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New Indictment Against Sean "Diddy" Combs |Crime Alert Recap Saturday 12.21.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. A newly revised indictment against Sean Diddy
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  Speaker 2: Combs has been filed, reinforcing the allegations without introducing any
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  Speaker 2: new charges. If found guilty, the music mogul could face
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  Speaker 2: a life sentence. Federal prosecutors have unveiled an enhanced indictment
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  Speaker 2: claiming that Combs orchestrated a large scale criminal operation involving
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  Speaker 2: the assault and trafficking of women, leveraging his various business ventures.
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  Speaker 2: This updated indictment, submitted to a federal court in New
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  Speaker 2: York on Thursday, seeks to bolster the prosecution's case by
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  Speaker 2: elaborating on accusations within the alleged racketeering conspiracy. It specifies
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  Speaker 2: three victims whom Combs is accused of cohersing into sex
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  Speaker 2: acts for financial gain. However, no additional charges have been added.
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  Speaker 2: Combs's attorney, Mark Agnifilo contended that the new filing includes
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  Speaker 2: quote no new offenses and criticize the prosecution's primary theory
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  Speaker 2: as flawed. He also dismissed the assertion that two of
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  Speaker 2: Combe's former girlfriends were in fact prostitutes. A spokesperson for
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  Speaker 2: Combs has yet to respond to requests for comment. This
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  Speaker 2: new filing supplements a September indictment that charged Combs with
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  Speaker 2: sex trafficking and racketeering, alleging he assaulted women and facilitated
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  Speaker 2: forced sexual encounters. Over the years, Colmbs has been accused
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  Speaker 2: of abusing, threatening, and cohersing women and others to satisfy
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  Speaker 2: his sexual desires, safeguard his reputation, and hide his action
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  Speaker 2: this according to the indictment. The sex trafficking allegations include
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  Speaker 2: claims that he manipulated women to partake and meticulously planned
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  Speaker 2: sexual performances with male workers who were often flown in
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  Speaker 2: from various states and countries. Among the fresh allegations in
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  Speaker 2: the updated indictment is a claim that Combs paid one
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  Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars to hotel security for footage related to
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  Speaker 2: a reported assault on his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventira in
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  Speaker 2: March of twenty sixteen. The indictment asserts that when Combe's
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  Speaker 2: reputation or authority was at risk due to potential negative press,
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  Speaker 2: he and his associates quote intimidated witnesses and victims, including
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  Speaker 2: through attempted bribery, to remain silent and refrain from reporting
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  Speaker 2: their experiences to law enforcement. Prosecutors alleged that Comb's quote
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  Speaker 2: provided these victims and witnesses with a fabricated narrative to
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  Speaker 2: cover up his offenses. Additionally, prosecutors introduced a new element
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  Speaker 2: to the alleged criminal enterprise, involving and unspecified kidnapping. Significantly,
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  Speaker 2: the revised indictment asserts that the criminal enterprise commenced in
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and four, rather than two thousand and eight
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  Speaker 2: as previously stated when Combs was first charged. It also
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  Speaker 2: mentions the involvement of psychedelic mushrooms and meth in the
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  Speaker 2: alle alleged misconduct. In a letter to the court following
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  Speaker 2: the updated indictment, Combe's legal team noted that the government
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  Speaker 2: has indicated its investigation remains quote active and ongoing, which
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  Speaker 2: could result in further charges. Combe's trial is scheduled to
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  Speaker 2: begin in May. If convicted, he could face a maximum
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  Speaker 2: sentence of life in prison.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. A shocking shooting spree spanning Missouri and
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  Speaker 1: Arkansas leaves two people dead and one person critically injured.
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  Speaker 1: The fatal events unfolded over two days, culminating in the
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  Speaker 1: arrest of an Aurora woman. On the evening of January
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  Speaker 1: twenty second, Taylor Santiago, thirty one, allegedly decided to kill
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  Speaker 1: her estranged husband, Troy Huffman, after getting coffee at Casey's
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  Speaker 1: General Store in Aurora. She lured Huffman to her home
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  Speaker 1: under the pretense of allowing him to see their twelve
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  Speaker 1: year old son. Neighbor Carla Rodgers spoke to KY three
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  Speaker 1: TV news, the.
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  Speaker 2: Last time I sawm was about two weeks ago, and
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  Speaker 2: he was trying to get custody of his Sonnebel, and
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  Speaker 2: she was refusing him to let him see him.
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  Speaker 1: According to police reports, once Huffman arrived, Santiago instructed their
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  Speaker 1: son to cover his ears, telling him she was quote
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  Speaker 1: going to take care of the bad guys end quote.
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  Speaker 1: That's when she shot Huffman twice, killing him at their residence.
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  Speaker 1: After the murder, Santiago dragged Huffman's body out of the doorway,
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  Speaker 1: took his car keys, and drove approximately fifty miles to
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  Speaker 1: Carroll County, Arkansas. There, she continued her rampage by entering
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  Speaker 1: the home where her ex partner, the biological father of
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  Speaker 1: another of her children, lived with his girlfriend. Both adults
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  Speaker 1: were shot. The woman died of the scene, while the
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  Speaker 1: man was hospitalized in critical condition. Santiago's daughter was present
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  Speaker 1: during this second incident but was not hurt. Then, at
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  Speaker 1: about one forty five in the morning on January twenty third,
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  Speaker 1: Santiago surrendered herself to the Aurora Police and Fire facility.
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  Speaker 1: She confessed to having killed her estranged husband and believe
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  Speaker 1: she had killed three people, unaware her ex partner in
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  Speaker 1: Arkansas had survived. Santiago has been charged in Missouri with
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  Speaker 1: first degree murder, first degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon,
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  Speaker 1: and endangering the welfare of a child. She's currently being
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  Speaker 1: held without bail at the Lawrence County Jail. Additional charges
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  Speaker 1: in Arkansas are expected related to the murder of the
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  Speaker 1: woman and the attempted murder of the man. The investigation continues.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson, a Michigan mother, planned to die with
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  Speaker 3: her three daughters and set their home on fire while
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  Speaker 3: they slept, the blade, killing her twelve year old daughter
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  Speaker 3: and leaving her two younger children with injuries. Raconda Singleton,
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  Speaker 3: aged forty six, remains in custody after the fire and
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  Speaker 3: Grand Rapids. Prosecutors say she poured lighter fluid in multiple
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  Speaker 3: rooms before lighting the house on fire. Investigators found seven
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  Speaker 3: smoke detectors hidden in a pillowcase in the backyard. Singleton
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  Speaker 3: admitting her intent, telling detectives quote, I did it. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not going to sit here and play like I am
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  Speaker 3: the victim.
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  Speaker 4: Put it lightly. That's saying something. This is a shockingly cruel,
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  Speaker 4: unimaginable crime committed by a mom against her three kids.
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  Speaker 4: Being a twelve year old, this just should not be
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  Speaker 4: anything that anyone's ever contemplated in the world, that my
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  Speaker 4: mom is going to start the house on fire while
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  Speaker 4: I'm asleep in the bed.
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  Speaker 3: Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom says at first, Singleton
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  Speaker 3: told police she did not know what happened. Later, she
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  Speaker 3: described how she set fires in a second floor bathroom
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  Speaker 3: and on a living room couch. She allegedly waited until
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  Speaker 3: her daughters were asleep before starting the fire. As the
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  Speaker 3: flame spread, Singleton stood outside while her children screamed. A
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  Speaker 3: stranger intervened, rescuing her ten year old and seven year
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  Speaker 3: old daughters. Firefighters pulled twelve year old Shemaiah Stewart from
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  Speaker 3: the burning home, but she suffered severe burns and died
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  Speaker 3: after two days in the ICU. Singleton appeared in court
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  Speaker 3: on arson and child abuse charges. A judge entered a
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  Speaker 3: not guilty plea on her behalf. Prosecutors expect additional charges
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  Speaker 3: to be filed, including murder. Her bond is set at
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  Speaker 3: half a million. Court records show Singleton had a history
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  Speaker 3: of mental health struggles. She told investigators that her life
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  Speaker 3: quote took a turn in August and that she was
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  Speaker 3: unable to find help for herself and her family. Documents
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  Speaker 3: show that she was hospitalized for what's been described as
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  Speaker 3: a quote brief psychotic disorder, being placed in a treatment center.
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  Speaker 3: A court ordered report described her as paranoid and disorganized.
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  Speaker 3: Authority say Singleton plan to die with her daughter's quote
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  Speaker 3: so they could be free. Outside the burning home, A
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  Speaker 3: memorial of stuffed animals and balloons honors little Shemaiah. A
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  Speaker 3: GoFundMe has been set up to help her father and
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  Speaker 3: surviving sisters and with the latest crime and justice news.
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