Federal prosecutors have unveiled an updated indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs, adding new charges to the sex trafficking and racketeering case just over a month before trial.
In a superseding indictment filed Thursday (April 3) in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors made several tweaks to the sweeping case against Combs, which claims that the hip-hop mogul ran a sprawling criminal operation aimed at satisfying his need for “sexual gratification.”
The new indictment adds a new sex trafficking count, accusing Combs of using force, fraud or coercion to compel a woman to engage in commercial sex acts as recently as 2024. It also adds a new count of transporting that victim and others to engage in prostitution. The updated charges increase the total counts against Diddy from three to five.
Representatives for Combs did not immediately return a request for comment Friday (April 4) on the superseding indictment.
Combs, also known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, was once one of the most powerful men in the music industry. But over the past two years, he has faced a flood of allegations claiming he sexually abused dozens of people over decades of misconduct.
The star, who is also facing dozens of civil lawsuits, was indicted in September, charged with misusing the “employees, resources, and influence” of his business empire to “fulfill his sexual desires.” The case centers on elaborate “freak off” parties in which Combs and others would allegedly ply victims with drugs and then coerce them into having sex, as well as on alleged acts of violence to keep victims silent.
In technical terms, prosecutors built much of their case on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — the federal “RICO” statute that aims to combat the Mafia and other criminal enterprises. In addition to that charge, Combs is also accused of violating a federal sex trafficking statute and a federal prostitution law.
A trial is currently set to start on May 5. If convicted on all of the charges, Combs faces a potential life prison sentence.
