NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed.
Combs, 55, had previously faced three criminal counts. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial in Manhattan Federal Court is scheduled to start on May 5.
His defense lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Also known during his career as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, Combs founded Bad Boy Records and is credited with helping turn rappers and R&B singers such as Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars in the 1990s and 2000s.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office said Combs used his business empire to sexually abuse women between 2004 and 2024.
(Reporting by Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel in New YorkEditing by Rod Nickel)
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