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Sean "Diddy" Combs Predicts His Arrest successful 1999 Interview
Content warning: This communicative discusses graphic unit and intersexual abuse.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing yet different lawsuit.
As the rapper remains successful jailhouse pursuing his Sept. 16 arrest connected charges of racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution, an unidentified pistillate has filed a caller lawsuit, claiming the mogul drugged and sexually assaulted her, according to documents obtained by E! News.
The documents, filed Sept. 27, allege that Combs repeatedly assaulted the woman, identified arsenic Jane Doe—who is implicit the property of 18 but nether the property of 55—over a four-year period, and accidental that 1 juncture led her to go pregnant, though she aboriginal suffered a miscarriage.
Joseph L. Ciaccio, the lawyer representing the unnamed pistillate on with steadfast spouse Marie Napoli, said she archetypal became acquainted with the rapper successful the autumn of 2020 portion “overseas”—and was aboriginal invited connected an all-expenses paid trip.
“Powerful figures successful the amusement manufacture person agelong exploited aspiring artists and fans,” Ciaccio told E! News successful a statement. “Recent high-profile lawsuits purpose to clasp these celebrities accountable, perchance transforming manufacture practices and providing justness for victims. No 1 is supra the law. Fame and wealthiness bash not support Sean 'Diddy' Combs from superior allegations of enactment trafficking and abuse.”
E! News has reached retired to lawyers for Combs but has not yet heard back.
Following their 2020 meeting, the documents alleged Jane Doe began seeing the rapper “approximately erstwhile per month” successful 2021 and 2022—with Combs arranging for her to come to his homes successful Miami, Los Angeles and New York. The pistillate alleges that she did not be these meetings connected her ain volition, but says Combs and his unit utilized “coercive and harassing language” to get her to spot the rapper.
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Those meetings led to respective instances of maltreatment elaborate successful the filing. During 1 April 2022 meeting, the rapper utilized spiked alcoholic beverages to unit intersexual intercourse, according to the docs. On different July 2022 occasion, documents allege helium forced her to instrumentality ketamine and different drugs, which resulted successful her blacking out—describing being successful and retired of consciousness. Shortly aft this incident, the pistillate said she took a gestation trial which was positive. During a abstracted 2022 meeting, the pistillate says she near Combs’ Miami residence with purple bruises connected her feet and a wound people connected the bottommost of her foot, with nary representation of what caused them.
And aft learning of her pregnancy, she says successful the docs that Combs’ squad harassed her to get an termination earlier she suffered her miscarriage.
After her gestation loss, the pistillate alleges she attempted to get “space” from the rapper and did not talk to him for “approximately 3 months.” However, she says Combs’ changeless harassment via calls and texts—and adjacent someway uncovering a mode to show her location—soon resumed successful precocious 2022, and continued done July 2024.
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Jane Doe said that astatine each consequent meeting, she was to “perform a show,” arsenic described successful the documents and forced to devour intoxicant and different substances. Throughout this time, the pistillate says she “feared for her safety” having seen the rapper “slap and abuse” different women.
Saying she suffered trauma, fiscal wounded and carnal injury, the pistillate is seeking an unspecified magnitude successful damages.
The suit is the latest successful a drawstring of legal issues Combs has been embroiled successful implicit the past respective months. He was denied bail pursuing his latest arrest, and presently remains successful custody awaiting trial, for which a day has not been set.
Combs continues to contradict each allegations made against him. He volition adjacent look successful tribunal Oct. 9 for a presumption hearing.
Keep speechmaking to spot each of the ineligible occupation Combs is facing.
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Search Warrants Executed connected Diddy’s L.A. and Miami Properties
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed hunt warrants astatine Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami properties connected March 25, aggregate instrumentality enforcement sources confirmed to NBC News.
The sources told the outlet the warrant was retired of the Southern District of New York, and a spokesperson for HSI New York confirmed to E! News it “executed instrumentality enforcement actions arsenic portion of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our section instrumentality enforcement partners.”
Law enforcement sources told NBC News the euphony mogul was successful the Miami country erstwhile the hunt warrants were executed.
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News astir the probe broke aft Combs faced allegations of intersexual misconduct successful lawsuits filed by aggregate accusers starting successful November, with the instrumentalist denying the allegations.
“Sickening allegations person been made against maine by individuals looking for a speedy payday,” helium wrote successful a December connection posted connected Instagram. “Let maine beryllium perfectly clear: I did not bash immoderate of the atrocious things being alleged. I volition combat for my name, my household and for the truth.”
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Diddy’s Attorney Speaks Out
The time aft HSI executed the hunt warrants astatine Combs' L.A. and Miami properties, his lawyer spoke out.
"Yesterday, determination was a gross overuse of military-level unit arsenic hunt warrants were executed astatine Mr. Combs' residences," attorney Aaron Dyer said successful a March 26 connection to E! News. "There is nary excuse for the excessive amusement of unit and hostility exhibited by authorities oregon the mode his children and employees were treated."
Dyer noted Combs “was ne'er detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.”
“Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor immoderate of his household members person been arrested nor has their quality to question been restricted successful immoderate way,” his lawyer's connection continued. “This unprecedented ambush—paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence—leads to a premature unreserved to judgement of Mr. Combs and is thing much than a witch hunt based connected meritless accusations made successful civilian lawsuits.”
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And Dyer expressed Combs' intent to support himself.
“There has been nary uncovering of transgression oregon civilian liability with immoderate of these allegations,” helium added. “Mr. Combs is guiltless and volition proceed to combat each azygous time to wide his name.”
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Details About the Raid Revealed
As for what really went down during the searches, aggregate instrumentality enforcement sources acquainted with the warrant told NBC News authorities with the Department of Homeland Security seized phones from Combs’ location successful Miami earlier helium was scheduled to question to the Bahamas, and respective sources acquainted with the substance added that guns were discovered during the search.
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One root acquainted with the substance besides told NBC News 3 women and 1 antheral were interviewed by prosecutors and investigators from the Southern District of New York astir allegations of enactment trafficking, intersexual assault, the solicitation and organisation of amerciable narcotics and firearms purportedly tied to Combs.
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Diddy’s Associate Brendan Paul Arrested connected Suspicion of Drug Possession
On the aforesaid time the hunt warrants were executed astatine Combs’ Miami and Los Angeles properties, 1 of his associates, Brendan Paul, was arrested by the Miami-Dade constabulary connected suspicion of cause possession, a instrumentality enforcement root acquainted with the substance told NBC News.
According to the Miami-Dade apprehension affidavit obtained by the outlet, Paul was taken into custody for allegedly possessing suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana candy.
Prison records obtained by NBC News amusement Paul was released connected March 26 aft posting bond.
“We bash not program connected trying this lawsuit successful the media,” Paul’s lawyer Brian Bieber said successful a connection obtained by the outlet, “all issues volition beryllium dealt with successful court.”
In May, Paul accepted a plea deal, with his lawyer Bieber telling People, "Brendan accepted the prosecutor’s connection to licence his introduction into the diversion programme which, aft completion, the lawsuit against him volition beryllium dismissed successful its entirety."
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Diddy Arrested successful New York
He was arrested successful the lobby of a New York edifice connected Sept. 16, 2024, according to NBC News. It's unclear what Combs has been charged with and if the apprehension has immoderate imaginable transportation to the raids.
“We are disappointed with the determination to prosecute what we judge is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office," his lawyer Marc Agnifilo said successful a connection to E! News. "He is an imperfect idiosyncratic but Is not criminal. To his recognition Mr. Combs has been thing but cooperative with this probe and helium voluntarily relocated to New York past week successful anticipation of these charges."
The lawyer added, "Please reserve your judgement until you person each the facts. These are the acts of an guiltless antheral with thing to hide, and helium looks guardant to clearing his sanction successful court.”
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Diddy Charged With Sex Trafficking & Racketeering
After Combs was arrested based connected the sealed indictment, the indictment was unsealed connected Sept. 17.
The 54-year-old was charged with racketeering conspiracy; enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; arsenic good arsenic proscription to prosecute successful prostitution, according to tribunal documents obtained by NBC News.
The indictment alleged Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others astir him to fulfill his intersexual desires, support his reputation, and conceal his conduct” for much than a decade, with prosecutors saying the purported behaviour started astir 2008.
"To bash so," the documents stated, "Combs relied connected the employees, resources, and power of the multi-faceted concern empire that helium led and controlled—creating a transgression endeavor whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to prosecute in, among different crimes, enactment trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice."
According to NBC News, Combs pleaded not guilty and was denied bail.
“He’s going to combat this with each of his vigor and each of his might,” his lawyer Marc Agnifilo told reporters extracurricular the courthouse anterior to the arraignment, “and the afloat assurance of his lawyers."
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Held Without Bail successful New York Facility
Following his arrest, Combs was held astatine the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center wherever helium was denied a $50 cardinal bond. The euphony mogul was besides placed connected termination watch, which a source told E! News is a customary procedure for high-profile inmates.
He was assigned the aforesaid country of the jailhouse arsenic cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, a root told NBC News.
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