American rapper and record producer Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs faces federal investigation for alleged racketeering and sex trafficking in his ‘freak-off’ parties
The rapper’s properties in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by Homeland Security in March as part of an ongoing investigation.
“Combs abused, threatened, and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” Damian Williams, Lawyer for the Southern District of New York, detailed the charges in a press briefing.
Combs hosted his “Freak Off” parties in his Hamptons Mansion before his parties were looked into by the feds, in which he welcomed big-named Hollywood stars.
Photos from his big-named, jampacked White Parties recently resurfaced online following the rapper’s arrest.
In the photos, teen heartthrobs and some of the biggest names in the fashion industry attended his parties.
In one photo from July 2000, Combs and then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were photographed laying in a white bed covered in pillows.
Alongside the ex-lovers were Leonardo De Caprio, Kimora Lee Simmons and then-husband Russell Simmons, Sarah Jessica Parker, Aaliyah, Matthew Broderick, and more.
More photographs showed the then 25-year-old Leonardo De Caprio smoking and sipping champagne, sitting alongside Combs and a few friends.
Comb’s party guestlist over the years included Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Martha Stewart, Tommy Lee, Paris Hilton, Howard Stern, Kelly Osbourne, Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson, Vera Wang, Philbin, and more.
Following his arrest on September 17 by Homeland Security, Combs has been refused bail by New York judge, due to the alleged charges and was ordered to be sent to jail as he awaits his trial.
Prosecutors said Combs “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse,” to which he pleaded not guilty.
The indictment said that included years of engaging in threatening and coercive acts towards women to “fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
Detailing the charges, Damian Williams, lawyer for the Southern District of New York told a press briefing: “Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
The rapper is also facing numerous court cases over allegations of sexual assault, which date back to the 1990s.
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