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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean 'Diddy' Combs: An Updated Timeline Of Charges, Allegations & Consequences The Rap Mogul Faces
Since November 2023, Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been sued by – and settled with – his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, been hit with at least four other lawsuits alleging sexual assault, stepped down as chairman of Revolt Media, had his homes in L.A. and Miami raided by Homeland Security, seen his son charged with sexual assault and been indicted on a trio of federal charges including racketeering and sex trafficking. While nothing has been proven yet in court, it's been a rapid fall and a dizzying stream of bad news for one of hip-hop's first billionaires. More from Deadline Fired Diddy & Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey Slams Trump: "Fear Is The Tool Of A Tyrant" - Update Sean "Diddy" Combs Denied Bail, Will Be Sentenced In October; Lawyer Declares "Great Victory" After Mixed Verdict - Update Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds Scroll through the photos below for a timeline of it all. Best of Deadline The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery Everything We Know About 'Stranger Things' Season 5 So Far
Fox News
3 days ago
- Fox News
Feds charge 3 more men in Maryland MS-13 racketeering conspiracy involving murder: 'Reign of terror'
As suspected Maryland MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia stands trial in a high-profile criminal case, three more alleged MS-13 members in the state are being charged with racketeering conspiracy, including murder and drug trafficking. Commenting on the charges, acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti said the men's actions "furthered MS-13's reign of terror across communities in Maryland." The charges, filed against Salvadoran nationals living in Maryland – Maxwell Ariel Quijano-Casco, 24, Daniel Isaias Villanueva-Bautista, 19, and Hyattsville, Maryland man, Josue Mauricio Lainez, 21 – were announced in a Department of Justice statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the three men allegedly killed a homeless man as part of their involvement with MS-13. The DOJ said the three allegedly killed the man on July 4, 2024, in a "retaliatory murder." The victim was found dead in a blue Dodge Caravan that was parked in a used car lot in Hyattsville the next day. The department said a nearby surveillance camera caught the murder on video. According to the statement, the video shows the victim wielding what appears to be a pole at Quijano-Casco, who then flees and returns with Villanueva-Bautista, Lainez and another unnamed person. The four approach the blue van where the victim fled, open the door and appear to strike someone inside. Police arriving at the scene the next day found the victim, who appeared to have been stabbed in the neck. Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ, FBI and Prince George's County Police Department to request to review the video. Neither agency immediately responded to Fox News Digital's request. Quijano-Casco and Villanueva-Bautista were arrested by Prince George's County Police on Aug. 23, according to the DOJ. Quijano-Casco was found in possession of a semi-automatic handgun and about eight grams of cocaine at the time of his arrest. Both admitted that they were present for the altercation where the victim was murdered and Quijano-Casco allegedly admitted to police to stabbing the individual. The three are being charged with racketeering conspiracy, including the July 4, 2024, murder. If convicted, they face sentences of up to life in prison. In the statement, Galeotti of the DOJ's Criminal Division said the "senseless murder" was carried out "in exchange for promotions within the gang and drugs." Galeotti said, "Their actions furthered MS-13's reign of terror across communities in Maryland." U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly Hayes called the killing a "brutal retaliatory murder" that serves as a "chilling reminder of the MS-13 gang's callous disregard for human life." She said her office will continue to work with law enforcement to dismantle criminal organizations such as MS-13 that "terrorize our communities." This comes as Abrego Garcia, 29, another Salvadoran national who was living in Maryland, faces charges of human smuggling and conspiracy. According to the indictment, Abrego Garcia played a "significant role" in a human smuggling ring operating for nearly a decade. Attorney General Pam Bondi described him as a full-time smuggler who made more than 100 trips, transporting women, children and MS-13 gang-affiliated persons throughout the U.S. According to police and court records shared with Fox News Digital, Abrego Garcia was arrested in Hyattsville in October 2019, at which point he was identified by the Prince George's County Police Gang Unit as a member of MS-13.
The Standard
4 days ago
- The Standard
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
Maurene Comey, Assistant U.S. Attorney and prosecutor on Combs' case, arrives at the Federal courthouse during the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial at U.S. court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
National Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- National Post
Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a 'criminal enterprise'
NEW YORK — A former New York City interim police commissioner filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against his one-time boss, Mayor Eric Adams, and other top department officials, alleging they showered loyalists with unearned promotions, buried allegations of misconduct, and gratuitously punished whistleblowers. Article content In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the ex-commissioner, Thomas Donlon, accused Adams and his inner circle of operating the nation's largest police department as a 'criminal enterprise.' Article content Article content Their alleged corruption triggered a 'massive, unlawful transfer of public wealth,' the suit states, through unearned salary increases, overtime payments, pension enhancement and other benefits. Article content Article content With Adams' approval, his cadre of hand-picked police leaders also sought to obstruct internal investigations, while targeting dissenters with leaks through the press, the suit alleges. Article content Inquiries to the New York City Police Department and City Hall were not immediately returned. Article content 'This lawsuit is not a personal grievance,' Donlon said in a statement. 'It is a statement against a corrupt system that betrays the public, silences truth, and punishes integrity.' Article content Donlon, a career FBI official who had not previously worked in the NYPD, was brought in as interim commissioner last September to stabilize a department shaken by federal investigations. Article content Article content His predecessor, Edward Caban, stepped down after federal authorities seized his electronic devices as part of an investigation that also involved his brother, a former police officer, along with several other high-ranking police officials. Caban has denied wrongdoing and not been criminally charged. Article content Article content Donlon had spent decades working on terrorism cases, including the investigation into the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, and was a top counterterrorism official for the FBI's New York office. He also led New York state's Office of Homeland Security before going into the private sector security industry. Article content But about a week into his tenure, federal authorities searched Donlon's homes and seized decades-old materials that he said at the time were unrelated to his work with the NYPD. Article content Donlon lasted about two months on the job before current police Commissioner Jessica Tisch took over, pledging to restore trust to the department.
Fox News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Eric Adams hit with accusation of operating ‘criminal conspiracy' at NYPD
Mayor Eric Adams is being sued by a former high-ranking New York Police Department official for allegedly operating a "criminal conspiracy" at the department to enrich top officials. A spokesperson for Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent, called the allegations "baseless accusations from a disgruntled former employee." Politico reported that former interim NYPD commissioner Tom Donlon filed a suit in the New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan against Adams, the department and several other current and former city officials on Wednesday. In his suit, Donlon alleged that "a coordinated criminal conspiracy had taken root at the highest levels of City government — carried out through wire fraud, mail fraud, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice and retaliation against whistleblowers." According to the outlet, Donlon's allegations against New York City officials amount to racketeering. Donlon stated that "this enterprise — the NYPD — was criminal at its core." Politico also reported that Donlon said in an accompanying statement that "this lawsuit is not a personal grievance; it is a statement against a corrupt system that betrays the public, silences truth, and punishes integrity." "The goal is to drive real change, hold the corrupt, deceitful, and abusively powerful accountable, and restore the voice of every honorable officer who has been silenced or denied justice," wrote Donlon. In response, Kayla Mamelak Altus, a spokesperson for Adams, told Fox News Digital that "these are baseless accusations from a disgruntled former employee who — when given the opportunity to lead the greatest police department in the world — proved himself to be ineffective." "This suit is nothing more than an attempt to seek compensation at the taxpayer's expense after Mr. Donlon was rightfully removed from the role of interim police commissioner," Mamelak Altus claimed. The spokesperson said Adams' office "will respond in court, where we are confident these absurd claims will be disproven." "The NYPD is led by the best, brightest, and most honorable professionals in the nation — and their results speak for themselves: crime continues to fall across the city, with shootings at the lowest level in recorded history," said Mamelak Altus. Adams is currently facing an uphill fight for re-election against Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-professed democratic socialist, as well as former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and Republican candidate and activist Curtis Sliwa.
