Sean “Diddy” Combs carried weapons to “intimidate and threaten” his victims and witnesses to his abuse, according to a sex trafficking indictment against the hip-hop mogul.
The music producer “carried or brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, including victims and witnesses of his abuse,” court documents say.
Combs’ security guards also carried guns, and when federal authorities searched his homes in Miami and Los Angeles, they found three AR-15s with “obliterated serial numbers,” other weapons, ammunition and a drum magazine, the indictment says.
In some cases, Combs’ co-workers witnessed his “violence toward victims” or saw their injuries but did not intervene, court documents say.
Combs’ physical violence included kidnapping, arson, throwing objects, hitting, dragging, choking and shoving, authorities allege.
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And Combs and his associates often tried to prevent victims from leaving his home or hotel room – sometimes forcing them to hide for days – so their injuries could be kept secret from the public, court records say.
They also tried to silence the victims through bribery and pressure or to tell them “a false account of events in order to cover up Combs’ crimes,” the indictment says.
