Some of the similarities in the cases brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs this week and Robert Sylvester Kelly several years ago are evident at a glance: Both are world famous, powerful and influential musicians who were accused of sex crimes by federal prosecutors in New York City.
But Combs’ case echoes R. Kelly’s in another way: In each, prosecutors relied on a novel use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, to indict them on allegations of using that power and fame to wield the resources, businesses and people who answered to them to commit crimes – and attempt to cover them up.
” Specifically, EDNY prosecutors said Kelly would choose girls and women from the crowds at his concert, and then direct others within the enterprise to bring them backstage. The enterprise would then arrange for the girls and women to visit Kelly, and that’s when the sexual crimes would take place, including the production of child pornography.
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