Sean 'Diddy' Combs criminal charges expected to be unveiled in NY after arrest

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NEW YORK (Reuters) Sean Diddy Combs may appear in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, as prosecutors are expected to detail charges against the music mogul in a new indictment...

Combs, 54, was arrested in Manhattan by federal agents on Monday night, following a year in which his career was derailed by several lawsuits accusing him of physical and sexual abuse...

Marc Agnifilo, Combs lawyer, said he was disappointed with the decision to pursue an unjust prosecution of the rapper and producer...

Sean Diddy Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last30years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community, Agnifilo said on Monday night. He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal...

He founded the label 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.. His reputation came under fire last November when former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, an R&B singer known as Cassie, accused him in a lawsuit of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape during their decade-long relationship..