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Sean “Diddy” Combs is sitting in a federal prison in New York awaiting trial on sex trafficking and other charges in a racketeering case in which other unnamed parties allegedly aided and abetted the crime. Off” party.
Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams, who once handed Mr. Combs the metaphorical keys to the city, is facing unrelated federal corruption charges across the East River.
Mr. Adams gave Mr. Combs, who rose to fame by founding Bad Boy Records in 1993, the golden opener this time last year, saying, “The bad boy of entertainment takes the keys to the city from the bad boy of politics.” I’m trying to get it,” he declared.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs (left) receives the key to the city from Mayor Eric Adams in Times Square in New York City on September 15, 2023. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
No one else has been charged in connection with Combs’ sex trafficking allegations. Aside from Mr. Adams, whom the Justice Department on Thursday charged with corruption and campaign finance crimes, none of the others mentioned here have faced federal charges.
However, court documents claim that many people around Combs, including close business associates, were aware of his activities. He is named in several of the lawsuits against him, including those accusing fellow entertainment industry leaders like former Bad Boy executive Harve Pierre.
Harve Pierre and Sean P. “Diddy” Combs host the Bad Boy & Warner Bros. Music Partnership Party with Sean P. “Diddy” Combs at Flo in New York City. (Johnny Nunez/Wire Image)
Still, legal experts say it’s too early to tell who might be targeted by federal investigators based on publicly available information.
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Russell Simmons, Steve Stout, Jay-Z, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Andre Harrell. (Dimitrios Cambris/WireImage for Bad Boy Entertainment)
“Anyone who actually participated in sexual activity with Didi should be shaken,” said Neema Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor who now runs a private practice in Los Angeles.
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A separate lawsuit alleges Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. sexually harassed and molested a man who was attending Combs’ party on a yacht in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sean “Diddy” Combs interviewed U.S. Senate candidate and future president Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. The former president has not been charged with any wrongdoing in the federal sex trafficking and extortion case against Combs. (Rebecca Sapp/WireImage for Citizen Change)
Similar to sex trafficking financier Jeffrey Epstein, who had his own private island, Combs, 54, lured his victims with a lavish lifestyle and, in some cases, took them to the USVI and Saint-Barthelemy. He is accused of assaulting the victim on a yacht he rented for the trip. .
In his lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Rodney Jones claims that this photo shows him with Cuba Gooding Jr. on a yacht that Combs rented, and that Sean “Diddy” Combs claims that he made unwanted advances to her. (Southern District of New York)
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Prince William, Kanye West, Prince Harry and P. Diddy pose for the media during a backstage party at Wembley Arena in North London on July 1, 2007. (Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images)
According to court documents, he forced his victims to have sex with male prostitutes, which was so brutal that both participants and victims alike were given IV treatment afterwards.
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and Harvey Weinstein attend the 2008 CFDA Fashion Awards held at the New York Public Library on June 2, 2008 in New York City. (Dimitrios Cambris/Wireimage)
Over the years, Mr. Combs has had relationships with entertainment stars such as Ashton Kutcher, Jay-Z and Leonardo DiCaprio, political leaders including Adams and other Democratic leaders, and business titans.
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Kim Porter, music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, and actor Leonardo DiCaprio attend the 2004 NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 15, 2004. Attendance. Neither Kutcher nor DiCaprio are accused of any wrongdoing in a recent federal indictment that accused Combs of trafficking women at drug-fueled sex parties. (Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Federal prosecutors have not accused them of wrongdoing in the investigation into Combs. But the question remains, if it wasn’t just him, who was attending his “freak-off” parties and participating in the abuse?
Combs’ former protégé, Moses “Shine” Barrow, served 10 years in prison for the 1999 nightclub shooting, and although the mogul was acquitted, he was deported after serving his sentence and became a politician in his home country. It became.
Actor John Cusack (center) and entertainer P. Diddy (rear right) pose with Sen. Hillary Clinton (behind Cusack) on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Boston on July 29, 2004. join. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mr Barrow is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the country’s House of Commons. Music website NME reported that during a recent press conference in the area, Combs claimed that he had thrown her under the bus during the trial.
Although he claimed that Combs was “destroyed” [his] After the shooting, he denied knowledge of the infamous “freak-off” parties where federal prosecutors allege sex trafficking took place.
Jennifer Lopez and Sean “Puffy” Combs arrive at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards held at Radio City Music Hall on September 7, 2000 in New York City. Lopez was previously arrested in the New York City nightclub shooting in which Combs was involved, but the case against her was dropped. She has not been accused of any wrongdoing in a recent federal sex trafficking case against her ex-girlfriend. (George De Sota/Newsmaker via Getty Images)
Derrick Parker, a former member of the NYPD’s Rap Intelligence Unit who investigated the 1999 nightclub shooting, previously told Fox News Digital: “He ran away many times because of who he was.” spoke. he. “
Sean P. Diddy Combs and LL Cool J LL Cool J during the 6th Annual P Diddy White Party held at the Star Room in Bridgehampton, New York in connection with Combs’ recent arrest. has not been accused of wrongdoing. (Johnny Nunez/Wire Image)
The investigation also led to the arrest of Combs’ then-girlfriend, pop megastar Jennifer Lopez.
Prosecutors declined to charge her and she was released.
R. Kelly, a former singer and convicted sex trafficker, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently accused of sex trafficking, are photographed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. are. (Theo Wargo/WireImage/File)
“Other members of the RICO conspiracy are criminally responsible for sex trafficking, even if they did not actually participate in the sex acts,” said Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor. “Thus, someone who bought thousands of bottles of baby oil or someone who gave the victim a post-drug drip could be charged as a co-conspirator.”
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He said prosecutors could pressure anonymous and unindicted co-conspirators to turn against Combs and others involved in the alleged crimes. And if they don’t turn over, they themselves could be indicted.
On the current charges, Combs faces life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.