by Admin
Sep 18, 2024
Rap music billionaire and mogul Sean Combs popularly known as P.Diddy was arrested by the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) on Monday for allegedly running a criminal enterprise scheme since 2008.
The 54 years old was indicted on a 14 page indictment document which contained racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
When asked by US Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky if and how he chooses to plead guilty, the rap mogul said he was not guilty of any crime or wrongdoing.
Marc Agnifilo, Mr Combs’s lawyer, disclosed that he and other attorneys have launched an appeal against the Judge Robyn bail denial decision.
He said “”We believe him wholeheartedly,He didn’t do these things.” He further added that “there’s no coercion and no crime, he’s not afraid of the charges,” and his client is a target of an unjust prosecution.
Damian Williams, the US prosecutor in charge of the case said that raid officials found a thousand bottles of lubricants, firearms and ammunition during raids on Mr Combs’s homes in Miami and Los Angeles.
Williams said Sean Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct”.
Other prosecutors also accused the musician of creating a criminal enterprise whose members under his control engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson and bribery.
Casandra Elizabeth Ventura, the ex girlfriend of the rap mogul, filed a civil lawsuit against him last November, the lawsuit includes graphic descriptions of violent abuse. He denied the accusations, but settled the case a day after it was filed.
Mr Combs issued a public apology after video footage from a Los Angeles hotel appeared to show him beating Ms Ventura in a hallway.
However, Prodesq gathered that the indictment also included the incident involving Mr Combs and his former girlfriend.
Four women, including Ms Ventura, have filed lawsuits accusing him of sexual and physical abuse.
Mr Combs returned a ceremonial “Key to the City of New York” after it was requested from Mayor Eric Adams, who had bestowed the honor on him just nine months before the violent footage of him and Ms Casandra was released online.
Days later, Howard University also announced it was revoking Mr Combs’s 2014 honorary degree.