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The Epstein Chronicles
Epstein, Kelly, Diddy: The Triad of Abuse
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Jeffrey Epstein, R. Kelly, and Sean “Diddy” Combs are tied together by the predatory nature of their alleged crimes, each using wealth, power, and celebrity status as shields to exploit the vulnerable. Epstein lured underage girls into his trafficking...
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a free to play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the program. Now that the indictment for Sean Diddy Combs has been unsealed, we're finally getting a look at the charges that the government is bringing against Diddy. And all of those charges that he's been slapped with come with mandatory sentences. And it's not something that a lot of people are talking about because obviously the 500 pound gorilla in the room is, is the RICO charges. But all this other stuff is bad news for him. And one thing that's really gonna come back and bite him in the ass and probably cause enhancers to kick in are those guns that have obliterated serial numbers. You can't run around with firearms with obliterated serial numbers. That's a 10 year stint right there just on the gun. So this dude's looking at serious time, folks, and he's in serious jeopardy, but of going to prison for the rest of his life. Today we have an article from Newsweek and the headline, sean Combs Case Compared to R. Kelly, Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy is screwed. This article was authored by Jenna Sundell. Well, I certainly can't disagree with the Diddy is screwed portion. And I think that if we're going to compare what's going on with Diddy to anyone, I think that R. Kelly is probably the right way to go. That's how this is going to be prosecuted. And my guess is that's the blueprint that they're going to use. Remember, this is the same office that went after R. Kelly as well. So I think that there are similarities obviously between the criminal enterprises of Diddy and Jeffrey Epstein. But we have to remember that Jeffrey Epstein and what he was doing was on an international level. He was bringing women in from Eastern Europe. He was bringing women in from God knows where. And these women were coming here and being put up at a building on East 66th street in Manhattan, all with the promise of a lucrative modeling career waiting for them in the United States. But that never materialized. Instead, they were sent out to go to different meetings with people to try and collect Kompromat. So while there are similarities, there's no doubt they're both criminal enterprises. They're both based on human trafficking. There are also some serious differences when it comes to Epstein and Diddy. And I think, in my opinion, anyway, the more apt description, the more apt comparison would be with R. Kelly. And I think that's what the prosecutors are going to do. When you look at the charges that they've hit Diddy with, I think they're going to use the blueprint that they built during that R. Kelly prosecution, especially considering the success they had with it. Right. They were able to nail him and send him to prison for the rest of his life with that game plan. So I don't see them deviating from that course and going a different way. I think they're going to pursue Diddy the same exact way they did R. Kelly. And I think when all is said and done, we'll going to have the same result. Legal experts are weighing in on disgraced rapper and music producer Sean Diddy Combs indictment on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Combs, 54, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday. The indictment alleges a criminal enterprise operating over a series of several years that involves coercing individuals to participate in various sexual acts. So one thing that we have to take from that is that them saying it's a criminal enterprise, there was definitely other people involved. So it's going to be real interesting to see who else gets indicted, who was around Diddy and who was working with him in forum, as opposed to the people who don't get indicted. Because those people have probably flipped, right? Because the only way to get yourself out of trouble here is to turn on whoever the boss is. And according to the government, the boss in this situation was Diddy. Diddy is screwed. Niama Rahmani, former federal prosecutor and president elect of west coast trial lawyers, told Newsweek the big takeaways are obviously these are very serious charges. Everyone talks about the racketeering and how there is potential life sentence. But more importantly, some of these charges carry mandatory minimum sentences in prison. And that's what I was saying earlier. There's a lot in this indictment that's bad news for Diddy. And I think that the guns are really going to come back to bite him. I talked a little bit about this on Twitter last night, and I think that with the mandatory sentences that you see with these other charges, I think that Diddy is in gigantic trouble. And if things go the way that the prosecution thinks they're gonna go. Diddy's gonna end up going to prison for the rest of his life, just like R. Kelly. Kathy Fleming, a principal at the office of Kerman Litigation Practice Group, also emphasized the severity of the charges to Newsweek. They have alleged very serious crimes in a federal court alleging issues related to sex trafficking, meaning misusing the victims. And there is serious time consequences if someone is convicted of this. Fleming said to Newsweek. Yeah, no doubt about it. And we haven't even talked about the Mann act or anything else yet. And there's no way that this is the last iteration of this indictment. It's going to be superseded. They're going to add more to it. It's just a matter of time. Trey Lovell, an entertainment and civil attorney, spoke to Newsweek about the similarities between R. Kelly sex trafficking case and Combs case. And I think this is the most important comparison. I know a lot of people want to compare it to Epstein and I understand why. Right. Epstein was one of the most disgusting, vile people in the history of the world. And then you look at what Diddy was up to and it's very similar. But when you really look at it, it's not the same. They weren't up to the same thing. It wasn't international, it wasn't for a kompromat. So there are a lot of differences. Does that make what Diddy was doing any less heinous or disgusting than what Epstein was up to? Of course not, especially to the people who were affected by it. So I'm not trying to say one's worse than the other. I'm just saying that they're different. And for me, I think the better comparison is the R. Kelly case. Now that doesn't mean that there aren't similarities, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't run them side by side. We're going to. But I think that when all is said and done and we see the way that this gets prosecuted and we see the evidence that's brought forward, it's going to resemble the R. Kelly case much closer than it did the Epstein or A. Maxwell case. R. Kelly and Al Diddy are representatives of high level, famous and in this case, in the music world, moguls who have chosen to live a lifestyle which the authorities question is illegal in many respects. Lovell said. And look, we all know that these depraved ass rich people live a different way than we do. They're up to a bunch of wild shit and they don't get off the way we do. When you're a Billionaire. You don't get off the same way the working man does. I know that if I go to the casino and I blow a couple of hundred bucks, that's exhilarating, right? That's fun. You got a chance to maybe win a couple of bucks. Whatever you think that gets Diddy off? Of course it doesn't. For Diddy, it's something completely different. And that is something that he certainly had in common with Epstein. Once you get to this level, the depravity just increases. And it seems like all of these people that roll around in this so called elite society are up to the same bullshit. He said that both cases send a message about law and power. The government wants to make a statement that says no matter who you are, how much money you have, how powerful you are, we're not going to let you get away with stuff like this, Lovell said. Lovell also explained what has caused the shift in prosecuting these cases that have been ongoing for many years. I think it was triggered by the MeToo movement when the MeToo movement happened and it cast this light on the dark world of the entertainment industry, lovell said. Rahmani drew comparisons between Combs case and the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein. R. Kelly didn't have a whole lot of rich and famous people participate in acts with him, but Diddy reportedly did. And we know Epstein did, at least according to some of the evidence. Even though a lot of those people haven't been prosecuted. Well, that much is certainly true. And I will say that the similarities between Epstein and Diddy certainly have to do with the famous people that they were palling around with. There is zero doubt that Diddy had some powerful friends. But there's levels to this, right? It's one thing to have powerful friends, it's another thing to be an intelligence asset. And Diddy most certainly, in my opinion was not that. Was he a depraved sick bastard? Absolutely. Did he have a lot of high placed friends who were very powerful in the music industry and in business? Most certainly. And there's no doubt that a lot of those people were attending these parties. Does that mean they were taking part in all this? I don't know. I wasn't there. I haven't seen any video. I haven't heard anybody come out and talk about who else might have participated. But it's certainly something that's on the table and I'm not going to say it didn't happen. I don't know. We'll have to wait and see how much more evidence makes itself available to us as this whole process continues to evolve. But I would say that there's a good possibility that other famous people are going to find themselves caught up in this. Rachmani also raised the possibility of other individuals being implicated in in Diddy's alleged criminal scheme. Anyone who participated in the sex acts should be really worried, rahmani said. There's a lot of rumors down here in la. I live a mile away from Diddy. There are a lot of rumors that a lot of other celebrities participated in these acts. I would certainly be worried if I were them because they could easily be charged, especially if there is video evidence. If you're on video and you were over at Diddy's diddling somebody, you're going to be in big trouble, no doubt about it. The question is how many of these people were participating. So what we're going to do around these parts is we're going to take the same approach that we did with Epstein and we're going to look at all the evidence and we'll go from there because there's going to be a lot of disinformation, there's going to be a lot of BS surrounding what's going on with Diddy, what's going down with Diddy and who he might have been associated with. So we're going to take the same approach and that we did with Epstein as we work our way through this. Fleming describes some of the difficulties the defense will face if Diddy does go to have to get a jury who says they're fair and impartial, which for the defense is a challenge because a lot of people believe if you're charged you must be guilty, fleming said. That's an unfair concept and they shouldn't do that. Everyone's presumed innocent unless and until the government proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt, she said. The media coverage could also pose a challenge for the defense.
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