Diddy’s authorized troubles proceed to mount as federal prosecutors have expanded the costs towards him in a superseding indictment. The disgraced music mogul was beforehand accused of heinous crimes towards a former girlfriend, however the newest improvement provides allegations from two extra girls. The indictment additionally broadens the timeline of the alleged offenses, now relationship again to 2004 as a substitute of the beforehand acknowledged 2008.
Initially, Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy and the transportation of a former girlfriend, known as “Sufferer 1” in court docket paperwork, for prostitution. The revised indictment escalates the costs to incorporate intercourse trafficking. In keeping with TMZ, the brand new submitting alleges that two extra girls endured comparable abuse, together with being coerced into business intercourse acts.
The identities of those extra accusers stay undisclosed, however one among them claims she was subjected to mistreatment akin to what Diddy’s ex, Cassie Ventura, described in her earlier lawsuit—together with being dangled over a balcony. Federal prosecutors have additionally added a kidnapping cost involving a firearm.
The brand new allegations problem the argument beforehand put forth by Diddy’s authorized crew, which insisted that the indictment concerned just one accuser. “There’s one sufferer within the indictment…,” his legal professional beforehand advised CNN. “What they did, and it’s a little bit too cute, is it’s 50 witnesses or victims. It’s one sufferer. That’s all that’s within the indictment.” The inclusion of a number of victims now undermines that declare.
Regardless of the mounting accusations, Diddy’s legal professional, Marc Agnifilo, stays defiant. In an announcement to CNN, he dismissed the newest prices as an try and reframe previous relationships. “The most recent indictment comprises no new offenses,” Agnifilo acknowledged. “The federal government has added the ridiculous concept that two of Mr. Combs’ former girlfriends weren’t girlfriends in any respect however have been prostitutes. Mr. Combs is as dedicated as ever to combating these prices and profitable at trial.”
Because the case unfolds, Diddy’s once-untouchable empire continues to unravel beneath the load of a number of lawsuits and federal scrutiny.