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• JUST IN: Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in New York. Combs is now inside the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, according to a law enforcement official.
• About the indictment: Prosecutors allege Combs created and ran a “criminal enterprise” through his business empire that engaged in crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice, according to the federal indictment.
• Monday night arrest: Combs was arrested Monday night at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan and taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs indicted on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking
Sean “Diddy” Combs is seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York on January 5, 2017. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/File
Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged Tuesday with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in New York.
The allegations are part of sweeping 14-page complaint.
Combs is going to plead not guilty, his attorney Marc Agnifilo said Tuesday.
“He’s not guilty. He’s innocent of these charges,” Agnifilo told reporters as he entered the courthouse in lower Manhattan.
Combs was arrested Monday night.
Agnifilo said Combs relocated to New York City two weeks ago in anticipation of the charges. He said he anticipated a “long battle with a good result for Mr. Combs.”
