Diddy's alleged 1,000 bottles of baby oil, 'Freak Off' parties explained
NEW YORK - Questions are swirling around the salacious allegations at the center of Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering charges, including his alleged "Freak Off" parties and the seizure of 1,000 bottles of baby oil by federal authorities.
He's accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed "Freak Offs." He's pleaded not guilty.
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Where is Diddy now?
Diddy, who is currently awaiting trial in a jail cell, has been charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking along with a slew of illicit crimes in a federal sex trafficking case.
NYPD vehicles sits outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, February 4, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday — a place that’s been described as "hell on earth" and an "ongoing tragedy." The facility, the only federal jail in New York City, has been plagued by problems since it opened in the 1990s. In recent years, its conditions have been so stark that some judges have refused to send people there. It has also been home to a number of high-profile inmates, including R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell and Michael Cohen.
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A federal magistrate ordered him jailed without bail as he awaits trial. Combs asked a judge Wednesday if he could wait for his trial from his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach instead of the grim federal jail. He was denied that request.
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What are ‘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, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice."
"Freak Offs" were gatherings where Diddy allegedly wielded his power to lure victims into sex acts with male commercial sex workers, ccording to the indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of facilitating a network of associates and employees who helped keep victims in line using blackmail like the videos taken during the parties.
Diddy ‘Freak Off’ details
These employees would allegedly be in charge of facilitating the "Freak Offs" by booking hotel rooms.
Associates would allegedly arrange travel for victims, sex workers, and Diddy, in addition to delivering cash to pay the workers, and schedule IV fluid deliveries (used to recover from the parties).
Authorities say these "Freak Offs" would occur regularly, even lasting multiple days.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 05: Sean Combs also known as P Diddy is seen on June 05, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
His employees allegedly facilitated "Freak Offs" by handling travel, hotel arrangements, and supplying drugs and baby oil.
They also arranged travel for victims, sex workers, and Combs, resupplied him with necessary items, delivered cash to pay the workers, and scheduled IV fluid deliveries.
Diddy's baby oil
During the March search of his LA and Miami homes, law enforcement seized narcotics, videos, three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant they say were "Freak Off" supplies.
His employees would allegedly ensure that the "Freak Offs" were stocked with baby oil, linens, and lighting.
Could Diddy go to prison?
Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo declared his client’s innocence, and said they would appeal the bail decision, with a hearing expected Wednesday afternoon.
The "Freak Offs," Agnifilo says, were agreed upon prior and not coercive.
"Is it sex trafficking? Not if everybody wants to be there," Agnifilo said,
Prosecutors said in court papers that they had interviewed more than 50 victims and witnesses and expect the number to grow. They said they would use financial, travel and billing records, electronic data and communications and videos of the "Freak Offs" to prove their case.
A conviction on every charge in the indictment would require a mandatory 15 years in prison with the possibility of a life sentence.
Combs and his attorneys denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits filed over the last few years.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.