Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Face Sex Trafficking Trial In May

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A New York judge set a trial date of May 5 for Sean “Diddy” Combs to face charges including sex trafficking Thursday, at the rapper and music mogul’s first court appearance since being arrested following a criminal indictment last month.

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At a pretrial hearing Thursday, Judge Arun Subramanian set a trial date of May 5, according to multiple reporters at the courthouse, in line with requests from Combs’ team for an April or May trial.

Combs has been in jail since Sept. 16 when he was arrested in New York following a federal indictment on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Thursday was Combs’ first court appearance since he was arrested, and his mother Janice Combs, who last week defended her son in a lengthy Instagram post shared via family attorneys, was seen at the courthouse with Combs’ children.

This is a developing story and will be updated.