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Sean “Diddy” Combs Pleads Not Guilty successful Sex Trafficking Case After Arrest, Is Denied Bail
Content warning: This communicative discusses intersexual assault.
There are caller updates about Sean "Diddy" Combs' ineligible troubles.
After the rapper was arrested successful New York City and charged with enactment trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution—two of which transportation a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison—according to a newly unsealed national indictment viewed by E! News, Combs has besides been denied enslaved to beryllium released from jail, according to NBC News.
Combs—who pled not blameworthy Sept. 17—submitted a petition for a $50 cardinal enslaved successful a letter to New York judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky, offering a projected bundle that would let Combs to "fight this lawsuit successful Court effectively," per the missive obtained by E! News.
The bundle included the $50,000,000 bond, which was co-signed by the 54-year-old's family—including his mother Janice Combs, sister Keisha Combs and 3 of his sons—several of whom besides surrendered their passports pursuing the raid connected Diddy's homes in March, according to the letter. The bundle besides offered equity successful some his Miami home, arsenic good arsenic his mother's and constricted his question to wrong definite parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The document additionally sought to "walk the Court done a bid of actions taken by Mr. Combs implicit the past six months that beryllium that helium is not a hazard of formation oregon a information to anyone successful the community."
"These actions beryllium that Mr. Combs is eminently trustworthy," the missive signed by his lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny R. Geragos read, "that helium is demonstrably committed to showing his innocence successful Court successful the discourse of this case, and that helium should beryllium released, connected the conditions proposed, successful bid to bash so."
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His attorneys honed successful connected the information that "when it became evident to his counsel that Mr. Combs would astatine immoderate constituent soon beryllium formally charged, helium did thing extraordinary: He near his location successful Miami and travelled to New York, the precise determination of the prosecutors and agents investigating him."
However, prosecutors successful the Southern District of New York requested successful a memo that helium stay successful jailhouse until his trial, with U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stating that Combs' "disposition to unit cannot beryllium reasonably prevented done bail conditions" and said that helium is simply a flight-risk who "poses a important information to the community," per NBC News.
There is simply a proceeding day acceptable for the euphony mogul connected Sept. 25.
The national indictment obtained by E! alleges a decade's worth of crimes against Combs, including the alleged coercion of female victims to prosecute successful intersexual acts called "freak offs."
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These alleged intersexual performances occurred regularly for hours oregon adjacent days, during which Combs "arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded" the performances, per the documents.
The U.S. Attorney besides alleges that during the enactment helium would administer "a assortment of controlled substances to victims, successful portion to keep them obedient and compliant."
Per the indictment, methods to unit victims included "force, threats of force, and coercion" to "engage successful extended enactment acts with antheral commercialized enactment workers." Following the alleged Freak Offs, "Combs and the victims typically received IV fluids to retrieve from the carnal exertion and cause use."
Combs allegedly besides utilized aggregate firm entities—collectively called the "Combs Business"—to disguise a transgression enactment with different members and associates involved, per the documents.
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He allegedly relied connected his employees, including supervisors, security, household staff, idiosyncratic assistants and others, to assistance facilitate travel, publication edifice rooms and banal them with supplies, arsenic good arsenic making definite helium had currency to wage the enactment workers and docket IV fluids.
The indictment also stated that, aft his Sept. 16 apprehension successful New York, authorities seized "various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of babe oil and lubricant," on with "firearms and ammunition, including 3 AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, arsenic good arsenic a drum magazine."
Following his arrest, lawyer Agnifilo told reporters, per NBC News, that Diddy was "going to combat this with each of his vigor and each of his mightiness and the afloat assurance of his lawyers."
"Please reserve your judgement until you person each the facts," helium added. "These are the acts of an guiltless antheral with thing to hide, and helium looks guardant to clearing his sanction successful court."
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Search Warrants Executed connected Diddy’s L.A. and Miami Properties
Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed hunt warrants astatine Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami properties connected March 25, aggregate instrumentality enforcement sources confirmed to NBC News.
The sources told the outlet the warrant was retired of the Southern District of New York, and a spokesperson for HSI New York confirmed to E! News it “executed instrumentality enforcement actions arsenic portion of an ongoing investigation, with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami, and our section instrumentality enforcement partners.”
Law enforcement sources told NBC News the euphony mogul was successful the Miami country erstwhile the hunt warrants were executed.
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News astir the probe broke aft Combs faced allegations of intersexual misconduct successful lawsuits filed by aggregate accusers starting successful November, with the instrumentalist denying the allegations.
“Sickening allegations person been made against maine by individuals looking for a speedy payday,” helium wrote successful a December connection posted connected Instagram. “Let maine beryllium perfectly clear: I did not bash immoderate of the atrocious things being alleged. I volition combat for my name, my household and for the truth.”
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Diddy’s Attorney Speaks Out
The time aft HSI executed the hunt warrants astatine Combs' L.A. and Miami properties, his lawyer spoke out.
"Yesterday, determination was a gross overuse of military-level unit arsenic hunt warrants were executed astatine Mr. Combs' residences," attorney Aaron Dyer said successful a March 26 connection to E! News. "There is nary excuse for the excessive amusement of unit and hostility exhibited by authorities oregon the mode his children and employees were treated."
Dyer noted Combs “was ne'er detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.”
“Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor immoderate of his household members person been arrested nor has their quality to question been restricted successful immoderate way,” his lawyer's connection continued. “This unprecedented ambush—paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence—leads to a premature unreserved to judgement of Mr. Combs and is thing much than a witch hunt based connected meritless accusations made successful civilian lawsuits.”
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And Dyer expressed Combs' intent to support himself.
“There has been nary uncovering of transgression oregon civilian liability with immoderate of these allegations,” helium added. “Mr. Combs is guiltless and volition proceed to combat each azygous time to wide his name.”
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Details About the Raid Revealed
As for what really went down during the searches, aggregate instrumentality enforcement sources acquainted with the warrant told NBC News authorities with the Department of Homeland Security seized phones from Combs’ location successful Miami earlier helium was scheduled to question to the Bahamas, and respective sources acquainted with the substance added that guns were discovered during the search.
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One root acquainted with the substance besides told NBC News 3 women and 1 antheral were interviewed by prosecutors and investigators from the Southern District of New York astir allegations of enactment trafficking, intersexual assault, the solicitation and organisation of amerciable narcotics and firearms purportedly tied to Combs.
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Diddy’s Associate Brendan Paul Arrested connected Suspicion of Drug Possession
On the aforesaid time the hunt warrants were executed astatine Combs’ Miami and Los Angeles properties, 1 of his associates, Brendan Paul, was arrested by the Miami-Dade constabulary connected suspicion of cause possession, a instrumentality enforcement root acquainted with the substance told NBC News.
According to the Miami-Dade apprehension affidavit obtained by the outlet, Paul was taken into custody for allegedly possessing suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana candy.
Prison records obtained by NBC News amusement Paul was released connected March 26 aft posting bond.
“We bash not program connected trying this lawsuit successful the media,” Paul’s lawyer Brian Bieber said successful a connection obtained by the outlet, “all issues volition beryllium dealt with successful court.”
In May, Paul accepted a plea deal, with his lawyer Bieber telling People, "Brendan accepted the prosecutor’s connection to licence his introduction into the diversion programme which, aft completion, the lawsuit against him volition beryllium dismissed successful its entirety."
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Diddy Arrested successful New York
He was arrested successful the lobby of a New York edifice connected Sept. 16, 2024, according to NBC News. It's unclear what Combs has been charged with and if the apprehension has immoderate imaginable transportation to the raids.
“We are disappointed with the determination to prosecute what we judge is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office," his lawyer Marc Agnifilo said successful a connection to E! News. "He is an imperfect idiosyncratic but Is not criminal. To his recognition Mr. Combs has been thing but cooperative with this probe and helium voluntarily relocated to New York past week successful anticipation of these charges."
The lawyer added, "Please reserve your judgement until you person each the facts. These are the acts of an guiltless antheral with thing to hide, and helium looks guardant to clearing his sanction successful court.”
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Diddy Charged With Sex Trafficking & Racketeering
After Combs was arrested based connected the sealed indictment, the indictment was unsealed connected Sept. 17.
The 54-year-old was charged with racketeering conspiracy; enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; arsenic good arsenic proscription to prosecute successful prostitution, according to tribunal documents obtained by NBC News.
The indictment alleged Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others astir him to fulfill his intersexual desires, support his reputation, and conceal his conduct” for much than a decade, with prosecutors saying the purported behaviour started astir 2008.
"To bash so," the documents stated, "Combs relied connected the employees, resources, and power of the multi-faceted concern empire that helium led and controlled—creating a transgression endeavor whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to prosecute in, among different crimes, enactment trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice."
According to NBC News, Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo told reporters extracurricular the New York courthouse that the Grammy victor would plead not guilty.
“He’s going to combat this with each of his vigor and each of his might,” the lawyer added, per the outlet, “and the afloat assurance of his lawyers."
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