FoxNews: Diddy won't accept plea deal in federal indictment for sex crimes, rapper ‘believes he’s innocent’: lawyer

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Diddy won't accept plea deal in federal indictment for sex crimes, rapper 'believes he's innocent': lawyer

Sean "Diddy" Combs has already pleaded not guilty to sex crimes charges after his arrest earlier this month, and his lawyer says he won't accept a plea bargain....                        ...                        ...                            ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is confident he's an innocent man nearly two weeks after he was indicted on multiple sex crimes charges.......The disgraced music mogul, 54, was recently taken "off suicide watch" at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center while awaiting trial for allegedly running a criminal enterprise through his multiple business entities, a source with knowledge of the situation told Fox News Digital. ......When asked if his client would possibly take a plea deal, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, said in TMZ's "The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment," "It's not up to me. It's up to Mr. Combs, and I don't see it happening because he believes he's innocent."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"And what's more, he believes that he needs to stand up not just for himself — for his family and for everybody who's been targeted by the federal government."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on Monday, Sept. 16, and charged the following day with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper entered a not guilty plea hours after an indictment detailing his alleged sex crimes was unsealed.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......If found guilty, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"He feels an obligation to those people to say, 'You know what, maybe I can break the model. Maybe I can show the world that a Black man can win in federal court,'" Agnifilo said. ......"And I think he probably is the only person I know of who might be able to actually accomplish that goal."......On Monday, Diddy's legal team appealed for his release from jail while he awaits trial in his sex trafficking case. From the new documents filed, Combs appears to be "building his dream legal defense team," a source close to Diddy told Fox News Digital. ......In addition to trial lawyer Anthony Ricco, who served as president of the New York Criminal Bar Association, Diddy also retained criminal defense lawyer Alexandra Shapiro to his team. Shapiro previously served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, and was one of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first clerks on the Supreme Court.......The "I'll Be Missing You" singer was You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, even after offering a $50 million bail proposal package, which included GPS monitoring at his home on Miami's Star Island. Diddy's team attempted to show the judge he was not a flight risk through his communications with the U.S. Attorney's Office during the ongoing investigation.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter cited the possibility that Diddy would tamper with witnesses in his reasoning for denying bail. The judge conceded the prosecution had proven "by clear and convincing evidence that there is no condition or set of conditions" to secure community safety.......Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson pointed to Diddy's long history of intimidating his accusers and the witnesses of his alleged abuse. Johnson claimed text messages showed Combs forced his victims into participating in sexual encounters he referred to as "freak offs." The rapper allegedly recorded the sex acts and then used the videos as leverage for their silence.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Authorities alleged Diddy ran a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login through his businesses, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used "firearms, threats of violence, coercion, and verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse" to fulfill his sexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.......Diddy and his employees would "intimidate, threaten, and lure female victims into Comb's orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs allegedly then used force, threats of force and coercion, to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that Combs referred to as, among other things, 'Freak Offs.'" Diddy often provided IV fluids to his victims after "freak offs" to recover from physical exertion and drug use, per the indictment.......During raids on Diddy's home in March, authorities seized "freak off supplies" along with three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, the court docs stated. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login also took "cases and cases of the kinds of personal lubricant and baby oil that Diddy's staff allegedly used to stock hotel rooms for the freak offs, more than 1,000 bottles altogether," Williams said at a press conference.......One week before he was arrested, the "Victory" singer listed his You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that was raided for $61.5 million. Combs purchased the property in the coveted billionaire's row neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2014 for $39 million. ......Sources told Fox News Digital at the time that the sale of his 10-bedroom, 13-bath estate "has nothing to do with any civil litigation or investigation."......"Diddy established his primary residence in Miami years ago and always planned to sell his LA home once his daughters grew up and moved out," the source said. "He's an empty nester and spends most of his time in Florida. It has nothing to do with any civil litigation or investigation."......Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report....

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