New elements of the case against Sean "Diddy" Combs were revealed Thursday as federal prosecutors expanded their indictment against the hip-hop mogul, saying he forced two additional women into taking part in a sex-trafficking scheme and dangled another woman over a balcony.
The superseding indictment, filed in Manhattan, N. It also adds four years to the alleged criminal conspiracy, saying it began in instead of and lasted until Combs, who is being held in a federal correctional facility in Brooklyn, N. Read more: A wall of secrets may crumble as feds call out enablers of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' alleged sex crimes. The expanded indictment does not add charges to the sprawling September indictment that alleges the founder of Bad Boy Entertainment long used his empire to coerce victims into sex in gatherings known as "freak-offs.
Combs faces three counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and violating the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting someone across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.
The year-old music mogul is set to go on trial May 5. Combs was arrested in September after nearly a yearlong federal investigation. The day after his arrest, prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. He settled that lawsuit. Prosecutors allege that, as part of a sex-trafficking scheme, Combs and his entourage engaged in violence, abuse, arson and kidnapping. Thursday's superseding indictment alleged that, during one kidnapping, Combs brandished a firearm.
The refreshed indictment also refers to a incident in which Combs is accused of dangling a woman off a balcony. That allegation resembles one made last year in a lawsuit by Bryana Bongolan. The suits says Bongolan was in Ventura's apartment asleep when Combs arrived and banged on the door. Once inside, the lawsuit claims, he grabbed her and held her over a banister.
