Prosecutors file additional counts of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution ahead of tentative May 5 trial date
One month before Sean Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial is set to begin, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against Combs Thursday that brings two additional criminal counts against him.
In the new indictment, obtained by Rolling Stone, prosecutors have charged Combs with one additional charge of sex trafficking and one additional charge of transportation to engage in prostitution; Combs was previously charged with one count each of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The new count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion alleges that Combs “recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, and maintained Victim-2, and attempted, aided and abetted, and willfully caused Victim-2, to engage in commercial sex acts, knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that Victim-2 was engaging in commercial sex acts as a result of force, fraud, and coercion.”
The additional count of transportation to engage in prostitution is also tied to allegations brought forth by Victim-2; the previous sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution counts were in connections to allegations from Victim-1. The extensive racketeering case against Combs remained the same in the newly filed indictment.
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Despite the superseding indictment, prosecutors are still aiming to begin the federal trial against Combs on its tentative start date of May 5, with the jury selection process occurring in the coming weeks.
A lawyer for Combs did not respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment at press time.
