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Hip hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has pleaded not guilty to the bombshell charges in a federal indictment that dropped yesterday. Now a judge has denied the music mogul bail and he will await his trial in the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
The federal indictment alleges that Diddy, “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct” for decades. His September 16 arrest includes three felony counts of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Diddy’s attorney Marc Agninfilo released a statement after the arrest saying, “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust proseceution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community.”
“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
After a federal judge denied him bail, Diddy spent the night at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn late Tuesday night. Diddy will be held there ahead of his scheduled Manhattan federal court hearing for Wednesday afternoon—where he will appeal the decision to keep him behind bars. Dismal living conditions, inmate attacks, and worm and maggot-infested food are just some of the complaints about the MDC.
MDC inmates regularly complain about rats running around, while inmates endured freezing temperatures during a power outage in 2019. The MDC is where Ghislaine Maxwell was held during her sex-trafficking trial in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.
