Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills.
Sean Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years while using blackmail and shocking acts of violence to keep his victims in line, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.Sean Combs arrives at a Grammy event in Beverly Hills on Jan. 25, 2020. The musician appeared in a New York court Tuesday to face federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Combs was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxury homes in Los Angeles and Miami. "The evidence in this case is incredibly powerful," prosecutors said in a document seeking Combs's detention. They said they had interviewed over 50 victims and witnesses and expect the number to grow.
A conviction on every charge in the indictment would require a mandatory 15 years in prison with the possibility of a life sentence. He sometimes arranged to fly the women in and ensured their participation by procuring and providing drugs, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support and using intimidation and violence, according to the indictment.The events could last for days, and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids "to recover from the physical exertion and drug use," the indictment said.
It alleges that Combs sometimes kept videos of victims engaging in sex acts and used the recordings as "collateral" to ensure the women's continued obedience and silence. He also exerted control over victims by promising career opportunities, providing and threatening to withhold financial support, dictating how they looked, monitoring their health records and controlling where they lived, according to the indictment.
As the threat of criminal charges loomed, Combs and his associates pressured witnesses and victims to stay silent, offering bribes and supplying false narratives of what happened, the indictment says.
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