Criminal Charges Against Sean "Diddy" Combs

What are the current criminal charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs?

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Count One: Racketeering Conspiracy

Sean Combs is charged with operating a criminal enterprise known as the "Combs Enterprise," which engaged in various illegal activities, including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. The enterprise involved multiple acts of kidnapping, arson, bribery, witness tampering, forced labor, sex trafficking, and narcotics distribution.

Count Two: Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion (2009-2018)

Combs is accused of recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, and maintaining individuals for commercial sex acts using force, fraud, and coercion, specifically involving Victim-1.

Count Three: Transportation to Engage in Prostitution (2009-2018)

Combs is charged with transporting individuals across state and international borders with the intent for them to engage in prostitution, including Victim-1 and other commercial sex workers.

Count Four: Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion (2021-2024)

Combs is charged with similar offenses as Count Two, but during a later period, involving Victim-2.

Count Five: Transportation to Engage in Prostitution (2021-2024)

Combs is accused of transporting individuals, including Victim-2 and commercial sex workers, across state and international borders for prostitution.

These charges rely upon allegations of Combs' use of force, threats, and coercion to control victims and employees, and his involvement in a wide range of criminal activities through the Combs Enterprise. Sean Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges. His defense team argues that any sexual encounters were consensual, characterizing them as part of an alternative lifestyle.

View the April 2025 Superseding Indictment

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