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Sean “Diddy” Combs Is accused of threatening and physically abused
In the new 15-page indictment that Rolling Stone There is no new co -accused. Instead, the focus is on Sean Combs’ alleged abusive treatment and forced labor of employees. They worked in various companies of Combs. The 55-year-old is accused of keeping control of the lives of certain employees. He is said to have believed that they would be damaged. Including the loss of your workplace. All of this if they did not meet his demands, according to the public prosecutor’s office of the Southern District of New York.
“In terms of an employee, Sean Combs has applied physical violence, physiological damage, financial damage, calls for calls and/or the threat of the same to persuade employees to act sexual acts with Combs,” says the indictment.
In the event of a conviction, he threatens 15 years to life
After his arrest in September, Sean Combs will continue to be charged with sex trade, blackmail and transport for prostitution. The 55-year-old did not guilty. He is currently waiting for his trial in May in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. In the event of a conviction, he threatens 15 years to life.
In response to the new indictment, Marc Agnifilo, the senior defender of Sean Combs, said there were many former employees who would guarantee their boss. “Mr. Combs has already said it. And will say it again. He vehemently denies the accusations of the SDNY ”. Agnifilo told that in an explanation Rolling Stone.
“Many former employees are at his side. You are ready to testify the commitment, hard work and inspiration that you have experienced when building groundbreaking, award -winning companies. ”
“He is looking forward to his day in court where everything becomes clear. That he never forced someone to get involved in sexual acts against his will, ”added Agnifilo.
Billion dollar empire as a “criminal company”
The prosecutors accuse Sean Combs of using his billion dollar imperial as a “criminal company”. All of this to commit a number of crimes from 2004 to 2024, including “sex trade, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and disability”. The prosecutors draw the image of a dangerous and abusive man. And claim that Combs had forced his romantic partners through manipulation, coercion, threats and violence to submit to his will and his sexual fantasies. Although he even tried once A woman’s door with a hammer to strike.
In the new indictment, Sean Combs is accused of using his company and a team of loyal employees as a weapon to enforce his claims. He is said to have done this by keeping control of certain employees. “Which he forced, among other things, through physical violence, psychological, financial and reputable damage and/or the threat of the same during long working hours.”
In January published the public prosecutors of the Southern District of New York the first replacement indictment against Combsin which two other alleged female victims were added. They accuse Combs of forced them to have commercial sexual actions with male sex workers.
Law enclosed within 24 hours
The original 14-page indictment of September seemed to adhere closely to the allegations that the R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura brought against Sean Combs in her explosive lawsuit for sexual abuse from November 2023. Ventura claimed that during her ten-year relationship with her bad boy label boss, she was physically beaten and forced to consume narcotics during sex with male sex workers. Combs denied her accusations and the lawsuit was settled within 24 hours.
While Sean Combs is preparing for the process, his defenders claimed that he will be in court as a changed man. They said he was looking for professional help. And years earlier, went to a withdrawal clinic to tackle his problems with substance consumption.
An investigation of Rolling Stone From January, however, showed that Sean Combs was still unpredictable. Still took substance -changing substances. And was still supposed to be sexually assaulted. Combs’ former assistant to the management, Phil Pines, reported in detail. He was forced to work constantly. What worsened his mental health. More than a dozen people claimed that Combs physically attacked them between 2016 and 2024. Set under drugs and/or sexually abused.