P Diddy reportedly placed on suicide watch while awaiting trial for sex crimes

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been placed on suicide watch as he awaits his trial for his ongoing sex trafficking and racketeering case.On Monday (September 16), the rapper and music mogul was arrested in Manhattan, New York following a string of sexual misconduct allegations filed against him over the past year.

He was then charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to legal documents on Tuesday (September 17).The indictment also revealed some of the items that were said to have been seized from Combs’ house raids which occurred back in March.

According to The Independent, authorities recovered narcotics, three AR-15s with “defaced serial numbers”, ammunition and a drum magazine, as well as “more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant” and evidence that aligned with the “freak offs” which were alleged in the rapper’s ex Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit.The indictment alleged that Combs “maintained control over his victims through, among other things, physical violence, promises of career opportunities, granting and threatening to withhold financial support, and by other coercive means, including tracking their whereabouts, dictating the victims’ appearance, monitoring their medical records, controlling their housing, and supplying them with controlled substances.”If convicted, the rapper could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.

Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.While appearing in court on Tuesday, federal judge Robyn Tarnofsky declared that Combs was to remain in federal custody while awaiting his trial, denying his lawyers’ request for bail.Combs is currently being held at.