Diddy
Hip-hop mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, has been denied bail after pleading not guilty in a sex-trafficking case.
A New York federal judge remanded the musician in custody after prosecutors argued he was a “serious flight risk”.
Mr. Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday evening, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 which relied on drugs and violence to force women to “fulfill his sexual desires”, according to prosecutors.
A 14-page indictment charged him with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
If convicted on all three counts, the rapper and record producer faces a sentence of 15 years up to life in prison.
He was wearing a black T-shirt and grey sweatpants during Tuesday’s court appearance in Manhattan.
Asked by US Magistrate, Judge Robyn Tarnofsky, how he wished to plead, Mr. Combs stood up and said, “Not guilty.”