Sean 'Diddy' Combs trafficked at least three women in his year sexual abuse scheme, prosecutors said on Thursday in filing a new criminal indictment against the incarcerated hip-hop mogul.
The three-count indictment contains no additional charges, but alleges he transported three female victims and commercial sex workers across US state lines and internationally. Combs' original indictment last September identified just one female victim. Combs, 55, pleaded not guilty to the first indictment, and prosecutors asked that he be arraigned again.
His trial is scheduled for 5 May in Manhattan federal court. The indictment charges Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs' alleged abuse included having women take part in recorded sexual performances called "freak offs" with male sex workers who were sometimes transported across state lines. The new indictment alleges Combs abused his employees, and those who witnessed him commit acts of violence. Prosecutors also said Combs enticed women with drugs such as ketamine and ecstasy, financial support, and promises of career support or romantic relationships.
The indictment added methamphetamine and psychedelic mushrooms to the list of illegal drugs Combs and his associates allegedly distributed. She accused him in a civil lawsuit of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape , but settled one day after suing.
Combs denied her allegations. In a March incident that resembles Cassie's description of an alleged attack, prosecutors said Combs was captured on a hotel security video striking and dragging a woman trying to leave a freak off. Combs apologised last May after CNN broadcast the video, and Agnifilo has said the video was not evidence of sex trafficking.
