In response to the superseding indictment, his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said the prosecution’s case “remains flawed.
“The government has added the ridiculous theory that two of Mr Combs’s former girlfriends were not girlfriends at all, but were prostitutes. Mr Combs is as committed as ever to fighting these charges and winning at trial.”
The original indictment identified only one victim, named in court documents as “Victim-1”, whose accusations aligned closely to those of Cassandra Ventura – the singer who sued Combs for rape and sex trafficking in 2023.
In the new filing, prosecutors allege that Combs “used force, threats of force, and coercion, to cause victims, including but not limited to three female victims” to engage in commercial sex acts.
That alleged violence was vividly illustrated in a video of the musician kicking, dragging and throwing a vase at Ms Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
In the new indictment, prosecutors claim that “Combs, with the assistance of several close associates, paid hotel security staff $100,000” (£80,000) for the footage.
However, it was leaked to CNN last year. Combs later said he was “disgusted” by the footage and had sought “professional help” after the incident.
Ms Ventura said the violence she had experienced “broke me down to someone I never thought I’d become“.
