Jake Brennan
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In October of 25, Diddy was sentenced to over four years in federal prison after being convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, so convicted for violating the Mann Act.
He was acquitted on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.
Now, most of what you're going to hear in this episode comes from the civil lawsuit that was filed against Sean Combs by Cassie Ventura and that was settled out of court for $20 million in 2023.
Other indictments, like the one from Rodney Lilrod-Jones and the federal indictment against Combs,
were used along with the Ventura indictment as research for this episode.
So what you're about to hear at the beginning of this episode is a note from me on where the case was at the time that we put this story together, along with a little bit more context on how we put the story together.
Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.
On September 16th, 2024, federal authorities charged Sean Diddy Combs with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Combs pleaded not guilty to all these charges and is currently, at the time of this recording, behind bars awaiting trial.
These federal charges were preceded by a lawsuit brought against Combs in November of 2023 by his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.
The Ventura lawsuit alleged sexual assault and physical abuse charges as well.
Combs settled this lawsuit within days, setting off a wave of similar lawsuits from different victims, male and female, alleging abuse.
Combs denies all of these allegations.
The horrific details in this episode are not imagined or manufactured by the author.
They are ripped directly from the pages of the federal indictment as well as from the original Ventura indictment.
Again, all charges denied by Sean Combs.
The federal allegations will be litigated in court sometime in 2025.
Until then, this is the story of Sean Combs, according to some of his alleged victims and biographers.
Mellotron.
This is a story about disgrace.