Judge orders Sean 'Diddy' Combs jailed on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, AP explains

(17 Sep 2024)
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1. Wide of exterior of federal courthouse ++MUTE++
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2. STILL of courtroom sketch showing Sean Combs, flanked by defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, left, and Teny Garagos,
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Sisak, The Associated Press
"Sean Combs, the rapper and music mogul known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy was in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. pleading not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges."
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4. STILL of courtroom sketch showing Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky presiding at hearing for Sean Combs
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Sisak, The Associated Press
"Prosecutors allege that Combs was involved in a scheme from 2008 to the present day in which he engaged in sex acts with women and also inflicted abuse on those women, essentially using his power and influence to control their lives."
6. Various of Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York giving press conference on charges
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Sisak, The Associated Press
"Now, Combs pleading not guilty. His lawyers arguing that all the allegations in this case really stem from a decade-long relationship that Combs had with a woman that was his girlfriend, a relationship that defense lawyers say was plagued by infidelity and that exploded in 2016 in an incident at a hotel in Los Angeles, where Combs was seen on security camera footage running out of a hotel room with a towel around his waist and hitting his then girlfriend."
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8. STILL of courtroom sketch showing Sean Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Sisak Associated Press
"Now, prosecutors did not identify the woman at the center of some of these charges. But defense lawyers argue that this is essentially taking conflicts that happen behind closed doors in a loving relationship and using them to accuse this powerful man of wrongdoing. Prosecutors sought, and the judge agreed, to have Combs detained, put in jail while he awaits trial. Defense lawyers offered a bail package putting up potentially Combs' estate in Miami, which they say is worth $48 million to secure his release. But the judge thought otherwise, saying that Combs could be a flight risk, that he has the means and wherewithal to get out of the jurisdiction and that he's been accused multiple times a witness intimidation, pressuring people who have accused him, people who may have witnessed abuse to stay quiet. Now, the defense is going to go to court and they are going to ask another judge to grant bail. They are unhappy with that decision, which as of this moment, puts Sean Combs behind bars."
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10. STILL of Sean Combs watching NBA finals between Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers
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11. Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorney Marc Agnifilo exiting courthouse
12. People leaving courthouse
STORYLINE:
Sean “Diddy” Combs was headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case, after a magistrate ordered him to be held without bail in a case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes. Michael Sisak of the Associated Press explains
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