‘Diddy’ denied bail

NEW YORK, USA: HIP-HOP mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail after pleading not guilty in a sex-trafficking case.

A New York federal judge remanded the musician in custody after prosecutors argued he was a “serious flight risk”, BBC news reported.

Mr Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday evening, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to “fulfill his sexual desires”, according to prosecutors.

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A 14-page indictment charges him with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

He will be held by himself at the Special Housing Unit in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn until his next court appearance Wednesday afternoon US Eastern time (E.T), according to a law enforcement official.