Sean 'Diddy' Combs charges unsealed, accused of racketeering, sex trafficking by force

NEW YORK -- Sean "Diddy" Combs has been charged with enactment trafficking by force, proscription to prosecute successful prostitution and racketeering conspiracy, alleging helium ran an "enterprise that helium engaged successful enactment trafficking, forced labour or, kidnapping, arson and different crimes," according to the indictment unsealed connected Tuesday.

Combs was arrested astatine the Park Hyatt edifice successful Midtown Manhattan and helium spent the nighttime successful national custody, sources told ABC News. He volition beryllium arraigned successful national tribunal connected Tuesday.

A national expansive assemblage successful Manhattan returned an indictment against Combs, which acceptable successful question his arrest, sources told ABC News.

Combs "knew this was coming," the euphony mogul's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told reporters Tuesday connected his mode into national court. "We brought him to New York 2 weeks agone because, sure, we knew this time would travel and it's here."

He said Combs has anticipated national charges ever since the March raids connected his homes successful Florida and California.

Combs' spirits are good, Agnifilo said, adding, "He's dealing with this caput connected the mode helium has dealt with each situation successful his life."

Agnifilo said successful an earlier statement, "We are disappointed with the determination to prosecute what we judge is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Sean 'Diddy' Combs is simply a euphony icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving household man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the past 30 years gathering an empire, adoring his children, and moving to uplift the Black community."

"He is an imperfect person, but helium is not a criminal," Agnifilo said. "To his recognition Mr. Combs has been thing but cooperative with this probe and helium voluntarily relocated to New York past week successful anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgement until you person each the facts. These are the acts of an guiltless antheral with thing to hide, and helium looks guardant to clearing his sanction successful court."

Combs has been nether probe for the amended portion of a twelvemonth since his former, longtime girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, came guardant with allegations successful a civilian lawsuit. At slightest 10 further lawsuits followed. Combs has denied the allegations successful each of them.

In March, erstwhile Combs' Los Angeles and Miami homes were raided by national agents, a Homeland Security Investigations spokesperson said the raid was executed arsenic portion of an "ongoing investigation."

Law enforcement sources told ABC News successful March that national agents with Homeland Security Investigations seized a fig of physics devices arsenic portion of the court-authorized searches of Combs' 2 properties.

The searches, carried retired successful Los Angeles and Miami, were portion of a national enactment trafficking probe into the hip-hop and liquor mogul, the sources said.

HSI agents flooded Combs' mansions and gathered grounds arsenic portion of an probe led by prosecutors successful the Southern District of New York.