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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Been Indicted On Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Charges
NEW YORK — According to an indictment released Tuesday, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs presided over a dark empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years, threatening them to keep them in line, and employing a slew of subordinates to cover it up.
The music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse towards women and other individuals,” including physical violence, “to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,” according to the indictment.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Been Indicted On Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Charges
It recounts him enticing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, often day-long sexual acts known as “Freak Offs.” It also alludes to an attack on his former girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, that was caught on film.
Combs was detained late Monday in Manhattan, some six months after federal agents raided his luxury mansions in Los Angeles and Miami as part of a sex trafficking probe. He was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday afternoon, and his three sons arrived early to observe.
Prosecutors said they will seek to detain Combs until trial. His attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stated outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that he will fight to keep Combs free, that he is innocent, and that he will plead not guilty.
“His spirits are good. He’s confident,” said the attorney, who added that Combs came to New York deliberately to “join the legal system and begin the case.”
According to the indictment, Combs, the 54-year-old founder of Bad Boy Records, led a criminal enterprise that engaged or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.
He’s accused of beating, punching, and dragging women, as well as throwing and kicking them — and then using his personal assistants, security, and household staff to cover it up.
“The evidence in this case is incredibly powerful,” prosecutors wrote in a request for Combs’ custody. They stated that they had questioned over 50 victims and witnesses and expected the number to increase.
According to the indictment, Combs and his colleagues used their “power and prestige” to intimidate and lure women into his sphere, frequently under the guise of a romantic relationship. He would then use force, threats, and intimidation to induce the women to engage with male sex workers in the “Freak Offs” – “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs prepared, directed, masturbated during, and frequently videotaped, resulting in dozens of tapes.
According to the indictment, he occasionally arranged for the ladies to fly in and assured their participation by obtaining and administering narcotics, influencing their employment, leveraging his financial assistance, and employing intimidation and violence.
The events may last several days, and Combs and victims would frequently get IV fluids to recover from the exertion and drug usage, according to the indictment. It stated that his employees supported “Freak Offs” by arranging trips, booking hotel rooms, equipping them with supplies such as medicines and baby oil, scheduling IV fluid deliveries, and cleaning the rooms afterwards.
According to prosecutors, police officials recovered cocaine, films of the “Freak Offs” and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant during a search of Combs’ houses in Miami and Los Angeles this year. They said authorities also recovered firearms and ammo, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, two of which were shattered into pieces in his Miami bedroom closet.
The indictment describes Combs as a violent guy who choked and shoved victims, slapped and kicked them, and sometimes pulled them by their hair, resulting in injuries that took days or weeks to heal. According to the indictment, his employees and accomplices sometimes observed his brutality and either prevented victims from fleeing or followed down those who did.
It claims that Combs occasionally stored tapes of victims performing sex acts and used the recordings as “collateral” to ensure the women’s continued obedience and silence. According to the accusation, he reportedly exerted control over victims by offering professional possibilities, providing and threatening to withhold financial support, dictating how they appeared, monitoring their health records, and regulating their living arrangements.
According to the indictment, Combs and his colleagues encouraged witnesses and victims to remain silent by paying bribes and providing misleading accounts of what transpired.
All of this, prosecutors claim, was taking place behind the scenes of Combs’ global music, lifestyle, and clothing empire.
“A year ago, Sean Combs stood in Times Square and was awarded the keys to New York City. “He was indicted today and will face justice,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a news conference on Tuesday. His office is filing the case.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Been Indicted On Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Charges
Combs relinquished the key in June after Mayor Eric Adams asked for it back.
Combs was regarded as one of hip-hop’s most important personalities before a slew of allegations surfaced over the last year.
Cassie, whose official name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in November, alleging that he had battered and raped her over the years. She accused Combs of coercing her and others into having unwanted intercourse in drug-fueled circumstances.
The lawsuit was settled in one day, but months later, CNN published hotel security footage of Combs punching, kicking, and throwing Ventura to the floor. After the tape was released, Combs apologised, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”
The indictment refers to the attack without name Ventura and claims Combs attempted to bribe a hotel security guard to keep quiet about it.
Douglas Wigdor, Ventura’s lawyer, declined to comment Tuesday.
Combs and his counsel refuted identical claims made by others in a series of cases.
A lady claimed Combs raped her at the age of 17 two decades ago. A music producer sued Combs, claiming he was compelled to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, claimed Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters” beginning when she was a college student in 1994.
The Associated Press does not normally name persons who claim to have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Ventura and Lampros did.
Combs has already faced legal issues. Notably, he was acquitted in 2001 of firearms charges stemming from a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years prior that injured three people.
SOURCE | AP
Celebrity
Jason Kelce Smashes Football Fan’s Phone
Retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce destroyed a Penn State football fan’s phone after the alleged heckler called his brother, Travis Kelce, a fag.
In now-viral footage published on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday, Nov. 2, the retired Philadelphia Eagles great was seen accompanied by football fans outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., for the Penn State-Ohio State game.
As the individual capturing the tape lifted a fist to Jason, 36, and called his name for a fist bump, another man nearby hurled the homophobic slur at the retired Philadelphia Eagles star.
Hey, Kelce. How does it feel that your brother is a queer dating Taylor Swift?” the man questioned, referring to Travis, 34, who has been seeing Swift since 2023. Jason turned around seconds later, snatched the man’s phone, and crushed it to the ground.
“Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason,” the original X user who submitted the video remarked. “Wild scene in State College.”
“Kelce how does it feel that your brother is a f****t for dating Taylor Swift?”
Jason Kelce proceeded to slam this kids phone on the ground.
Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason. Wild scene in State College pic.twitter.com/3PEdZXWhSg
— Chives (@jarrett_daveler) November 2, 2024
Additional footage on X shows Jason smashing the phone on asphalt before picking it up and walking away. The phone’s owner, wearing a Penn State hoodie at the time of the incident, was shown in many videos strolling closely behind Jason and recording him before the conflict occurred.
Another footage published on X, which appears to have been filmed after Jason shattered the man’s phone, showed the hooded Penn State supporter trudging through a mob to pick up his phone off the ground.
“Give me my phone, bro,” he seemed to say to Jason.
The NFL alum seized the gadget first, then stood in front of the man and asked, “Who’s the fag now?” Others appeared to interfere.
The incident occurred while Jason was at Beaver Stadium for an appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay. The Ohio State Buckeyes won Saturday’s game 20-13 over the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
Shaun White, the Olympic snowboarding champion, already has an impressive medal tally, but his surprise proposal to Nina Dobrev deserves a gold medal.
On Wednesday, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram. Dobrev posted photographs of the two hugging under an arch of white roses and showing off her five-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring.
“RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé,” Dobrev said in the caption.
However, the photographs only tell half the tale, as Shaun devised an elaborate plan to surprise Dobrev with his proposal.
Shaun White’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
According to a Vogue interview published Wednesday, Shaun said he assembled a team of people from the couple’s inner circle and Vogue personnel to trick Dobrev into thinking she had been invited to an intimate dinner party with Anna Wintour.
Dobrev accepted the invitation, joking that Shaun made it “look so legitimate.”
He even asked Dobrev’s stylist to outfit her in Chanel for the event.
Dobrev said she recognized what was happening when she entered the venue and saw White standing beneath the flowery arch.
Shaun’s Proposal To Nina Dobrev Was Romantic Gold
“I went into shock,” Dobrev admitted, later adding that White “said all the right things” before she agreed.
According to the publication, after Shaun proposed, the couple partied into the early morning hours with close friends and relatives.
“Best night of my life,” Shaun captioned his Instagram story on Wednesday.
The duo first became romantically involved in 2020, and they have since publicly recorded their relationship, globe vacations, and White’s Olympic farewell on social media.
SOURCE | CNN
Celebrity
Hollywood Actress Teri Garr Passes Away at 79
Hollywood actress Teri Garr, known for her roles in classics like “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has passed away at 79. She died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer.
Admirers took to social media in her honor, with writer-director Paul Feig calling her “truly one of my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have loved her more” and screenwriter Cinco Paul saying: “Never the star, but always shining. She made everything she was in better.”
Throughout her career, the performer, often known as Terri, Terry, or Terry Ann, seemed destined for show business from a young age.
Her father was Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comic, and her mother was Phyllis Lind, one of the original high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Their daughter began dancing classes at six and was performing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet companies by age fourteen.
She was 16 years old when she joined the road crew of “West Side Story” in Los Angeles, and she began starring in small roles in films as early as 1963.
In an interview from 1988, she described how she landed the role in “West Side Story.” After being rejected at her initial audition, she returned the following day dressed differently and was accepted.
Teri Garr, a comedian
Teri Garr then found steady work as a movie dancer, appearing in the chorus of nine Elvis Presley films, including “Viva Las Vegas,” “Roustabout,” and “Clambake.”
She has also appeared on various television shows, including “Star Trek,” “Dr. Kildare,” and “Batman,” and was a featured dancer on the rock ‘n’ roll music show “Shindig,” the rock concert performance “T.A.M.I.,” and a cast member of “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”
Her breakthrough role was as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 thriller The Conversation. This led to an interview with Mel Brooks, who offered her the Gene Wilder’s German lab assistant role in Young Frankenstein if she could speak with a German accent.
“Cher had this German woman, Renata, making wigs, so I got the accent from her,” Garr once said.
The film established her as a great comic performer, with New Yorker film writer Pauline Kael calling her “the funniest neurotic dizzy dame on screen.”
Her big smile and off-center appeal helped her land roles in “Oh, God!” with George Burns and John Denver, “Mr. Mom” (as Michael Keaton’s wife), and “Tootsie,” in which she played the girlfriend who loses Dustin Hoffman to Jessica Lange and discovers he has dressed up as a woman to revive his career.
A gift for spontaneous humor
Teri Garr, best known for comedy, has shown in films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Black Stallion, and The Escape Artist that she can also tackle drama.
She had a gift for spontaneous humor, frequently playing David Letterman’s foil during early guest appearances on N.B.C.’s “Late Night With David Letterman”.
Her appearances grew so frequent, and the pair’s good-natured bickering so convincing that rumors of romantic involvement circulated for a while. Years later, Letterman acknowledged those early appearances with helping the program become a success.
During those years, Garr began to experience “a little beeping or ticking” in her right leg. It started in 1983 and expanded to her right arm, but she thought she could handle it. By 1999, her symptoms had gotten so bad that she saw a doctor and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
After disclosing her diagnosis, Garr became a spokesman for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, giving hilarious remarks at events in the United States and Canada.
Source: AP
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