Sean (Diddy) Combs not guilty on Friday on Friday on a new indictment that added allegations that the hip-hop mogul forced the employees to work for long hours and threatened to punish those who did not support them in his two Dezer sex trade.
The 55 -year -old Combs entered his request for a hearing before the Federal Court of Manhattan Federal Court in front of the US district judge Arun Subramanian. An attempt remains planned for May 5th.
With several of his family members who looked from the courtroom’s audience, Combs was led to the courtroom with gray hair, a gray beard and a billid, brown prison outfit.
Combs previously not guilty of operating conspiracy, sex trade and means of transport for prostitution. While the new charges did not add any new charges, she described what the prosecutors called “forced labor” demanded that comments in connection with the 20-year alleged conspiracy.
Combs and his employees “have maintained control of some employees by forceing them to work for long hours with little sleep, use or threats to use physical violence, financial damage, psychological damage and reputation damage.
The defender of Combs, Marc Agnifilo, said his client had never forced someone to get involved against sexual acts against their will.
Combs faces dozens of civil lawsuits
The public prosecutor of the US Prosecutor in Manhattan said that Combs used his business empire, including his record label Bad Boy Entertainment, to sexually abuse women between 2004 and 2024.
One of the alleged abuse of Combs included that women in recorded sexual achievements with the name “freak-offs” took part with male sex workers, which were sometimes transported across national borders.
Agnifilo said the freaky offs were mutual sexual activities.
Combs also faces dozens of civil lawsuits of women and men who accuse him of sexual assault and other misconduct. He denied all misconduct.
It is also expected that the hearing on Friday will discuss the selection of the jury, including the potential difficulties in finding an impartial jury, in view of the fame of Combs and the essential reporting on the media about his criminal proceedings.
At the hearing on Friday, Subarmanian said that potential jurors would fill out questionnaires on April 28. The personal survey of the jurors will begin on May 5 with the opening statements on May 12, the judge said.
Combs has been held on the trial in a prison in Brooklyn since September 2024.
Combs known for starmaking power
Combs Bad Boy Records was also founded in his career as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy and it is attributed to lead rappers and R&B singers such as Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, notorious Big and Usher in the 1990s and 2000s.
His career has been derailed since federal agents have been attacked by his houses in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, Florida, in early 2024 as part of the examination of the sex trade, which led to his indictment.
