Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs latest: Rapper denied bail on sex trafficking and racketeering charges as accusers speak out

Tuesday’s indictment has revealed some of what authorities recovered in the raids on Combs’s home back in March.

Authorities found narcotics, three AR-15s with “defaced serial numbers,” ammunition, a drum magazine and evidence aligning with the “freak offs” detailed in the indictment.

They also recovered “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant”.

Following the singer’s arrest in New York on Monday, his home in LA was sealed off.

Here’s a reminder of the charges Combs faces.

According to a three-count criminal indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Combs ran a decades-long criminal enterprise that aided him in egregiously abusing women through sex crimes, physical violence and emotional manipulation, federal prosecutors said.

On Tuesday morning he appeared in Manhattan federal court to plead not guilty to the charges.

Today is he expected to appear in court to appeal the decision to deny him bail.

The prosecution alleges there are more than 50 potential victims in relation to the charges against Combs.

In a memo supporting the request Combs remain in jail until trial, the prosecution said the government has conducted interviews with “over 50 victims and witnesses, many of whom saw or experienced the defendant’s abuse”.

The total number of alleged victims is unclear, but the memo added the prosecution “only expects that number to continue to grow”.

Combs, who was arrested on Monday night at a hotel in Manhattan, knew the charges were coming.

His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said the rapper travelled to New York last week in anticipation of the charges being brought.

“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo added.

More details about the conditions inside the Metropolitan Detention Center are being reported as Combs is being held there in pretrial detention.

Many have spoken out about the “barbaric” conditions inside the prison, with one inmate claiming the jail sees stabbings “at least a couple of times a week.”

“One guy was stabbed in the eye with a makeshift knife,” the inmate, only named as Eli, told NY1.

“And these knives, again, I have never been to jail. This is my first time in jail, but these knives are six, nine inches long sometimes, you know, homemade with materials from the steel walls. It’s very violent. There’s stabbings, there’s stabbings at least a couple times a week.”

Combs is due to appear in court again today at approximately 3.30pm ET.

He is appealing the decision to be held without bail in front of US District Court Judge Andrew Carter.

If the appeal is denied, Combs will be remanded back to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and could remain there until trial.

His laywers yesterday requested he remain under house arrest, which was denied.

The rapper was responding to details released by the FBI – that searches of Combs’s homes in Miami and Los Angeles led to officers seizing “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”

In a post on Instagram, 50 Cent captioned a photograph of himself during a recent appearance on Drew Barrymore’s talk show with the message: “Here I am keeping good company with @thedrewbarrymoreshow and I don’t have 1,000 bottles of lube at the house.”

Combs is currently being held in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

The notorious prison has also housed Ghislaine Maxwell, R Kelly and Billy McFarland to name a few.

It has been plagued by outbreaks of violence, unsanitary conditions and chronic understaffing, according to reports.

The rapper is reportedly being kept away from other prisoners at the moment.

Singer Aubrey O’Day has praised the arrest of Sean “Diddy” Combs on sex trafficking and racketeering charges as “a win for women all over the world.”

O’Day, who was a member of Diddy’s Danity Kane girl group, is one of a growing list of accusers who have filed civil lawsuits against the music mogul.

In a post on X, O’Day said she felt “validated” following his arrest.

“The purpose of Justice is to provide an ending and allow us the space to create a new chapter,” she said.

“Women never get this. I feel validated. Today is a win for women all over the world, not just me. Things are finally changing.”