Keretse habaye impinduka zidateguwe, urubanza rwa Sean “Diddy” Combs ku byaha bikomeye byo gucuruza abantu ku gitsinagabo n’ibindi bizatangira mu kwezi gutaha. Byongeye kandi, amashusho yakoreshejwe muri filime mbarankuru yakozwe na Warner Bros Discovery yiswe Fall of Diddy, yerekeye uyu muhanzi umaze iminsi aregwa byinshi, azemererwa gukoreshwa mu rubanza nubwo iyo sosiyete y’itangazamakuru iyobowe na David Zaslav yari yaragerageje kubibuza.
Uyu munsi mu gitondo, ubwo Combs yari yitabiriye urubanza, umucamanza w’urukiko rw’icyiciro cya mbere, Arun Subramanian, yanze ubusabe bw’abamwunganira mu mategeko bari bayobowe na Marc Agnifilo na Teny Geragos bwo gusubika urubanza iminsi 60. Ubwo urubanza rwatangiraga, Subramanian yahise yanga icyo cyifuzo, cyari gishingiye ku kuba ibiro by’umushinjacyaha wa Leta muri Southern District of New York byaratinze gutanga ibimenyetso, ndetse ngo bikaba bitanafite bimwe muri ibyo bimenyetso byavuye kuri “Victim-4.”
Subramanian yavuze ko ibyo abunganira Combs bavuga atari bishya mu rubanza rumaze amezi menshi ruregerwa ibibazo by’imikorere y’inzego z’amategeko, kuva Combs yafungwa muri Nzeri mu cyumba cya hoteli i New York. Yongeye kumva agahinda ko kuba aba bunganira baregura bashaka ko urubanza rutangira muri Nyakanga aho kuba mu cyumweru cya mbere cya Gicurasi. Yanatangaje ko inyandiko nshya ishinja Combs ahanini isubiramo ibyari byarigeze gutangwa mbere, bityo atumva impamvu haba hadahari umwanya uhagije wo kwitegura.
Gutoranya abagize inteko y’abacamanza biteganyijwe gutangira mu cyumweru cya mbere cya Gicurasi, naho amagambo atangiza urubanza nyirizina azatangira tariki 12 Gicurasi. Naramuka ahamijwe icyaha cy’ishyirahamwe ry’abagizi ba nabi (racketeering), gucuruza abantu ku gitsinagabo, kujyana abantu gukora ubusambanyi n’ibindi, Combs w’imyaka 55 washinze Bad Boy Records, ashobora kurangiriza ubuzima bwe mu buroko.
Amashusho ya Warner Bros Discovery yemerewe kwinjira mu rubanza
Mu manza z’uyu munsi zabanjirije urubanza nyirizina, umucamanza Subramanian yanze icyifuzo cya Warner Bros Discovery cyo kutemera ko amashusho atagaragaye muri Fall of Diddy akoreshwa mu rubanza. Ayo mashusho arimo umukozi wahoze akorana na Combs n’umukobwa wahoze ari umukunzi we. Warner Bros yari yaragerageje kwitwaza uburenganzira bw’itangazamakuru (reporter’s privilege) ngo ayo mashusho atagere ku rukiko. Ariko umucamanza yavuze ko abantu bagaragara muri ayo mashusho bazatanga ubuhamya, bityo amashusho akaba afite agaciro k’ukuri n’akamaro mu gukurikirana ukuri.
Combs amaze kugerageza inshuro eshatu zose kuva afashwe mu Kwakira ushize ngo arekurwe by’agateganyo yatanze ingwate ya miliyoni 50 z’amadolari, ariko zose zaranze. Kugeza ubu afungiye mu kigo cy’imfungwa cya Metropolitan Detention Center i Brooklyn, aho afite nimero 37452-054. Guhera ku itariki 1 Mutarama 2025, hari ibindi byaha byongeweho n’ubushinjacyaha bwugarijwe n’igitutu cya politiki muri SDNY, harimo n’urubanza rwongewe vuba Combs yahakaniye ibyaha ku itariki 14 Mata.
Ubushinjacyaha bukomeje gukusanya ibimenyetso by’ubusambanyi bwabaye hagati ya Combs n’abagabo n’abagore yategekaga kwinjira mu bikorwa by’urukozasoni bizwi nka “freak-offs.” Ibyo bikorwa byabaga birimo abacuruza imibiri (abagabo n’abagore), ikoreshwa ry’ibiyobyabwenge, iterabwoba ndetse n’imfungwa zamaraga igihe mu byumba bya hoteli aho ibyo bikorwa byabaga biri gukinwa ndetse bigafotorwa cyangwa bigafotorwa amashusho.
Ubushinjacyaha buravuga uko Combs yayoboraga ibikorwa bye nk’igisirikare
Mu nyandiko ubushinjacyaha bwashyikirije urukiko ku wa 17 Mata, bwagize buti:
“Mu gihe cy’imyaka irenga icumi, uregwa yakoreye ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, iryo ku mubiri, iry’umutima ndetse n’amagambo y’ubugome ku bantu benshi. Ku birebana na Victim-1, Victim-2, na Victim-3, yakoresheje iryo hohoterwa, iterabwoba, uburiganya n’igitugu kugira ngo abahatire kwinjira mu bikorwa by’ubusambanyi bibyara inyungu.”
Bagakomeza bati:
“Ibyiswe ‘Freak-Offs’ byari ibikorwa byo gusambana bimara iminsi myinshi byategurwaga na Combs, akabiyobora, akabikurikirana ari mu gikorwa cyo kwikinisha, akanabifata amashusho. Yayoboraga aba bantu abaciye intege binyuze mu bugome, ibijejwe by’akazi cyangwa amafaranga, kubaha cyangwa kubima inkunga, gukurikirana aho bari, kubategeka uko bambara, gusoma inyandiko zabo z’ubuvuzi, kubayobora aho batuye ndetse no kubaha ibiyobyabwenge.”
Ibindi byemezo byafashwe n’urukiko
Mu rundi rubanza rwatwaye amasaha arenga abiri, umucamanza Subramanian yategetse ko Cassie Ventura — ari nawe witwa Victim-1 azatanga inyandiko zose z’igitabo yigeze kwandika kitarajya ku isoko, ariko ntazatanga ubutumwa bw’ubutumwa cyangwa inyemezabwishyu nk’uko Combs yabisabaga.
Urukiko rwanemeye ko Victim-2, Victim-3, na Victim-4 bazatanga ubuhamya bakoresheje amazina y’impimbano, nubwo abunganira Combs bavuga ko bamwe muri bo bavuga ku mugaragaro ku byerekeye uyu muhanzi bityo bakazamenyekana. Umucamanza yavuze ko azemera gusubiramo icyo cyemezo nibigaragara ko kugira ibanga amazina yabo bihungabanya uburyo bwo kwiregura kwa Combs.
Ikindi cyemezo cyafashwe ni uko umuhanga mu mitekerereze wifashishijwe n’ubushinjacyaha atazemererwa kuvuga ijambo “gushyira umuntu mu bibazo by’igitugu” (coercive control), ahubwo azavuga muri rusange ku mibanire ibamo ihohoterwa.
Urukiko rwaje no kwemeza ko bamwe mu bahamya babiri ba Leta bari bagiye kuvuga ku byaha bivugwa byabaye imyaka 20 ishize batazemerewe gutanga ubuhamya. Subramanian yavuze ko ayo makuru “ashobora gutera umwuka mubi” kandi “atarimo gihamya.”
Diddy aregwa no mu manza nyinshi z’ubucuruzi
Uretse uru rubanza rwa gisirikari, Combs aregwa n’abandi benshi mu manza z’ubucuruzi, cyane cyane izishyikirijwe inkiko n’umunyamategeko Tony Buzbee ukorera muri Houston, aho ashinjwa ihohoterwa n’ibikorwa bijya kumera nk’ibyo byo gucuruza abantu. Yaburanye avuga ko ari umwere muri izo manza zose, kandi zimwe zarasubitswe cyangwa zarasibanganye mu nkiko.
Nubwo hari abavoka batandukanye bamuvuyemo, kuri ubu Combs yinjije mu itsinda rimwunganira Brian Steel, wigeze kugira uruhare mu gutsindira rapper Young Thug urubanza rw’ishyirahamwe ry’ubugizi bwa nabi. Uwo yamusimbuye ni Anthony Ricco, wavuze ko “nubwo yagerageje gukora neza inshingano ze mu rwego rw’amategeko, atagishoboye gukomeza gukora nk’umwunganizi wa Combs nk’uko amategeko abiteganya.”
