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While we wait for court to start again today, here’s a reminder of the five felony charges faced by Sean “Diddy” Combs:

• Racketeering conspiracy;
• Two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion;
• Two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

The rapper was initially charged with three offences – racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. 

Two extra counts – one each of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution – were added earlier in April.

Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

What the charges mean

Racketeering broadly means engaging in an illegal scheme or enterprise, and the charge falls under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (RICO) in the US.

According to the US justice department’s definition of RICO statute, it is also illegal to “conspire to violate” the laws.

The prosecution alleges that between 2008 and 2024, Combs “led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labour, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, among other crimes”.