American prosecutors allege that Diddy, the hip hop mega-mogul, abused women for decades and used his business empire to coerce, control and enable that abuse.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s empire started to crumble months before he was charged with three felony counts of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution on Sept. 17. On the rap scene since the 1990s,

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in an indictment unsealed Tuesday of a “persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals” that included sometimes dayslong sexual performances described as “Freak Offs.

The indictment accuses Combs of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes that used his “power and prestige” for “sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution,

Sean "Diddy" Combs learned Wednesday he will be held without bail on charges including sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail at his appeal hearing in Manhattan this afternoon, and will remain in custody after District Court Judge Andrew L. Carter deemed him a danger and flight risk. Combs appeared in court following his arrest on Monday in New York City,

The indictment charges Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs pleaded not guilty