The charges against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Post Reports
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🗓️ 17 September 2024
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Summary
Sean Combs was arrested Monday in New York, and today prosecutors unsealed the criminal indictment. The hip-hop impresario could face years in prison if found guilty. Meanwhile, Combs’s lawyers have called the persecution “unjust.” It all comes less than a year after the first public allegations against Combs emerged.
Today on “Post Reports,” Martine Powers speaks with Style reporter Anne Branigin about the indictment against Combs, what he’s accused of and what it could mean for the music mogul.
Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson, with help from Emma Talkoff and Lucas Trevor. It was mixed by Sean Carter and edited by Reena Flores, with help from Monica Campbell. Thanks to Avi Selk and Lindsey Underwood.
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| 0:00.0 | A year ago, Sean Combs stood in Times Square and was handed a key to New York City. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, he's been indicted and will face justice in the Southern District of New York. |
| 0:15.0 | Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy, was arrested on Monday. |
| 0:20.3 | And today in a press conference at a New York courthouse, |
| 0:23.7 | U.S. attorney Damien Williams read out the charges against Combs. |
| 0:27.8 | Today I'm announcing the unsealing of a three-count indictment, |
| 0:31.0 | charging Sean Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, |
| 0:36.0 | interstate transportation for prostitution. |
| 0:38.9 | And before we continue, you should know that because of the nature of those charges this episode will |
| 0:44.1 | include discussions of sexual assault. The indictment alleges that between |
| 0:48.0 | at least 2008 and the present Combs abused, threatened, and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual |
| 0:54.9 | desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct. As a legend of the |
| 1:01.2 | indictment to carry out this conduct, Sean Combs led and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that used the business empire he controlled to carry out criminal activity, including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and the obstruction of justice. |
| 1:20.0 | Sex trafficking. justice. |
| 1:30.0 | Sex trafficking, a racketeering conspiracy that used a criminal organization to carry out his alleged crimes. This afternoon, Combs pleaded not guilty to all the charges. |
| 1:35.0 | My colleague Anne Brannigan has been covering the legal case against Combs since last year, |
| 1:40.0 | when women forced started filing lawsuits against him. |
| 1:44.0 | Ever since federal agents raided Combs' properties in Miami and Los Angeles in March of this year, |
| 1:52.0 | many of us have been waiting for the |
| 1:55.8 | proverbial shoe to drop and it certainly did this week. |
| 2:02.2 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. I'm Martin Powers. It's Tuesday, September 17th. Today, the indictment of Sean Combs, the case prosecutors are building against him and why these |
| 2:16.8 | charges are coming out now. So Anne, before we get more into these charges, I want to underscore just how influential |
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