Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been removed from suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, following his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges.
The 54-year-old Grammy-winning artist remains incarcerated but is reportedly “focused and very strong,” according to a source on his legal team. The source told People magazine on Sunday that Combs is “concentrating on his defense and preparing for his trial.”
Combs, who was taken into custody on September 16, has received visits from relatives during his time in detention. He is scheduled to appear in court early next month to face the sex trafficking and racketeering charges against him.
Insiders previously revealed that authorities placed Combs on suicide watch due to concerns about his mental state following the arrest.
Last Friday, Combs was hit with additional sexual assault allegations. A woman filed a lawsuit in New York claiming she was repeatedly raped and drugged at Combs’ homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters.
The lawsuit seeks undisclosed damages for physical injuries, emotional distress, and other harms. Combs’ attorney has not yet responded to the allegations.
The woman in the lawsuit, identified as Jane Doe, accuses Combs of sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious from drugs and alleges that Combs and his associates recorded sexual encounters without her permission. She says she met Combs overseas in 2020 and that the assaults and harassment continued through July of this year.
Doe alleges that Combs often coerced and harassed her into traveling to his homes in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and other cities. She claims that during these visits, Combs would force her to “perform a show” for him and would ply her with alcohol and substances until she passed out. She says she would often wake up with bruising and injuries but with no recollection of how she sustained them.
In a July 2022 encounter with Combs at his Los Angeles home, the woman alleges that she was forced to ingest drugs and blacked out. She later took a pregnancy test and told Combs it was positive, but she says a Combs associate repeatedly demanded she get an abortion, and she eventually had a miscarriage.
This past July, Doe says that Combs “commanded” her to go to his home in Miami, where she alleges Combs shoved two pills in her mouth. She says that the next morning, she felt ill and confused and could not remember what had happened the night before.
Doe, represented by attorneys Marie Napoli and Joseph Ciaccio, also alleges that Combs and his associates tracked her location and monitored her conversations. She says Combs discouraged her from working and gave her an “allowance” that he used to control her.
Napoli said in a statement, “Powerful figures in the entertainment industry have long exploited aspiring artists and fans. Recent high-profile lawsuits aim to hold these celebrities accountable, potentially transforming industry practices and providing justice for victims. No one is above the law. Fame and wealth do not protect Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from serious allegations of sex trafficking and abuse.”
Another woman has also sued Combs, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001.
Combs remains jailed without bail in New York on the federal charges alleging he ran a vast network that facilitated sexual crimes and committed acts of violence. He has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight to clear his name.
