Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is charged with sex trafficking as federal indictment is unsealed after his arrest in New York City

• Diddy “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
• He “created a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”
• The rapper assaulted women by “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”
• Diddy “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers” that he called “freak offs.”
• Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
• During freak offs, he “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
• After freak offs, Diddy and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use.”
• In March 2024, during searches of his residences in Miami and Los Angeles, “law enforcement seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
• During and separate from Freak Offs, Diddy “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair…These assaults often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”
• He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”
• Diddy himself “brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, including victims of and witnesses to his abuse.”
• During searches of his homes, “law enforcement seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine.”
• Associates “assisted him in locating and contacting victims who attempted to flee his abuse.”
• When witnesses to the abuse threatened his authority or reputation, he and members and associates of the enterprise “engaged in acts of violence, threats of violence, threats of financial and reputational harm, and verbal abuse. These acts of violence included kidnapping and arson.”

• November 17, 2023: Cassie, Diddy’s longtime girlfriend, sued him, claiming she endured “a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018. Diddy and Cassie settled the suit the day after it was filed.
• Diddy was hit with two more lawsuits a week after he settled with Cassie.
• November 23, 2023: Joi Dickerson accused Diddy of drugging and raping her and filming the attack when she was a 19-year-old college student in January 1991.
• November 24, 2023: A second unidentified accuser in a separate lawsuit claimed that Diddy and another man sexually assaulted her and a friend in 1990 or 1991, then showed up at her apartment and beat her several days later.
• December 6, 2023: Diddy was sued again by an unidentified woman who claimed he and two men gang-raped her in 2003 when she was 17 years old.
• February 26, 2024: Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones, who helped produce Diddy’s most recent album, claimed that the mogul sexually harassed, drugged, and threatened him from September 2022 to November 2023 as they worked together.
• May 21, 2024: Model Crystal McKinney accused Combs of sexually assaulting her after meeting at a Men’s Fashion Week event in New York City in 2003. McKinney claims she was drinking alcohol and smoking weed with Combs and several of his colleagues when she took a hit off a joint that she claims was laced with another drug. McKinney claims she felt woozy, and Combs ordered her to the bathroom, where he allegedly forced her to perform oral sex on him.
• May 23, 2024: April Lampros, 51, claimed in her lawsuit that she met Sean Combs in New York City in 1994 while attending the Fashion Institute of Technology. Combs is accused of drugging and raping Lampros in a hotel after promising to help mentor her in the fashion industry.
• July 3, 2024: Adria English, an ex-porn star who went by Omunique, accused Diddy of grooming her into sex trafficking in the early 2000s, according to TMZ.

“The long-awaited arrest of Sean Combs is the first step for our clients receiving justice. 

We leave the criminal aspect of this case in the hands of the people and justice system. 

As for the civil cases, we await our time for the facts to reveal themselves and seek the justice our clients deserve. 

We also anticipate more victims coming forward. We knew this was coming.

The evidence is very clear and it was only a matter of time.

This is an important step towards justice for all of Mr. Combs’ victims including my clients. Justice will prevail.”

Attorney Rodney Diggs, O’Marcaigh’s lawyer