Everyone. Thank you very much. And thank you for watching News Tonight inside the indictment that landed diddy behind bars the charges, the evidence, and a whole lot of people on edge for what might happen next. Tonight on Laura Coates live the man now is sean diddy combs built a Business Empire off his music and also his name. But tonight, hes sitting behind bars and brooklyn accused of Running A very different kind of empire. The rapper is now in a special Housing Unit for inmates who require additional protection this after being denied bail on the three federal charges against him, and i pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance today, Modi Facing is incredibly serious the charges include racketeering, conspiracy, Sex Trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The first to carry a maximum sentence of life in prison and a Sex Trafficking conviction is a minimum 15 year sentence. Have the details in the indictment. They are staggering. One phrase that stands out Combs Enterprise enterprise, Meeting Group of people organized for the purpose of committing crimes and shorthand, right Organized Crime now prosecutors alleged that diddy was the leader of that criminal enterprise, which consisted of Security And Household staff, personal assistance, high ranking supervisors, and other close associates prosecutors mentioned the criminal enterprise, something like 38 times and 14 Page Indictment and as its leader diddy is accused of things like this between at least 2008 and the president Combs Abuse threatened, and coerce victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct. Sean combs lead and participated in a Racketeering Conspiracy that use the Business Empire he controlled to carry out criminal activity including Sex Trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson bribery, and the Obstruction Of Justice since at least 2008. Thats 16 years, charging documents. They explain exactly what it all looked like and i want to warn you if you are reading this indictment the allegations are disturbing they are shocking. They are degrading the allegations, tell a story of abuse and coercion, and that appears to be just the start of it. The prosecutors say that diddy held what he called Freak Offs. These are drug fueled and abusive sex performances arranged and older directed by Sean Combs and they allegedly happened been regularly, they would last multiple Days Sex workers were brought in from other states and even other countries and the victims were given drug to keep them obedient and compliant just think of those two words obedient and compliant drugs like Ketamine And Ecstasy and ghb, they were often electronically recorded and the encounters were often so intense that is, victims Got Iv Fluids to recover. Some took days or even weeks to heal to heel and if one of those victims didnt do what he wanted, or prosecutors say that this happened when combs didnt get his way. He was violent and he subjected victims of physical, emotional, and verbal abuse so that they would participate in the free gauffs and that combs hit kicked threw objects at, And Drag Victims at times by their hair what happened to Cassie Ventura in 2016 as an Example Call that cnn obtained video of that incident earlier this year showing combs beating his then girlfriend, a Los Angeles Hotel now, its clear cassie is not named in the indictment, but a huge question is lingering for so many would we even be here now if she had not come forward with her own civil lawsuit in november of last year . It seemed to open the floodgates in many ways leading to at least nine other lawsuits against him. Most directly accusing him of Sexual Assault now prosecutors Accused Diddy Of Obstructing justice after cassies lawsuit, arguing he reached out to victims and witnesses to feed them false narratives even allegedly contacted one witness just last week. Rafter singer, dawn richard, filed her lawsuit against him. Now it seems to fit with the allegations that are laid out. In the indictment and how he threatened anyone trying to speak out he used the embarrassing and sensitive recordings. He made of the Freak Offs as collateral against the victims and the indictment alleges that he maintained control over the victims in several ways, including by giving them drugs, like giving and threatening to take away financial Support Or Housing by promising them Career Opportunities, by monitoring their whereabouts. And even by dictating their physical appearance now diddy well gets a Presumption Of Innocence in a court of law in this country. He is denying all of this. And were getting a hint of what his defense actually may look like. Attorney is claiming the indictment stems from just one victim, Cassie Ventura heres what he told cnn a short time ago about that now infamous 2016 video there was no criminal investigation. This was just a matter of personal embarrassment because he and the person in the video were in the midst of a ten Year Relationship that was difficult at times, that was lots of good times, but it was mutually so and this whole notion that mr. Combs is forcing drugs on someone is just nonsensical and its going to prove to not be true video was about embarrassment might be time for new Eye Exam for me but did he lead back. In Court Tomorrow appealing the decision to deny him bail and joining me to unpack this disturbing case and what is going to come next . John miller, cnn chief Law Enforcement Intelligence analysts, and nadiia shuhada, if former federal prosecutor who worked on the r. Kelly case leading to his conviction on sex crimes. Glad to have both of you you hear what everyone has been talking about this record since that video came out, and certainly it since he was arrested last night, john and now he has been ordered to stay in jail until the trial at this point in time. And this is in spite of him proposing Home Detention and a 50 50,000,000 bond why did this his judge decide to keep him in jail pending . So this was the federal magistrate who has, you know, as a former federal prosecutor would handle what we would call the arraignment staves, the initial appearance and her opinion was that the record that is established in the rico charges is one about contacting witnesses, threatening witnesses holding sway over people, and the resources he has, the kind of person who could could put up a 15 Million of 50,000,000 Bond Package includes private planes and so on. The Counter Argument was from marc agnifilo, the lawyers. He turned his passports into me he came to New York with his entire family to support him in order to surrender for these charges. That makes him the opposite of a Flight Risk. And that argument didnt play with the magistrate. Now, tomorrow they will be back in Federal Court appealing that decision to judge carter, who is going to be the Trial Judge and what the ultimate responsibility to supervise the trial and conditions. Who may overrule that, may stick with it. Yeah. I mean, not yet. Most people think about that phrase, Flight Risk and think about somebody being held pending the actual trial. But its also more to the calculation. Right. Can the conduct thats being alleged, could it still possibly occur while there is supervision happened that it seemed to be one of the concerns of the Magistrate Judge that its not just about leaving the country, its about engaging in behavior that is even alleged and mess. It could not be monitored absolutely. I think the Defense Attorney did a good job of kind of mitigating the Flight Risk. But i think the real concern here is theres a serious risk of obstruction of the prosecutors argued. And in fact, charged in the indictment. So theres a real concern judge. Is convinced by this that mr. Combs would try to intimidate witnesses, influence witnesses, and i think that was probably what helped sway over the judge in this case. It might be counterintuitive to people that when you have a Presumption Of Innocence you can still be held pending the trial if the allegations are just allegations, why should that have sway well, there are standards that a judge has to apply for dangerousness. The prosecution has to prove that the defendant is a danger to the community by clear and convincing evidence and for Flight Risk by a preponderance of evidence so more likely than not it may seem unfair, but this happens every day in courtrooms throughout the country. An important point because people might think this is only because of the Celebrity Status of this particular person, but really, its much more common to have certain conditions similarly but given his status, john, what are you hearing . About the detention and conditions he will be facing while he is held . Well, he was processed this morning, fingerprinted, photographed, and brought to the court and then sent to what before that sent a pretrial services. Imagine this conversation, right . This conversation happens hundreds of times. The day in the Federal Courthouse whats your name . What do you do for a living . Where do you live . How many properties do you own . How much money do you have . Thats where the pretrial Services Investigator probably starts to hear the kinds of things that they dont often hear. There somebody of his resources, his wealth is accustomed this to opulence. At The End of that hearing was taken by u. S marshals to the metropolitan Detention Center on the brooklyn waterfront, taken to the shoe or the special Housing Unit . And basically kept away from other prisoners because of his notoriety and the notoriety of the case and thats where hes sleeping tonight. Theyll wake up at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow, be transported back to the court where his attorneys will remake this Argument Judge Carter and hoping that in the Presumption Of Innocence, his prior service as a public defender, he might consider this differently but well have to see what happens. You know, were also waiting because not he is the only one charged in this actual indictment. Thanks. Change all the time. See their superseding or they hadnt more information. Its been months since that raid on his homes and obviously a Grand Jury has returned this indictment. But one thing i find interesting in the indictment is that he said that members and associates of the Combs Enterprise enabled Combs Control over victims by following his directions regarding financial payments to victims advancing or suppressing the victims Career Opportunities and acquiring the controlled substances, combs used to keep the victims compliant its essentially like a Crime Syndicate and i do wonder could additional people face charges or is this telling you a roadmap for cooperate . Haters certainly additional people could be charged. Its also possible that additional people have already been charged, pled guilty and are cooperating in the case the fact that its a Racketeering Indictment that relies on an enterprise though, doesnt necessarily mean that there will be additional people charged in the uk. Kelly case for example, we had very similar charges and we never ended up indicting people within additional people within the same indictment record. Highs this case. Compare obviously, there are going to be factual distinctions. But when you look at the allegations alleged in this case and the familiar indictment, now out of the r. Kelly scenario, are you seeing parallels similarities . There are certainly parallels in these cases. Obviously the conduct in each cases somewhat different, but there is this idea of a superstar using the employees and entourage at his disposal to facilitate really sirius Sexual Violence crimes. And to use Coercion And Control of victims to coerce them into engaging in sexual activity that they otherwise would not have. This is going be a really telling Hearing Tomorrow to see how the rest this case is going to go with that judge whos now going to oversee this case, making the ultimate decision, john, i say that not is being far too modest. Hear the r. Kelly case, the investigation by hsi, the prosecution as a Rico Case was an unmuted whos you all federal prosecution with an unusual structure and really became the model, not just for the P Diddy investigation, but likely for the Southern District and how they put this together. So this is this is i think the prosecutor who pioneered this and were seeing chapter two with another defendant well, well see if the lessons learn, undermine, or help the defense that theyre able to see this though, is true as well. Thank you both so much while the Indictment Lists just one victim several women have come forward in recent months to say they too were victimized by diddy several people, frankly, that includes singer Aubrey Oday from the group danity kane, which did he help to create she says that she was fired from the group for refusing to fulfill diddys non music requests oh day writing on x quote, the purpose of justice is to provide an ending and allow us the space to create a new chapter. Women never get this i feel validated in earlier today, i spoke to Rapper And Actor eve for an upcoming interview. Were going to play for you about her thoughts on diddys arrest its one of those things where you never, ever, ever want to see anything like this of someone that youve known and seen throughout my whole career. Obviously of course its shocking and sad youre sad from it because, you know, we dont always know all the parts of people well, my next guest has been covering Diddy And HipHop Industry for nearly three decades. Kierna mayo is the former editor in chief of ebony magazine, and current editor of one world, kierna. Thank you so much for joining you and i have had conversations about this in the past about what could be about the impact on the culture to what criminal prosecution might be looming and here we are rumors have been swirling for years about diddys alleged crimes what was your first reaction to these actual criminal and federal federal charges . Details against city hi, laura. Thank you so much for having me. It sucks to always be talking about this particular thing. But you know what my first thought was. Oh, this is why the raids. Oh now, with all make sense initially, when those rates its happened you almost couldnt imagine that the crimes would fit that aggressive way that they went into his homes. But now, when you read this indictment theres no question that you had to go wherever he had properties, you had to go seize those guns. You had to go seize the drugs. I remarkable the level that diddy was operating at its it blows my mind, my first reaction was just i was stunned. There are so many people across the music industry, frankly he has a business. His businesses, his Passion Alcohol beyond. So he has a crosssection of Business Ties and colleagues and associates in these charges are about things he has done. They say since 2009 you were around day during the 90s, you were at his partys im not talking about these alleged parties, but parties that he threw back then, can you give us some insight into what they were like and if you think that they have more often the years you know, whats interesting when you think about duty and this trajectory at this 2030 years of Abuse And Exploitation the thing that was exploited the most was ambition. The ambition of young people so when we talk ab