What did Diddy do? A timeline of everything you need to know about the sexual abuse allegations
A timeline of all the charges and allegations the disgraced rapper Diddy is facing.
The disgraced music mogul Sean Love Combs - also known as Diddy, P Diddy and previously Puff Daddy - was arrested on Monday September 16 following a grand jury indictment. This means a grand jury determined there was enough evidence to charge the person with a crime - but what exactly did he do?
The Bad Boy For Life rapper has been in the music industry for over 30 years with a long list of singles as well as producing even more hits. However over the past year he has been in the limelight for several sex allegations and claims of abuse which date back to the early noughties.
On September 17 Sean Love Coms was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. A New York denied a $50 million bail request and he will remain in custody. If convicted he could face life in prison with a minimum of 15 years. According to the BBC Diddy’s next court appearance will be on Wednesday October 9.
Timeline of Diddy’s sex scandal allegations and charges.
November 2023
In a civil lawsuit Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura ‘Cassie’ accused the rapper of violent physical abuse, coercive behaviour and described parties known as ‘Freak-offs’. The rapper denied the allegations and the case was settled for an undisclosed amount of money. However, within weeks of Cassie’s lawsuit, more women came forward with allegations of sexual assault.
December 2023
A woman reportedly claimed she had been sex trafficked" and "gang raped” by Diddy, the former Bad Boy Records president Harve Pierre and another man in 2003, when she was 17. The rapper denied the allegations saying they were false and it was a desperate attempt for financial gain.
February 2024
Accusations of grooming surfaced. The New York Times reported that court papers filed by music producer Rodney Jones Jr accused Diddy of grooming him into having sex with another man, telling him it was normal in the music industry.
May 2024
A video of Cassie being assaulted is leaked. CCTV footage shows the rapper assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The rapper apologised, the next day. But later that month Model and actress Crystal McKinney accuses Diddy of drugging her and forcing her to perform oral sex in the bathroom of a recording studio in the noughties.
July 2024
An eighth lawsuit is filed against rapper as former adult film star Adria English accuses him of grooming and sex trafficking a number of times during the noughties.
September 2024
The Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard files a lawsuit against Diddy over claims he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions as well as verbally abusing her. The rapper failed to attend a virtual court hearing and was then arrested on September 16.
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