U.S. Attorney Damian Williams
Appearances
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
Morning, everyone. My name is Damian Williams, and I'm the U.S. Attorney here in the Southern District of New York.
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
Today, I'm announcing the unsealing of a three-count indictment. charging Sean Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, interstate transportation for prostitution.
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
The indictment alleges that between at least 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened, and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
He used his business and employees of that business and other close associates to get his way. The indictment alleges that those individuals facilitated the freak-offs. They booked the hotel rooms and stocked them with the supplies, including drugs, baby oil, personal lubricant, extra linens, and lighting. When the hotel rooms got damaged, they helped clean it up.
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
They arranged for victims and commercial sex workers to travel for the freak-offs, and they delivered large quantities of cash to Combs to pay for the commercial sex workers.
Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Downfall
They seized firearms and ammunition, including three defaced AR-15s and a large capacity drum magazine. They also seized evidence of the freak-offs, electronic devices that contain images and videos of the freak-offs with multiple victims. And they seized cases and cases of the kinds of personal lubricant and baby oil that Combs' staff allegedly used to stock hotel rooms for the freak-offs.