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Sean Combs Speaks to Court, Pleads Not Guilty to New Indictments

A fully grey-haired Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in court Friday to plead not guilty to two new superseding indictments that were unveiled against him

As he entered the Manhattan federal courtroom, Combs smiled at his son Christian and daughter Chance, later giving a small wave to his mother Janice, who turned up halfway through the hour-long hearing. Prosecutors have accused Combs of using his billion-dollar empire as a “criminal enterprise” to commit a range of offenses, according to the indictments, including “sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice” from 2004 to 2024. Painting a picture of a dangerous and abusive man, prosecutors claim Combs forced romantic partners to submit to his will and engage in freak-offs with hired male sex workers through manipulation, coercion, threats and violence.

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