"Rush" Has Been Deeply Implicated The Prostitution of Kids and Drugs Along with Papa Diddy Combs
Many of Sean "Diddy" Combs' friends and exes have not commented on his arrest. (Photo by: Nathan ... [+]NATHAN CONGLETON/NBC VIA GETTY IMAGES KEY FACTS Combs was arrested in New York last week on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, soon after a federal grand jury indicted the rapper and record label executive. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges—racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, cause or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution—and is being held in a notorious Brooklyn detention facility. Combs’ arrest followed a string of lawsuits that accused him of sexual assault—all of which he denied—beginning with a quickly settled lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, in November 2023. WHAT IS COMBS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH USHER? Usher and Combs became acquainted in 1994, when producer LA Reid—who had signed Usher to his record label—sent him to live, when he was about 15 years old, with Combs at his