Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a handful of those in the music and film industries who have actually faced criminal charges.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has now joined that short list of prosecuted stars.
Here is a list of some of the most prominent men to face criminal charges in recent years and the outcome of those cases:
Sean “Diddy” Combs
The hip-hop mogul was arrested in New York on Sept. 16 and was accused in an indictment of using his “ power and prestige ” to induce female victims and male sex workers into drug-fueled sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Prosecutors said he used violence and threats of blackmail to keep people from speaking out. Combs, 54, faces federal racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could put him in prison for at least 15 years if he is convicted on all counts.
A judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a federal jail in Brooklyn.
