American rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is behind bars for sex trafficking, is under close watch because there are concerns that he may kill himself, a source told NBC News.
Sean Combs is 54 years old. PHOTO: Vertical (Archive)
The singer has been in custody in New York since Monday night, and authorities at the Metropolitan Detention Center are monitoring his actions closely, according to a source.
According to the cited source, this procedure is implemented in the case of important people who end up behind bars.
combs”stay strong and focused on your own defense“, the source added.
“Mr. Combs is strong, healthy and focused on his defense. He is determined to fight this case and has full confidence in both his legal team and the truth.”a spokesperson for the American rapper said.
A magistrate on Wednesday, September 18, rejected his request to be released on bail, but the rapper’s lawyers plan to make further such requests in court, wanting to release him before the trial.
Sean “Diddy” Combs faces charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation for the purpose of prostitution.
The well-known rapper is accused by prosecutors of using his money and power to stage humiliating and sometimes physically abusive sexual acts. The sex acts, which lasted for hours and days, were directed and recorded by Combs, who would be “threatened and coerced women and other people around him to fulfill his sexual desires“said the prosecutors.
