CUFF-DADDY? Combs Arrested by Feds in lux Hotel, Taken Into Custody
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 17 September 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is behind bars and in court following his arrest late Monday in Manhattan.
A federal grand jury indicted Combs on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution.
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, stated at a press conference that prosecutors will seek to detain Combs without bail. Williams indicated that the investigation is ongoing, saying, "We are not done," and did not rule out additional charges against Combs or others.
In a detention memo filed with the court, prosecutors described Combs as “a serious risk of flight,” “a significant risk of obstructing justice,” and “a danger to the community.”
The memo details Combs' alleged use of violence, threats, and coercion since at least 2008 to exert control. It claims that Combs and a co-conspirator kidnapped someone at gunpoint on December 22, 2011, to facilitate breaking into another person's residence, identified as Individual-1. Prosecutors expect testimony from “multiple witnesses” and police reports to support the allegations.
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| 0:35.0 | Cuff Daddy. |
| 0:38.0 | Sean Combs arrested by the feds in a Lux Hotel in the dark of night now in federal custody. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:47.2 | This is crime stories. |
| 0:48.2 | Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:50.0 | Today I'm announcing the unsealing of a three-count indictment, charging Sean Combs with |
| 0:54.8 | racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, interstate transportation for prostitution. |
| 1:02.0 | The indictment alleges that between at least 2008 and the present, Combs abused, |
| 1:07.0 | threatened and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his |
| 1:11.8 | reputation, and conceal his conduct. |
| 1:16.0 | As a legend, the indictment to carry out this conduct, Sean Combs led and participated in a racketeering |
| 1:21.6 | conspiracy that used the business empire he controlled to carry |
| 1:26.1 | out criminal activity, including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and the obstruction of justice. |
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