New York City. He was raised in Mount Vernon, New York in 1987. He graduated from a Catholic High School. He attended Howard University, but dropped out after his second year. In 1990 Sean started working for Uptown records in New York City and eventually became a talent director. In 1993 his employment was terminated Sean started his own record label and ended up working with many well-known rappers and singers. In 1997 Sean recorded his own single as a rapper, using the name Puff Daddy. The same year he released his first album which was very well received. Over the next few years Sean went on to have a successful career. He produced several studio albums, was featured in movies and on TV shows. He started his own clothing line and went on several tours.
On October 14, 2024, at least six lawsuits were filed against the hip-hop mogul in federal court in Manhattan. They were filed anonymously, two by women identified as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does.
One of the John Does, a man living in North Carolina, alleges that Combs fondled his genitals when he was 16 at one of the rapper’s famous white parties in Long Island’s Hamptons in 1998. The man alleges that during a conversation about possibly breaking into the music industry, Combs abruptly ordered the then-teen to drop his pants. According to the man’s lawsuit, Combs explained to him that it was a rite of passage to becoming a music star, at one point asking him: “Don’t you want to break into the business?” The man said he complied out of fear, anxiety and power imbalance he felt with Combs, only realizing later that what had happened was sexual assault.
