Sean “Diddy” Combs reportedly rushed to the hospital hours after prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in his federal racketeering case.
The accused former rap mogul is now facing allegations of criminal behavior across a 20-year period, including the sex trafficking of two new victims in addition to his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. As the indictment was revised, more individuals have stepped forward in legal action, asserting that they were sexually assaulted by Combs.
To maintain discretion and avoid speculation from fellow inmates and prison staff, Combs was discreetly transferred from the Metropolitan Detention Center to Brooklyn Hospital Center under the cover of night. While at the hospital, he underwent an MRI for a historic knee injury, which did not necessitate an overnight hospitalization, allowing him to return to prison shortly after.
The MRI scan was authorized due to ongoing complaints by Combs regarding a prior knee issue that has troubled him for years, stemming from an injury sustained while training for the 2003 New York Marathon. Despite the injury, Combs managed to participate in the marathon, supported by undercover officers, as part of his charity initiative “Diddy Runs the City,” which successfully raised $2 million for New York public schools and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Finishing the race in four hours and 15 minutes, Combs achieved his objective of outpacing Oprah Winfrey’s time in the Marine Corps Marathon, which she completed in four and a half hours.
Ahead of his May trial, federal prosecutors have amended the indictment against Sean Diddy Combs. He still faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution, but two more women have been added to the last charge, referred to as Victims 2 and 3 throughout the document. According to the new filing, Combs “used force, threats of force, and coercion to cause victims, including but not limited to three female victims, to engage in commercial sex acts.”
The superseding indictment is very similar to the original filed in September, but in addition to accusing Combs of trafficking more women, it also extends the time frame of his alleged racketeering conspiracy. Prosecutors initially accused the mogul of using ‘Combs Enterprises’ as a ‘criminal organization’ responsible for kidnapping and drug-related crimes as far back as 2008, but they now allege the illegal activity began four years earlier, indicating that Combs’ pattern of abuse has continued uninterrupted for two decades.
The amended indictment expands the list of drugs that Combs and his associates are accused of distributing, which initially included cocaine, ketamine, and oxycodone. Methamphetamine and magic mushrooms have now been added to the list of substances. Combs is accused of encouraging women to engage in sex by plying them with substances, including ketamine and ecstasy, often without their knowledge or consent. Prosecutors also allege that he offered women money and promises to help advance their careers if they participated in his “Freak Offs.”
The superseding indictment includes allegations from fashion designer Bryana Bongolan, who claims that Diddy dangled her over the edge of a 17th-floor balcony. This is listed as just one example of how Combs allegedly used force to combat threats to his reputation. Just months after beating Cassie Ventura at the Intercontinental Hotel, Bongolan claims that an intoxicated Combs let himself into Ventura’s apartment looking for his girlfriend but only found Bongolan, who had spent the night there. Enraged, Diddy allegedly grabbed Bongolan by the armpits, dangled her off the edge of the balcony, and threatened to drop her until Ventura happened to arrive home and intervene.
Combs has once again vehemently denied all of the allegations in the revised indictment.
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Bill Woolf – Anti-Sex Trafficking Expert, Fmr. Detective in charge of Human Trafficking Task Force in Northern Virginia, Author: “Eradicating Human Trafficking: A Transformative Approach to Collective Impact,” Received the Presidential Medal for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons
DeWayne Hendrix – Former Associate Warden at the MDC in Brooklyn, and Former Senior Warden with the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons; Founder and President of A New Daylight Foundation, & Author: “Who Are You? See it Say it and Seize it;” @anewdaylight (IG) @drdewaynehendrix (LinkedIn) @anewdaylight (X)
Marjorie Hernandez – West Coast News Editor at Daily Mail; Host & writer of the Daily Mail podcast ‘THE TRIAL OF DIDDY’; twitter: @HernandezMJae
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[Feature Photo:FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs, wearing a fur coat, walks down the sideline during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks, Sunday, March 12, 2017, in New York. Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday, March 26, 2024, that the searches of his Los Angeles and Miami properties by federal authorities in a sex-trafficking investigation were ”a gross use of military-level force” and that Combs is “innocent and will continue to fight” to clear his name. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)]
