Rapper and report producer Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puffy aka Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy has modified his title extra occasions than the late Prince (aka some rattling image we are able to’t even make on a keyboard aka the artist previously often called Prince) and the still-performing John Mellencamp (aka John Cougar aka John Cougar Mellencamp). He’s additionally been sued extra occasions for sexual assault eventually depend eight together with allegations of gang rape, trafficking and compelled drug use to Prince and Mellencamp’s mixed zero lawsuits. (There have been unproven allegations that Prince assaulted some girls together with the late Sinead O’Connor, however no sexual assault fits ever, and Mellencamp, a famous scorching head, has zero such costs although considered one of his former keyboardists as soon as lived on the FBI’s most wished record for baby porn costs.)
Now, it appears like Combs can even eclipse the opposite multi-named performers in one other area, after being indicted by a grand jury after which arrested in Manhattan Monday night on racketeering, transportation to interact in prostitution and intercourse trafficking costs, it seems Diddy might additionally face gun costs associated to his crimes.
In line with a number of information experiences together with this one from the New York Put up:
Sean “Diddy” Combs carried weapons “to intimidate and threaten” his victims and the witnesses of his abuse, in response to a sex-trafficking indictment in opposition to the hip-hop mogul.
The music producer “carried or brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, together with victims of and witnesses to his abuse,” the court docket papers say.
Combs additionally had his safety employees carry weapons, and when the feds raided his houses in Miami and Los Angeles, they discovered three AR-15s with “defaced serial numbers,” different weapons, ammunition and a drum journal, the indictment alleges.
Listening to the press convention held Tuesday in a New York Metropolis court docket by Damian Williams, U.S. Legal professional within the Southern District of New York, the studying of the indictment made Combs sound like a modern-day Caligula. Describing days-long events Combs continuously held known as “Freak Offs,” these events featured prolonged pressured sexual performances fueled by medication, usually pressured on the “performers” via violence, concern and intimidation. Combs would movie the events and use them to take care of management over a number of the individuals. He would reportedly provide the individuals, many allegedly pressured, with medication, private lubricants, child oil and further linens. The narrative of the press convention sounded extra like one thing you’d anticipate on PornHub.
The Weapons and Extra
“The indictment alleges on multiple event Combs carried or brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten victims and witnesses,” Williams stated.
In March of this 12 months, brokers executing search warrants discovered amongst different proof of the alleged crimes, “firearms and ammunition together with three defaced AR-15s and a large-capacity drum journal.” Additionally they present in Williams’ phrases, “instances and instances of the form of child oil and private lubricants used for the Freak Offs.” That included greater than 1,000 bottles of lubricant, none of it possible used for cleansing the firearms.
Williams confirmed off pictures of the firearms, ammunitions and gun equipment seized through the raids noting how the serial numbers had been defaced to forestall them from being traced.
“A 12 months in the past, Sean Combs stood in Instances Sq. and was handed a key to New York Metropolis, in the present day he’s been indicted and can face justice within the southern district of New York,” Williams stated.
When requested towards the tip of the press convention the place the firearms and different gadgets had been present in his home, Williams stated, “a number of the AR-15s, two of the three defaced AR-15s, had been present in his bed room closet in Miami damaged down into elements together with magazines with ammunition loaded in them.”
