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VICIOUS Diddy Combs Denied Bail in Sex-Trafficking & Racketeering Case
Sean Diddy Combs Denied Bail in Sex-Trafficking & Racketeering Case
Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges
BBC 18 SEP 2024
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been denied bail after pleading not guilty in a sex-trafficking case.
A New York federal judge remanded the musician in custody after prosecutors argued he was a "serious flight risk".
Mr Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday evening, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to "fulfill his sexual desires", according to prosecutors.
A 14-page indictment charges him with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
If convicted on all three counts, the rapper and record producer faces a sentence of 15 years up to life in prison.
He was wearing a black T-shirt and grey sweatpants during Tuesday's court appearance in Manhattan.
Asked by US Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky how he wished to plead, Mr Combs stood up and said: "Not guilty."
His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said the defence team had already launched an appeal against the judge's bail decision, with a hearing set for Wednesday.
"We believe in him wholeheartedly," Mr Agnifilo told reporters at the Manhattan court.
"He didn't do these things. There's no coercion and no crime. He's not afraid of the charges."
Mr Agnifilo said Mr Combs was the target of "an unjust prosecution".
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