Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s accused of federal intercourse crimes in a current indictment, allegedly tried “gaslighting” a lady into pondering she had consensual sexual encounters with him.
The allegation was put forth by a prosecutor at Combs’ arraignment on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in New York Metropolis, the place he pleaded not responsible to costs of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion and transportation to interact in prostitution.
The indictment facilities round alleged “Freak Offs,” which prosecutors say had been “extremely orchestrated” intercourse performances organized, organized and directed by Combs. Prosecutors allege that Combs would lure girls beneath the pretense of a romantic relationship and would coerce them into partaking within the “Freak Offs” with male intercourse employees.
Combs’ who constructed a enterprise empire after founding Dangerous Boy Data, probably the most profitable labels within the historical past of hip hop, is accused of leveraging his energy and monetary assist by threatening to withhold monetary and profession assist for the ladies.
Throughout his arraignment, prosecutors referenced an alleged cellphone name with a lady by which Combs made a “thinly-veiled reference” to persevering with his monetary assist of the lady if she “continues to be on his aspect.”
Referencing the alleged “gaslighting,” prosecutors claimed in court docket that Combs “requested for the sufferer’s assist and friendship, and makes an attempt to persuade the sufferer that she had willingly engaged in intercourse acts with him.”
On September 10, Daybreak Richard Richard, who was a part of Combs-organized teams Danity Kane and Soiled Cash, sued the mogul, accusing him of abuse and claiming that she and fellow Soiled Cash member Kalenna Harper witnessed him abusing Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who grew to become the primary girl to sue Combs in November. Within the aftermath of Richard’s go well with, prosecutors allege that Combs’ referred to as or texted her 58 occasions in 4 days.
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“This incident is only one means of constructing clear that this defendant has the continued means to maintain witnesses, even witnesses who might need been round for very distant-in-time abuse, in his pocket and at his disposal,” prosecutors argued.
Combs can also be accused of utilizing hire funds as a pay-off, with prosecutors claiming that he directed an affiliate to “ensure that” an alleged sufferer’s hire was “paid on time.”
Two federal judges denied Combs’ request for bail, and he’s at the moment incarcerated in a federal facility in Brooklyn.
If you happen to or somebody you understand has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
