Attorney Marc Agnifilo, who faced the feds in a similar RICO case involving NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, has a long history of representing high-profile figures including Harvey Weinstein, Martin Shkreli and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Co-host Joy Behar chimed in as Hostin was summarizing the news, calling the situation “disgusting.” She was followed in short order by fellow co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Alyssa Farah Griffin, who weighed in with clarification.

The first paragraph of the three-count federal indictment against the music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs lays out in an overarching summary the serious and sprawling allegations against him.