There are no new charges in a superseding indictment that the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed today against Sean “Diddy” Combs in the Bad Boy Records founder’s sex-trafficking case.
However, two new victims have been added to the New York case, which is scheduled to go to trial in May. “The Government respectfully submits this letter regarding the S1 Indictment returned today in the above-referenced case by a Grand Jury sitting in this District (the ‘S1 Indictment’),” reads a letter (see it here) from U.S.
Attorney Danielle R. Sassoon that was submitted Thursday along with the new indictment. “As set forth below, the S1 Indictment contains no new charged offenses but includes additional allegations in Count One, the charged racketeering conspiracy, and specifies certain victims relevant to Counts One and Three, the letter adds. “The Government has already produced the vast majority of discovery associated with the S1 Indictment and does not expect the S1 Indictment to affect existing pre-trial deadlines.
The Government respectfully requests that the defendant be arraigned on the S1 Indictment at the next scheduled court conference.” While the new and redacted filing (read it here) by the feds reads pretty much the same as what was submitted to the courts after Combs was arrested in September, the prostitution charges against the rapper now include two other women.
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