Combs will remain in custody pending trial.
NEW YORK – Sean “Diddy” Combs used his fame as one of hip-hop’s biggest names to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering, prosecutors said on Sept 17 in bringing three criminal charges against him.
In a possible preview of defence strategy, Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo called the sexual activity described by prosecutors “consensual”. When Judge Tarnofsky asked how he wished to plead, Combs - wearing a black T-shirt and grey sweatpants - stood up, pulled a thin microphone on the defence table upward, and said, “Not guilty.”
Also known during his career as P. Diddy and Puff Daddy, Combs founded Bad Boy records and is credited with helping turn rappers and R&B singers such as Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars in the 1990s and 2000s.Prosecutors accused Combs of running a criminal enterprise to facilitate his exploitation of women, dating back at least 16 years, in a case brought by the office of Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams.
Combs is the highest-profile music industry figure charged with sexual misconduct since R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to a combined 31 years in prison after being convicted in New York in 2021 and Chicago in 2022 sex trafficking, racketeering, child sex crimes and other counts.
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