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the hip-hop star was arrested on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.The untitled series got the green light from the Investigation Discovery network and is being produced by the creators of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” the docuseries that shed light on the alleged toxic culture behind the scenes of some of the most well-known children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.According to a press release, the new series is already in production and will explore “the rise and influence of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the allegations of violent behavior and illegal activity that have trailed the music mogul.” Following the surfacing of “accounts of sexual assault, abusive behaviors, and other disturbing claims,” the doc “traces the story of this self-proclaimed Bad Boy, unraveling allegations of a pattern of depravity.” The docuseries will reportedly feature “harrowing testimony” from individuals who allege Combs committed “acts of violence and brutality” against them and interviews with friends and colleagues who knew and worked with Combs before he became a star.

was arrested by agents from Homeland Security at a New York City hotel on Monday night following a three-count grand jury indictment on charges related to sex trafficking and racketeering. The shocking case was front and center during the “Hot Topics” segment on “The View” Tuesday morning, with the talk show’s legal analyst Sunny Hostin breaking down the news for viewers.

federal sex trafficking investigation into him believes she is more his “manipulator in chief.” “If anybody is gatekeeper, Kristina would know everything,” the source added to The Post.“High ranking supervisors” were flagged in the three-count federal indictment charging Combs with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution on Tuesday, a day after the 54-year-old hip hop mogul was arrested by Homeland Security agents at a New York City hotel.Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges, but remains in custody on judge’s orders after a $50 million bail bid was rejected. Khorram has not been arrested or charged with any crime.According to the indictment, Combs is alleged to have used “certain employees,” including the “high ranking supervisors” to “carry out, facilitate and cover up his abuse and commercial sex [ring],” although none of his employees were named in the papers.

facing sweeping charges of sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.Here’s how Combs, 54, ended up being held without bail on the indictment detailing nearly two decades of depravity:Cassie — an R&B singer once signed to Combs’ record label Bay Boy Records — filed a bombshell lawsuit accusing Combs of raping and physically abusing her for over a decade.The songstress, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, claimed that Combs trafficked, raped and viciously beat her starting in 2005 and until 2018, according to the Manhattan federal lawsuit.The lawsuit, which was filed with a glaring “trigger warning,” said that Combs regularly fed her drugs and alcohol, and forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed the encounters, dubbed “Freak Outs.”Cassie also charged that Combs blew up Kid Cudi’s car when he learned the rapper was romantically interested in her, according to the filing.The pair had an on-and-off again relationship which started shortly after meeting in 2005, when she was around 22 and he neared 40.Just one day after the federal lawsuit was filed, Combs and Cassie reached a settlement that “resolved the claims… to their mutual satisfaction.”The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.“We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best,” Combs said in a statement at the time.Similar allegations, but a different person.Combs was accused by another woman of drugging and sexually assaulting her while on a date in 1991 and filming the attack.The complaint, filed by Joi Dickerson-Neal, a former Syracuse University student, alleges Combs sexually assaulted her while out to dinner at Wells Restaurant in Harlem.

Sean “Diddy” Combs once bragged about torching an alleged victim’s convertible with a Molotov cocktail just weeks after a gunpoint kidnapping, Manhattan federal prosecutors said Tuesday — as they sought to detain the rapper on sex trafficking and racketeering charges pending a trial.The embattled hip-hop mogul and one of his cronies had allegedly kidnapped a victim at gunpoint in December 2011 as they tried to break into the home of another individual, according to prosecutors. Two weeks later, Combs’ crew then set fire to the victim’s car by slicing open the convertible’s roof and dropping the Molotov cocktail inside, the court papers say.Cops and fire officials reported, at the time, that the fire was intentionally set.The fiery allegations were among those laid bare in a detention memo unsealed alongside the sex-trafficking indictment that accuses Combs of abusing women for more than a decade.He faces a mandatory minimum 15-year prison sentence and up to life behind bars if convicted of the three felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.Prosecutors, who argue that the stiff potential sentence could give Combs incentive to flee, are asking the judge to keep him locked up.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has muted the comments section of his X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts after the rapper returned to social media following the raid on both his LA and Florida homes. In an Instagram post that marked his return to the platform, Combs posted various photos of his 1-year-old daughter, Love, dressed in a floral dress and pink coat with a matching floral bag. “HAPPY EASTER from Baby Love,” he wrote on Sunday to mark the holiday.

told The Post is a sex-trafficking investigation led by the Southern District of New York, his career as an entrepreneur and investor is in jeopardy. Diddy has denied wrongdoing and called the probe “a witch hunt.”Diddy was first declared a billionaire by hip-hop wealth expert Zack O’Malley Greenburg in 2022, but had coveted the status for years, telling Forbes in 1999, “I wanted to be very, very rich.”Along the way he acquired a Rolodex littered with bold-faced names: he partnered with billionaire investor Ron Burkle; was “mentored” by hedge fund guru Ray Dalio; had his fashion line sold in Macy’s and Dillards; went into business with alcohol giant Diageo; opened the New York Stock Exchange with Estée Lauder heir William Lauder; struck deals with Zac Posen and Liz Claiborne; 50% owned his own TV channel Revolt; launched a water range with Mark Wahlberg; and teamed up with Salesforce’s Marc Benioff to launch a black business marketplace.In 2003, he sent the then owner of the Dallas Maverick Mark Cuban an email asking to design the uniforms for the NBA team, Cuban told The Post.

federal investigators looking into Sean “Diddy” Combs in a sex trafficking investigation after multiple women and at least one man accused him of bad behavior, the hip-hop mogul is drawing comparisons to Jeffrey Epstein.Like Epstein, a financier who had his own private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Combs has been accused of luring victims with his luxurious lifestyle and – in some cases – assaulting them aboard a yacht he rented for trips to the Virgin Islands and Saint Barthelemy.

after the feds raided the rapper’s homes in Miami and Los Angeles on Monday — seizing hard drives, phones and other evidence — as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation.“We believe that there is a disturbing history of sex trafficking,” a Department of Homeland Security officer told The Post Thursday without elaborating on the specific allegations.“We are responding to concrete, detailed, explicit allegations. This is not random.

obtained by TMZ, was allegedly an outtake from the Death Row Records founder’s podcast “Collect Call,” which he hosts from a California state prison where he’s currently serving a 28-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter.Knight kicked off the clip praying for Diddy’s “kids” before he blasted the singer, 54, for giving the “culture” of hip-hop a bad image.“I’ll tell you what, Puffy: your life is in danger cause you know the secrets, who’s involved in that little secret room you guys are participating in,” Knight, 58, allegedly said in the audio clip.He then ominously warned Diddy that “they gonna get you if they can.”Knight went on to encourage Diddy to turn himself over to authorities just as he did following a hit-and-run in 2015 that resulted in the death of Terry Carter.“I turned myself in,” Knight said.“Sometimes you got to face the music. That’s most of the time.”He took a moment to give Diddy some “real advice” if he ended up behind bars.“You gotta make a decision, when you go to prison.

50 Cent‘s ex Daphne Joy was accused of being a sex worker involved in Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ alleged sex-trafficking ring — and he’s making jokes about it.“I didn’t know you was a sex worker,” 50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III, captioned an Instagram picture of himself standing in the rain smoking a cigar and holding an umbrella on Thursday. “You little sex worker. LOL,” he continued, before adding: “Yo this s-t is a movie.” Several followers reacted in his comments section.“I told myself I would stay away from making comments but this caption got me crying,” one fan wrote.

obtained by TMZ, the “Blade Runner” director appeared “seriously frustrated” with police officers who refused him access during the raid, the outlet notes.Images show the “Napoleon” filmmaker winding down his car window to speak to someone before getting out of the vehicle and standing on the street behind yellow tape.The Post has reached out to Scott’s reps for comment.That day, both LA and Miami law enforcement officers moved in to seize Combs’ phones and computers as part of a “federal sex trafficking investigation.”Diddy’s sons Justin, 30, and King, 25, Combs were briefly detained after being removed from the LA house, but were not arrested and are not thought to be part of the probe.Law enforcement officers told The Post that similar raids would take place in both New York and Chicago.“Earlier today, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our local law enforcement partners.

during a raid by federal agents.Justin and King Combs were seen separately leaving their father’s Beverly Hills home late Monday night before hightailing it off the property to an unknown location, according to TMZ. The brothers did not spend much time in the home, with Justin arriving around 10:30 p.m. and his brother showing up a few hours later, the outlet reported.

wrote on her Instagram Story underneath a headline that revealed that Homeland Security raided Combs’ California and Florida homes Monday. “I pray this emboldens all of US victims to finally speak on what we have endured.”O’Day’s social media story concluded with a video of a dancing Tupac Shakur.

real on Thursday’s episode of “The View” while addressing the fact that her name appears on a “fake list” of celebrities that took a trip to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.The 68-year-old EGOT winner bashed conspiracy theorists and satire websites that spread misinformation to the public immediately after an avalanche of real court documents related to the late convicted pedophile were released.“Let me bring that up, the conspiracy theory folks,” Goldberg began. “I have to explain, because there was a fake list and I’m on it.”In response, co-host Sunny Hostin jokingly asked, “So you were on the island?”Goldberg quickly replied, “Apparently.” “I don’t know, they said I was on the island, and I’m like, ‘I don’t go anywhere!’ I don’t know what I’ve done to anybody,” she added, “but apparently there are a lot of these kind of sites that are satire sites, but people don’t realize that they can be harmful.”Goldberg proceeded to attempt to clear her name and address a number of rumors that have been swirling on gossip sites.“So let me just get my part out,” Goldberg continued.

joined the Ravens in the offseason after he spent 2022 rehabbing from an ACL injury he suffered in Super Bowl LVI. He is set to become a main part of the Baltimore offense.The movie has racked up more than $150 million at the box office since its release, even though it has been criticized heavily.Both UK outlet The Guardian and Jezebel have claimed that the film was associated with QAnon, an online group often linked with promoting fringe conspiracy theories.Although the film, produced by Angel Studios and released over the July 4 holiday, never engages in such conspiracy theories while exposing the underbelly of the underground sex slave trade, both outlets linked the movie to extremists in an attempt to discredit it and its box-office success.Caviezel pushed back on the media attacks back in July.“They’re scared.

CBS News’ straight coverage of the real-life raid in Colombia that rescued over 50 children and inspired the movie.The sting operation was led by Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security special agent from California. Having worked undercover on child trafficking cases formore than a decade, he quit his law enforcement job in 2013 to hunt down pedophiles abroad and free the children they enslaved. The story not only raised awareness about the mushrooming issue of child sex-trafficking and exploitation, but it turned Ballard and his nonprofit, Operation Underground Railroad, into the object of media interest.He was profiled in Forbes with the headline “Meet a guy who has devoted his life to freeing slaves” and appeared on a series of networks.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.A sequel to 2013’s “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the flick is actor Patrick Wilson’s directorial debut.It managed to push “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which opened last Friday and was in the No.

disgraced influencer Andrew Tate took to Twitter to criticize the coronation of King Charles III, offering an unlikely opinion for who should rule the UK instead. The ex-kickboxer, 36, had initially tweeted a meme of his face superimposed over the body of Charles during the monarch-making ceremony Saturday.

alleged fiancée — Joycelyn Savage is set to release a tell-all book about her relationship with the troubled R&B star.In an email to The Post, Savage, 26, confirmed the book will be called “Love and Joy of Robert” and “should be published on Saturday.”“All I can say is that it is about Robert, the beginning of my life in Robert’s shadow, where things began to take off, and where they are currently going,” she wrote about the book’s contents. Savage would neither confirm nor deny to The Post that she and Kelly — whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly — are engaged.

Amazon Prime. Wright repeatedly struck her with his weapon for 30 minutes, fracturing her skull, breaking her forearm, shattering her left hand, permanently damaging her finger and leaving more than 20 large welts all over her face and body. “I remember blacking out while he was beating me on the head with the metal baton,” she said, noting that she still suffers from brain trauma.