Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, is currently awaiting trial on kidnapping and human trafficking charges based on claims made by his ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a $30 million civil lawsuit [click here if you missed that].
Now Diddy is facing new forced labor charges in a superseding indictment...
From ABC News
Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly forced employees to work long hours under threat of physical and reputational harm and forced at least one employee to engage in six acts with him, according to a new indictment unsealed Thursday.
The second superseding indictment against Combs following his arrest last year on federal charges contains no new charges but includes additional allegations of forced labor under the racketeering conspiracy count.
According to the new indictment, Combs allegedly forced employees "to work long hours with little sleep" by using physical force, psychological harm, withholding money and threatening to harm their reputations.
Combs "caused these employees to believe they would be harmed -- including by losing their jobs -- if they did not comply with his demands," the second superseding indictment alleged. "With respect to one employee, Combs used physical force, psychological harm, financial harm and reputational harm, and /or threats of the same to cause the employee to engage in six acts with Combs."
Combs is scheduled to be arraigned on the new indictment next week.
He has previously pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution charges and is scheduled to go on trial this spring.
Federal prosecutors said they do not expect the new indictment to affect the May 5 trial.
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