根据周四公布的一份新起诉书，肖恩“吹牛老爹”库姆斯涉嫌以身体和名誉伤害为威胁强迫员工长时间工作，并强迫至少一名员工与他发生性行为。
库姆斯去年因联邦指控被捕后，针对他的第二份替代起诉书没有新的指控，但包括敲诈勒索共谋罪下的强迫劳动指控。
根据新的起诉书，库姆斯涉嫌通过使用身体暴力、心理伤害、扣钱和威胁损害他们的名誉，迫使员工“长时间工作，少睡觉”。
第二份替代起诉书指控，库姆斯“让这些员工相信，如果他们不遵守他的要求，他们将受到伤害，包括失去工作”。“对于一名员工，库姆斯使用了身体暴力、心理伤害、经济伤害和名誉伤害，和/或相同的威胁，导致该员工与库姆斯发生性行为。”
库姆斯定于下周就新的起诉书接受传讯。
他之前对敲诈勒索阴谋，性交易和运输卖淫指控不认罪，并计划在今年春天接受审判。
联邦检察官表示，他们预计新的起诉书不会影响5月5日的审判。
这位音乐大亨于2024年9月被捕，目前仍被关押在布鲁克林的联邦大都会拘留中心。
根据法庭文件，库姆斯被指控跨州运送妓女进行长时间的性活动，即所谓的“反常行为”。
他否认了对他的所有指控。
“库姆斯先生以前说过，现在还会再说一遍:他强烈否认SDNY(纽约南区)的指控，”他的律师马克·阿格尼菲洛(Marc Agnifilo)周四在一份声明中表示，这是对替代起诉书的回应。“他期待着出庭的那一天，届时将会清楚地表明，他从未强迫任何人违背他们的意愿进行性行为。”
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces new allegations of forced labor in superseding indictment
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 sex 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 sex 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.
The music mogul was arrested in September 2024 and remains in custody in the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Combs is accused of transporting prostitutes across state lines to engage in prolonged sexual activities known as "freak offs," according to court filings.
He has denied all allegations made against him.
"Mr. Combs has said it before and will say it again: he vehemently denies the accusations made by the SDNY [Southern District of New York]," his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, said in a statement on Thursday in response to the superseding indictment. "He looks forward to his day in court when it will become clear that he has never forced anyone to engage in sexual acts against their will."
