Sean “Diddy” Combs will head to court after being jailed on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
The rapper, 54, is expected to appear in court in US District Court Judge Andrew Carter at 3:30 ET on Friday, September 18, for the federal appeal Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky‘s decision to deny him bail, according to CNN.
In the appeal document submitted by the lawyer Marc Agnifilo Friday, Diddy agreed to undergo weekly drug testing, not allow women outside of close family and friends to visit his Miami home and provide a log of all visitors to the court, according to Rolling Stone.
A trial date for Diddy’s case has not been scheduled, per se deadlinethough a conference hearing on Judge Tarnofsky’s courtroom has been set for Tuesday, September 24.
INF/INSTAR Sean “Diddy” Combs has been under investigation for at least a year after being accused of sexual assault by multiple people. The 54-year-old rapper and music mogul made headlines in November 2023 after his ex-girlfriend Cassie accused him of sexual assault in a lawsuit. He accused Diddy of beating him, forcing him (…)
Diddy has been in the headlines for months after his girlfriend Cassie‘s bombshell November 2023 lawsuit against him. In her docs, Cassie, 38, said that Diddy urged her to take drugs and forced her to have sex on camera with male prostitutes. The legal documents refer to her as a “sex trafficking victim” and say the incidents took place at Diddy’s hotels and properties across the US.
Diddy’s lawyer Ben Brafman denied the allegations at the time, saying, “Ms. Ventura has now filed a lawsuit full of baseless and outrageous lies, with the goal of damaging Mr. Combs’ reputation and seeking a paycheck.”
Us Weekly later confirmed that the case was settled the day after Cassie filed the lawsuit. “I have decided to resolve this matter amicably on the condition that I have some level of control,” he said us in a statement through her lawyer Douglas Wigdor. “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
After the settlement, several other people came forward with sexual assault and lawsuits against the music mogul. In March, Diddy’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided in connection with a federal sex-trafficking investigation by Homeland Security.
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APEX / MEGAHis lawyer Aaron Dyer called the attack “a gross overuse of military-level forces” in the March 26 statement to us. “There is no reason to show the power and hostility that the authorities have or the way children and their employees are treated.”
According to Diddy’s 14-page indictment – which was released shortly after his arrest on Monday, September 16 – “Law enforcement seized various ‘Freak Off’ supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of oil and baby lube” from Diddy’s LA and Miami homes -house. The document also states that Homeland Security officials “seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as drum magazines.”
Among other revelations from the indictment, Diddy and members of his company, Combs Enterprise, allegedly participated in “Freaks Offs,” described as “elaborate and manufactured sex shows” that took place at hotels. Diddy, who allegedly orchestrated the interaction, reportedly “masturbated throughout, and was often electronically recorded”.
Diddy pleaded not guilty to the charges after he was arrested and is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while awaiting an appeal to deny bail.
“We are disappointed by the decision to pursue what we believe to be an unfair prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” said attorney Diddy Agnifilo. us in the statement there. “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent 30 years building an empire, worshiping his children and working to uplift the Black community.”
The year before two of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ houses were raided in connection with the federal investigation of sex trafficking, there was a conversation about what happened in the place of the rapper. After the March 2024 attack made headlines, a clip of Usher resurfaced about his experiences living with Diddy as a teenager. “I got the chance to (…)
Agnifilo continued: “He is an imperfect man, but he is not a criminal. To his credit, Mr. Combs has not only cooperated with this investigation and he voluntarily moved to New York last week to await the charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. This is the act of an innocent man without concealing it, and he expects to clear his name in court.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
