Monday, September 30, 2024 - Music mogul, Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been removed from suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York after his arrest on a federal sex trafficking indictment.
The Grammy-winning artist, 54, is 'focused and very strong'
amid his incarceration, as he's 'concentrating on his defense and preparing for
his trial,' a source on his legal team told People on Sunday.
Combs, 54, has received visits from relatives during his
nearly two weeks in custody, the law enforcement source told People.
The rapper who was taken into custody September 16 in
connection with a sex trafficking and racketeering indictment, is slated to
appear in court early next month in the case.
Insiders previously told the publication that authorities
enacted the suicide watch as Combs' mental state and shock after his arrest was
unclear.
Last Friday, Combs was hit with new sexual assault
allegations as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly
raped and drugged at the music mogul's homes and became pregnant after one of
the encounters.
The lawsuit was filed against Combs, his companies, and
several associates and seeks undisclosed damages for physical injuries, severe
emotional distress, humiliation, anxiety, and other harms. A lawyer for Combs,
his company and one of his representatives did not immediately return emails
seeking comment Friday.
The woman in the latest lawsuit, identified by the pseudonym
Jane Doe, accuses Combs of sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious
from drugs, and it alleges Combs and his acquaintances recorded sexual
encounters without her permission. She says that she met Combs overseas in fall
2020 and that the assaults and harassment continued through July this year.
Doe says she often was coerced and harassed into traveling
to Combs' homes in New York, Los Angeles Miami, and other cities,
including monthly in 2021 and 2022.
'At every visit, (Combs) would make her `perform a show´ for
him and would ply her with alcohol and substances until she passed
out - she would wake up with bruising and injuries but with no recollection of
how she sustained her injuries,' the lawsuit says.
In a July 2022 encounter with Combs at his Los Angeles home,
the woman alleges in the lawsuit, she was forced to ingest drugs she believes
included ketamine and blacked out. She later took a pregnancy test and told
Combs it was positive, she says. A Combs associate repeatedly demanded she get
an abortion, and she had a miscarriage, she asserts.
This past July, Doe says, Combs 'commanded' her to go to his
home in Miami, where she alleges Combs shoved two pills in her mouth. She says
that the next morning, she felt ill and confused and could not remember what
had happened the night before, and that the bedroom was in disarray.
Doe, being represented by attorneys Marie Napoli and Joseph
Ciaccio, also alleges Combs and his associates tracked her location and
monitored her conversations. She says Combs discouraged her from working and
gave her an 'allowance' that he used to control her.
'Powerful figures in the entertainment industry have long
exploited aspiring artists and fans,' Napoli said in a statement. 'Recent
high-profile lawsuits aim to hold these celebrities accountable, potentially
transforming industry practices and providing justice for victims. No one is
above the law. Fame and wealth do not protect Sean `Diddy´ Combs from serious
allegations of sex trafficking and abuse.'
Another woman also sued Combs , alleging that the music
mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New
York recording studio in 2001.
Combs remains jailed without bail in New York on the federal
charges alleging he ran a vast network that facilitated sexual crimes and
committed shocking acts of violence, using blackmail and other tactics to
protect Combs and those close to him.
He pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex
trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight to clear his name.
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