Arrested Monday evening in New York, the artist who has been the target of multiple complaints of sexual assault for several months pleaded not guilty a little earlier, which means that a trial should take place in this case.
Judge Robyn Tarnofsky then ordered him remanded in custody pending trial, noting her concerns about the recurrence of such “crimes that occur behind closed doors.” Combs’ attorney said an appeal hearing on the detention would be held Wednesday afternoon.
An artist with multiple nicknames and roles in the music and business worlds, P. Diddy, 54, is described by his alleged victims as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and drugs to gain their submission.
“For decades,” Sean Combs, aka “Puff Daddy,” “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to satisfy his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his actions,” charges the indictment unsealed Tuesday by the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office.
Federal prosecutor Damian Williams described a system based on “violence” to force women to have “long sexual relations with sex workers”, scenes that he “recorded” and during which the victims took substances such as ecstasy, GHB (the date rape drug) or ketamine.
“When Combs didn’t get what he wanted, he was violent… kicking and dragging his victims, sometimes by the hair,” he added.
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