In an appearance at the US District Court in New York, Mr Combs was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. In an indictment that was unsealed at the same time, prosecutors alleged that he also engaged in kidnapping, forced labour, bribery and other crimes.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is appearing in federal court in New York City on Tuesday after being arrested and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to an indictment.

SEAN Diddy Combs was arrested late Monday in New York after he was indicted by a federal grand jury. The star’s arrest comes after it emerged investigators probing the rapper are secretly

Sean "Diddy" Combs was hit with several charges following his Monday, September 16, arrest. According to court documents obtained by a news outlet on Tuesday, September 17, it was revealed that Combs has been charged with three counts: racketeering conspiracy;

The indictment accuses Combs of orchestrating a widespread criminal conspiracy, operated through his various businesses with the aid of his employees and business associates.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is in custody after being arrested and indicted by federal authorities in New York. He is accused of operating an empire of sexual crimes dating back to at least 2008. The major move comes 10 months after sustained public allegations of sexual and other abuse against the music mogul.

For 10 months, rumblings, lawsuits, law enforcement raids and mounting allegations of widespread sexual abuse had surrounded Sean "Diddy Combs. The business empire, cultural cachet and fatherly image he had cultivated in the decades since he became a hot young hip-hop mogul in the 1990s had begun to erode.