Inside the Alleged 'Freak Offs' at Center of Sex Crimes Charges Against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the rapper, producer and longtime music industry titan, is accused of coercing multiple women into performing extended, orchestrated sexual acts with sex workers known as “freak offs.”

Sources previously told PEOPLE thatCombs was arrestedat a Manhattan hotel on Monday.

The indictment centers around the alleged “freak offs,” which prosecutors describe “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs allegedly coerced others to partake in.

Combs allegedly organized and directed the “freak offs;” prosecutors claim he would record the “freak offs” and masturbate during them.

The indictment alleges that Combs and his associates would lure people under the pretense of a romantic relationship before he would use “force, threats of force and coercion” in order to get them to participate in the “freak offs.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Steve Granitz/WireImage

Steve Granitz/WireImage

In response to the charges against his client, Combs' attorney Marc Agnifilo said he would “fight like hell” to get the rapper released and said the Combs was “going to plead not guilty, obviously.”

“He’s going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might and the full confidence of his lawyers, and I expect a long battle with a good result for Mr. Combs," Agnifilo said.

Prosecutors say the “freak offs” would sometimes last several days and would often feature multiple commercial sex workers. Combs would allegedly keep some of the videos taken during the sex acts, which was not always known to the victims, the indictments claim.

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Combs would also allegedly supply drugs to the victims in order to ensure compliance.

The indictment claims that when the exhausting “freak offs” would conclude, both Combs and the alleged victims would often receive IV fluids to recover from both the exertion and the drug use.

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source: people.com