by Just Human at Threadreader
United States v. Sean Combs
Indictment unsealed.
Charges included Racketeering, Sex Trafficking, Fraud, etc.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
This case *may* prove to be as culturally significant as the Epstein/Maxwell cases. We’ll see.
The opening paragraph pulls no punches. It accuses Combs of setting up and operating a huge, multi-faceted criminal enterprise that provided him victims, money, protected his reputation, concealed his behaviors, etc.
This indictment extends to and impacts Combs’ many businesses, all of which are complicit in enabling and/or concealing Combs many alleged crimes.
This includes the labels Bad Boy, Combs Enterprises, Combs Global, his record labels, adult bev company, media assets, etc.
Combs displayed a “persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals.”
Combs forced people into sex work, drugging them, threatening their finances, their careers, and using violence if need be in order to “ensure participation.”
Incidents of abuse involving Combs date back decades, and it appears prosecutors have some witnesses to these 2009 and 2016 incidents.
The Combs Enterprise…
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