Prosecutors on Thursday said Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trafficked no fewer than three women in his 20-year s3xual abuse scheme.
Gatekeepers News reports that they said this while filing a new criminal indictment against the incarcerated hip-hop mogul.
The three-count indictment contains no additional charges, but alleged that he transported three female victims and commercial s3x workers across state lines and internationally.
Diddy’s original indictment last September identified just one female victim.
The 55-year-old Diddy pleaded not guilty to the first indictment, and prosecutors asked that he be arraigned again.
His trial is scheduled for May 5 in Manhattan federal court.
“Mr. Combs is as committed as ever to fighting these charges and winning at trial,” Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo said in a statement.
The indictment charged Diddy with racketeering conspiracy, s3x trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
According to prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office, Diddy used his business empire, including his record label Bad Boy Entertainment, to s3xually abuse women.
Diddy’ alleged abuse included having women take part in recorded s3xual performances called freak offs with male s3x workers who were sometimes transported across state lines.
The new indictment alleged that Diddy abused his employees, and those who witnessed him commit acts of violence.
Prosecutors also said Diddy 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 Diddy and his associates allegedly distributed.
None of the alleged victims was identified by name, however, one victim is said to be Combs’ former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, an R&B singer known as Cassie.
She accused him in a civil lawsuit of serial physical abuse, s3xual slavery and rape, but settled one day after suing.
Combs, however, denied the allegations.
In a March 2016 incident that resembles Cassie’s description of an alleged attack, prosecutors said Diddy 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 his lawyer Marc Agnifilo has said the video was not evidence of s3x trafficking.
