Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested in New York | CNN

The three-count indictment alleges  Sean “Diddy” Combs “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern” of physical, verbal, emotional and sexual abuse “toward women and other individuals.”

The indictment also alleges that on numerous occasions from 2009 and on, he “assaulted women by, among other things, striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”

The complaint alleges further that Combs used his various businesses and employees “to carry out, facilitate, and cover up his abuse and commercial sex.” According to the complaint, his businesses includeBad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global — which comprise an apparel line, alcohol spirits business, marketing agency, recording labels and a recording studio as well as a media company and television network.

The Combs businesses, the complaint argues, attempted to engage in “sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, coercion and enticement to engage in prostitution, narcotics offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.” 

Prosecutors wrote that Combs was able to secure “absolute loyalty” from members of his businesses through “acts of violence and threats” and that the Combs Enterprises avoided detection for illegal activities through “acts of intimidation, manipulation, bribery, and threats of retaliation against individuals who witnessed the crimes committed by members and associates of the enterprise.”