Overview

• Sean 'Diddy' Combs entered a not guilty plea on Monday to two new charges added to his federal indictment, bringing the total to five counts, including sex trafficking and racketeering.
• Prosecutors allege that Combs used his business operations to orchestrate coercive sexual encounters, referred to as 'freak offs,' involving drugs and male sex workers over a span of two decades.
• Combs' defense maintains that the allegations stem from consensual relationships with former long-term girlfriends and disputes the introduction of any new evidence or accusers.
• The trial remains scheduled to begin with jury selection on May 5, but the defense may seek a two-week delay, citing withheld evidence, including 200,000 emails from a key witness.
• Judge Arun Subramanian emphasized the urgency of moving forward, setting a Wednesday deadline for any formal delay requests and scheduling a pretrial hearing for April 18.