Diddy declares himself not guilty of new positions before trial, more accusations arise

Last update:March 15, 2025, 09:09 IST

Sean ‘Diddy’ Comink declared himself innocent of new accusations of coercing employees and administering a 20 -year -old sex trafficking operation. His trial is scheduled for May 5, with the jury selection as of April 28.

Sean ‘Diddy’ combs declares not guilty of a new accusation

On Friday, Sean ‘Diddy’ Comink declared himself innocent in response to a new accusation that brings new accusations against him. Updated charges claim that the Hip-Hop tycoon forced employees to work at excessive times and intimidated those who refused to participate in what prosecutors describe as a 20-year-old sex trafficking operation.

At a hearing from the Federal Court of Manhattan, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 55, declared himself innocent of the last accusation before the US district judge Arun Subramanian. Despite the new positions, his trial is still scheduled to begin on May 5.

With several family members watching from the Court hearing, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs entered the Court Chamber dressed in a baggy jail outfit, his gray and beard hair marking a marked contrast with his public personality that was once glamorous.

He had previously declared himself innocent of extortion conspiracy positions, sex trafficking and transport of people for prostitution.

While the new accusation does not introduce additional charges, it expands in the statements of the Prosecutor’s Office, detailing what they describe as “forced labor”, raising that combs coerced employees to work in exploitation conditions as part of the zip scheme of two decades long.

Prosecutors claim that they are ‘Diddy’ Combs and their associates exercised control over employees by forcing them to work long hours with little rest, using or threatening physical strength, financial pressure, psychological manipulation and reputation damage to keep them fulfilled.

His defense lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, argues that combs never forced anyone to unseen sexual acts.

The Office of the Prosecutor of the United States of Manhattan states that the combs used their commercial empire, including the entertainment of Bad Boy, to sexually exploit women between 2004 and 2024. The accusations of accusation details of “unpleasant”; However, those agreed are sexual involving male sex workers, some of whom were supposedly transported through state lines. Agnifilo, however, insisted on a sexual encounter in total consensual.

Beyond the criminal positions, combs also faces multiple civil demands of women and men, accusing him of sexual assault and other misconduct: the claims he has strongly denied.

During Friday’s hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian described the trial program:

April 28 – Jury candidates begin to complete questionnaires.

May 5-SITUEZA THE JURY SELECTION IN PERSON.

May 12: Opening statements begin the high profile test.

(With Reuters tickets)