As Sean “Diddy” Combs stays incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn awaiting his trial, his youngsters shared a video wherein he will be overheard on the telephone as they need him a cheerful birthday.

Within the video shared by his son Justin Dior Combs on Monday, Diddy could possibly be heard on the telephone speaking along with his youngsters, which marked one of many first occasions the general public has heard the elder Combs’ voice since his arrest.

“I like y’all a lot. I can’t wait to see y’all. I simply wish to say I’m happy with y’all, particularly the ladies. I imply all of y’all however only for being robust. Thank y’all for being robust and thank y’all for being by my facet, supporting me. I like y’all. I obtained the perfect household on the earth. My birthday. I’m completely satisfied. Thank y’all for giving me this name. I like y’all,” Diddy will be heard telling Quincy Brown, Justin, Christian (King), Probability, Jessie, D’Lila and Love.

After telling Combs they beloved him as properly, his youngsters additionally informed them that they couldn’t wait to see him “in a few days.”

Justin Combs is Diddy’s first-born son with dressmaker Misa Hylton. Probability’s mom is businesswoman Sarah Chapman. Diddy shared Brown, Christian (King) Combs and twins, D’Lila and Jessie Combs along with his late ex Kim Porter. Diddy shares daughter Love with mannequin Dana Tran.

Final month, in a assertion on social media, his youngsters expressed their help for his or her dad, after he was arrested and indicted and charged with intercourse trafficking and racketeering.

“The previous month has devastated our household,” the assertion learn. “Many have judged each him and us based mostly on accusations, conspiracy theories and false narratives which have spiraled into absurdity on social media. We stand united, supporting you each step of the way in which. We maintain onto the reality, realizing it can prevail, and nothing will break the energy of our household. We miss you and love you Dad.”

Brown, Christian (King) Combs and twins, D’Lila and Jessie Combs additionally launched an announcement after Al B. Positive!, the R&B singer and Brown’s organic father, known as for an investigation to be opened into Porter’s demise.

“We’re deeply saddened that the world has made a spectacle of what has been probably the most tragic occasion of our lives. Our mom must be remembered for the gorgeous, robust, sort, and loving lady she was. Her reminiscence shouldn’t be tainted by horrific conspiracy theories,” the assertion learn on the time. “We ask that everybody please respect our mom, Kim Porter, and maintain her legacy in excessive regard in order that she might relaxation in peace. It’s what she deserves. We love you and miss you Mommy. Quincy, Christian, Jessie & D’Lila.”

Diddy was arrested and indicted in September on three counts of directing an enormous legal enterprise by way of which he allegedly assaulted and trafficked girls with the help of his enterprise empire from a minimum of 2008. After he pleaded not responsible to the intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, his bail was denied as a result of considerations he may flee the nation.

The arrest got here amid Combs going through authorized hassle within the wake of his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura submitting a lawsuit final 12 months that detailed a decade of bodily and sexual abuse. Since his arrest, the mogul has confronted numerous lawsuits and allegations together with from producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who filed a sexual lawsuit in opposition to Combs in February, accusing him of harassing and trafficking him. A sexual assault lawsuit was additionally filed by his former bandmate Daybreak Richard with comparable complaints additionally made out of different accusers, together with Liza Gardner, Joi Dickerson-Neal and Crystal McKinney.

It was introduced earlier this month that 120 accusers introduced claims in opposition to Diddy for sexual assault and intercourse trafficking. Twenty 5 of the accusers have been minors, as younger as 9 and 14 years previous on the time of the alleged incidents.

Tony Buzbee, a lawyer for the accusers, mentioned most of the accusers allege they have been raped after being drugged and that “many individuals attempting to interrupt into the trade have been coerced into the sort of conduct below the promise of changing into a star.” Diddy has continued to disclaim the claims.

Diddy stays behind bars as he awaits his trial, which has been set for Could 5. If convicted, Combs faces 15 years to life in jail.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one in all two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York Metropolis lodge room in 2005.

The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of equally assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the fact tv collection Making the Band in 2008.

The lawsuits filed in state Supreme Court docket in New York are the most recent in a wave of lawsuits through which accusers allege they have been sexually assaulted by Combs at events and conferences during the last 20 years.

Combs’ legal professionals denied the 2 new claims Monday and accused the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Anthony Buzbee, who additionally represents accusers in earlier lawsuits, of searching for publicity.

“Mr. Combs and his authorized group have full confidence within the details and the integrity of the judicial course of,” an emailed assertion mentioned. “In court docket, the reality will prevail: that Mr. Combs by no means sexually assaulted or trafficked anybody—man or lady, grownup or minor.”

Combs, 54, is incarcerated in a New York Metropolis jail after pleading not responsible to federal intercourse trafficking costs contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. Costs embrace allegations he coerced and abused girls and silenced victims by blackmail and violence.

The ten-year-old boy who was not recognized within the lawsuit was an aspiring actor and rapper who had traveled together with his dad and mom from California for conferences with music trade representatives. Throughout what was speculated to be an audition for Combs, he was given a drug-laced soda by a Combs’ affiliate and sexually assaulted by the Unhealthy Boy Data founder, in line with the lawsuit.

The boy finally misplaced consciousness. When he awoke, Combs threatened to badly harm the kid’s dad and mom if he informed anybody what occurred, the submitting mentioned.

In a second lawsuit, a 17-year-old unidentified male mentioned Combs compelled him into sexual acts with Combs and a bodyguard throughout a three-day audition for the Making the Band tv present, which Combs produced.

When the aspiring contestant expressed reservations, he was eradicated from the competitors and unable to return to the music trade for seven years, in line with the submitting.

Each lawsuits have been introduced underneath New York Metropolis’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act, which permits survivors to carry lawsuits even when the statute of limitations has handed.

A Could 5, 2025 trial date was set for Sean “Diddy” Combs on prices of intercourse trafficking and racketeering.

Whereas the Could 5 trial date was set, prosecutors stated their investigation is “very a lot ongoing” and that it’s potential a superseding indictment shall be filed, which may extend the trial and discovery dates.

Pushed from a Brooklyn jail, the rapper and mogul appeared in Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday in entrance of Choose Arun Subramanian. His household, together with his mom and 6 of his youngsters, have been in attendance. Combs, sporting an all-tan jail outfit, smiled and waved at household as he walked in and hugged his attorneys.

Because it stands, prosecutors estimate their case will take three weeks to current at trial, whereas the protection estimated theirs would take one week. All discovery is scheduled to be accomplished by Dec. 31, 2024.

Federal prosecutors arrested Combs in mid-September on prices of directing an unlimited felony enterprise by which he’s alleged to have assaulted and trafficked girls with the assistance of his varied companies from at the very least 2008. The indictment in opposition to him refers, partially, to a sequence of occasions known as “Freak Offs,” through which industrial intercourse staff have been allegedly introduced in by Combs, who then “used drive, threats of drive, and coercion to trigger victims to interact in prolonged intercourse acts” that have been recorded and will final for days. Combs has pleaded not responsible.

Public backlash in opposition to the hip-hop mogul has been swift and extreme, intensifying after he was accused by the federal government of assorted intercourse crimes stemming from a decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence in opposition to girls in his orbit since at the very least 2008.

As Combs’ mom walked into the courthouse, an onlooker yelled towards her, “Your son is a predator.” She didn’t reply, however issued an announcement on Sunday by her legal professional denouncing the “public lynching” of her son “earlier than he’s had the chance to show his innocence.” 

Potential discovery within the case is huge, spanning electronics belonging to Combs and varied associates accused of serving to him, enterprise information and bodily proof seized in searches of his dwelling, amongst different issues.

He faces a sentence of as much as life in jail and a minimal of 15 years if convicted on the counts of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prosecution.

The federal government has been in each day discussions with attorneys for Combs relating to discovery, prioritizing the manufacturing of knowledge saved on his telephones, laptops and cloud accounts, with 96 digital units in complete. Proof has already modified arms. The protection has turned over Combs’ onerous drives whereas prosecutors have turned over search warrants within the case and his cellphone, which was seized in March. The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace is predicted to give up copies of subpoenas to potential witnesses and supplies from searches of the hip-hop mogul’s houses and resort room.

“The Authorities’s investigation is ongoing and it’ll proceed to evaluate and produce discovery on a rolling foundation,” prosecutors wrote in a courtroom submitting, “or as know-how developments enable the Authorities to entry electronically saved data that has not but been extracted.”

Data leaked to media earlier than prices have been introduced by prosecutors have been leveraged by Combs’ attorneys, together with lead counsel Marc Agnifilo, to assault the prosecution. On Wednesday, they accused the federal government of huge misconduct for disclosing proof, together with resort surveillance footage of Combs violently assaulting the singer Cassie, to information organizations. They search a courtroom order that might maintain a possible jury from contemplating such proof or the dismissal of all prices if it’s confirmed that legislation enforcement brokers have been the supply of the leak.

Prosecutors pushed again in opposition to the movement Thursday, calling it “baseless” and arguing in courtroom that the protection was utilizing it as a “means to exclude a damning piece of proof.” In flip, Assistant ADA accused Agniflio of misconduct for an interview given to TMZ through which he accused the federal government of pursuing racist prosecution in opposition to a profitable, Black businessman. As interim reduction, each events potential reciprocal gag order.

The protection’s movement was filed on the heels of Combs interesting for a second time an order by the courtroom denying him bail. He’s at present incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn. The problem of bail didn’t come up Thursday, as its being thought-about by a unique courtroom.

The subsequent listening to date for the trial has been set for Dec. 18.

Sean Combs, who’s dealing with intercourse trafficking and racketeering expenses, is accusing the federal government of huge misconduct associated to leaking proof to the media that he says prevents him from receiving a good trial.

Legal professionals for Combs, in a bid to get a listening to on the problem filed on Wednesday, search a court docket order that might hold a possible jury from contemplating such proof, together with resort surveillance footage of him violently assaulting the singer Cassie, or the dismissal of all expenses if it’s confirmed that the federal government was the supply of the leak. The video revealed by CNN was a part of a seven-month marketing campaign initiated by prosecutors and federal regulation enforcement brokers to “elevate public hostility towards Mr. Combs upfront of trial,” they declare.

The movement was filed on the heels of Combs, also called “Diddy,” interesting for a second time on Tuesday an order by the court docket denying him bail. He’s presently incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn.

In September, federal prosecutors introduced a three-count indictment accusing Combs of crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence towards individuals in his orbit. The federal government accused him of directing an enormous felony enterprise by means of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the assistance of his varied enterprise associates since at the very least 2008.

Combs has maintained the sexual encounters along with his accusers had been consensual.

The footage of Combs in a towel hitting, kicking and dragging Ventura as she tries to flee has emerged as a key piece of proof within the case. In the course of the bail listening to, prosecutors argued that it demonstrates his propensity towards violence. It’s anticipated for use by prosecutors to argue that he violated intercourse trafficking legal guidelines, which requires a displaying {that a} “business intercourse act is induced by pressure, fraud or coercion.”

Combs’ attorneys declare that the Division of Homeland Safety leaked the video to CNN as a part of a scheme to get safe an indictment from the grand jury and forestall him from getting a good trial. They argue that Cassie, whose full identify is Casandra Ventura, doubtless isn’t the supply since she secured a eight-figure settlement.

“The videotape was leaked to CNN for one motive alone: to mortally wound the fame and the prospect of Sean Combs efficiently defending himself towards these allegations,” Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, attorneys for Combs, write within the submitting.

The listening to, if it’s granted, will decide whether or not federal prosecutors violated court docket guidelines mandating secrecy of grand jury proceedings and supplies. Beneath a federal rule of felony process, the federal government is barred from disclosing “something that may reveal what transpired.”

Upfront of the potential listening to, Combs’ authorized staff urge the court docket to order discovery of any emails or texts by authorities attorneys or regulation enforcement brokers in regards to the investigation.

“After the evidentiary listening to, and the extent and nature of the misconduct has been clarified, Mr. Combs will submit requests for any extra applicable treatments, together with disqualification of witnesses, suppression of proof together with the 2016 video, or dismissal of all expenses within the indictment,” the submitting states.

Sean Combs is interesting a previous ruling ordering that he be detained whereas he awaits trial.

Combs, in a discover filed on Monday, appealed a federal courtroom’s order denying him bail. The 2-page submitting didn’t specify arguments.

The authorized maneuvering seeks to overturn a ruling from U.S. District Decide Andrew Carter, who discovered that Combs poses a security threat to the neighborhood and witnesses within the case.

This got here after the federal government unsealed a three-count indictment accusing Combs, often known as “Diddy,” of crimes associated to an alleged decades-long sample of bodily and sexual violence towards folks in his orbit. Federal prosecutors charged him with intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy for steering an unlimited prison enterprise via which he assaulted and trafficked girls with the assistance of his numerous enterprise associates since no less than 2008. He was additionally charged with transportation to interact in prostitution.

Combs had sought launch on a $50 million bond, secured by fairness in his Miami residence and that of his mom. He additional proposed limiting guests to his adjoining Florida houses to household, property caretakers and associates who should not thought of co-conspirators to the alleged prison enterprise. The one feminine guests to his own residence can be household or the moms of his youngsters, based on the bail bundle. Combs additionally pledged to not contact grand jury witnesses, to bear weekly drug testing and to supply a guests log.

If convicted, Combs, 54, faces a compulsory minimal time period of 15 years in jail and most sentence of imprisonment for all times. He’s presently staying at Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, a facility identified for harmful and squalid circumstances.

A lawyer for a brand new Sean “Diddy” Combs accuser claims that she’s been contacted concerning the “sale of one of many Diddy tapes,” particularly a pornographic video that includes the embattled hip-hop mogul, indicted final week on federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, and somebody “extra high-profile” than the rapper and Dangerous Boy founder.

“There have already got been tapes leaking round Hollywood being shopped round, … however one explicit individual contacted me to buy a specific video they had been in possession of and to contact the one who was within the video to see in the event that they had been excited about buying the video earlier than it grew to become public information,” Ariel Mitchell-Kidd mentioned Friday on NewsNation’s Banfield. “I can inform the video was pornographic in nature. … This was in his Atlanta dwelling, and it does appear the individual isn’t trying into the video. To me, it doesn’t appear to be that individual is aware of they’re being videotaped.”

Mitchell-Kidd additionally mentioned she was contacted a couple of weeks in the past by a brand new shopper who claims Combs raped her in 2018 and filed a police report on the time.

“She known as me and informed me about her assault and her escape,” Mitchell-Kidd mentioned. “She was at a good friend’s home who had business ties, and Diddy determined to come back to the home.”

Mitchell-Kidd claims her shopper realized Combs was planning on intercourse trafficking her when he arrived.

“It led to her being served a drink. She began to really feel woozy. Combs sexually assaulted her with an inanimate object,” Mitchell-Kidd mentioned. “After which directed one other gentleman to sexually assault her whereas he watched and pleasured himself.”

Mitchell-Kidd mentioned her shopper was capable of escape, working into the road, which was witnessed by a neighbor.

These allegations come as Combs stays behind bars as he awaits his trial after he was indicted earlier this month on three counts of directing an enormous prison enterprise by means of which he assaulted and trafficked ladies with the help of his enterprise empire from not less than 2008. He’s been accused of participating in a “pervasive sample of abuse” that concerned coercing ladies to take part in highly-orchestrated sexual encounters with male intercourse staff who had been allegedly transported throughout state strains and internationally. His bail was denied after he pleaded not responsible to the fees, on account of considerations he might flee the nation.

Combs final week was hit with yet one more lawsuit, not less than the tenth introduced in opposition to the rapper after Cassie Ventura sued him in November 2023 in a lawsuit that sparked a federal investigation into intercourse trafficking and racketeering.

This time Combs was sued in New York federal court docket for allegedly drugging and raping a lady in 2001. The accuser claimed she was sexually assaulted by Combs and his bodyguard.

It was additionally reported final week that Combs is staying in the identical unit of Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Middle as Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto mogul convicted of fraud.

After Diddy was arrested on Sept. 16, his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, issued the next assertion: “We’re disenchanted with the choice to pursue what we imagine is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man and confirmed philanthropist who has spent the final 30 years constructing an empire, adoring his kids and dealing to uplift the Black group. He’s an imperfect individual however he isn’t a prison. To his credit score Mr. Combs has been nothing however cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York final week in anticipation of those costs. Please reserve your judgment till you have got all of the information. These are the acts of an harmless man with nothing to cover, and he seems to be ahead to clearing his identify in court docket.”

Agnifilo has not but responded to The Hollywood Reporter‘s request for touch upon Mitchell-Kidd’s claims concerning the video and new accuser.