The rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, charged this week with crimes related to sex trafficking, organized crime and human traffickingis under suicide watch at the Brooklyn Detention Center in New York, where he has been held since Monday evening, US media reported today.
According to NBC News, citing a source familiar with the matter, guards at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center are “closely” monitoring the musician, a standard procedure that is made with “leading personalities”. “Combs remains strong and focused on his defense,” said the source contacted by the media.
The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which holds more than 1,300 inmates, is known for its harsh conditions and violence in its facilities. In a letter filed in court this week, Combs’ attorney requested that Combs be released on bail, saying in part that “the conditions at the facility are not suitable for pretrial detention.” “Numerous courts in this district have expressed concern about the horrific conditions at this facility,” he added.
The musician, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all three charges against him, remains hospitalized at the center after two different judges rejected bail requested by his lawyer, considering him a danger to society. with a high risk of leakage.
The prosecution accuses Combs continually participate “in a generalized pattern of abuse of women and others”The rapper regularly arranged forced sexual encounters between women and sex workers, called “freak offs,” which could last for days and typically involved the use of drugs like ecstasy or ketamine.
In addition, he is accused of being at the head of a criminal enterprise, Combs Companywhose members have participated in sex trafficking, forced labor, human trafficking, crimes related to drugs, kidnapping, arsoncorruption and obstruction of justice, among others.
