Sean 'Diddy' Combs is set to stand trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges on on 5 May 2025, a judge has ruled during a pretrial hearing in Manhattan
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will stand trial next May, a judge has ruled. The well-known rap star, aged 54, was arrested last month in New York and is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges after being denied bail. Combs appeared before Judge Arun Subramanian on Thursday, 10 October, in Manhattan federal court at a pretrial hearing where Judge Subramanian set a trial date of 5 May 2025.
According to PEOPLE magazine, the legal documents, filed on Tuesday, 8 October, state that Combs "was not released pending trial, even though he offered to comply with restrictive conditions that would have prevented any conceivable risk of flight or danger." It added: "Mr. Combs is presumed innocent. He travelled to New York to surrender because he knew he was going to be indicted.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was denied $50 million bail and is being held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.Initially having bail refused on 17 September, Combs' legal team lodged an appeal swiftly, though their subsequent effort for bail was rebuffed on the following day, 18 September.
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