October 31Ty Stiklorius, John Legend’s manager, wrote in a New York Times article that she herself experienced a “frightening situation” in which she says she was locked in a bedroom while attending a party hosted by Combs in St. Barts in the late 1990s and “managed to work her way out” of what she assumed was abnormality. experience, but later realized that “what happened that night was not an aberration – it was indicative of a pervasive culture in the music industry”.

October 28Federal authorities said they conducted an “interagency operation” at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Combs is awaiting trial, but did not provide specific details about what was done inside the facility, which has been the target of heavy criticism from Combs’ team and the location of several murders in recent months, including a wage crime plot and stabbed to death of two detainees.

October 25In a letter filed with the court Friday, Combs’ attorneys asked that a gag order be implemented for all federal officials involved. in his caseciting specifically a New York Post article citing a “federal law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation” as evidence that the Department of Homeland Security is intentionally interfering with Combs’ right to due process (in October, Combs’ legal team argued that DHS ELAPSED an incriminating video of Combs to CNN, which the agency denied). A judge later called the quotation marks in the article “manifestly improper” but denied the request for an injunction.

October 22Two of Combs’ seven children — Quincy Brown, Combs’ 33-year-old adopted son, and Chance Combs, his 18-year-old daughter with Sarah Chapman — have made a joint. post on Instagram calling the last month “devastating” for their family and defending their father against what they called “accusations, conspiracy theories and false narratives.”

October 15Combs returned to Instagram for the first time since his arrest in September with a post marking the second birthday of his youngest daughter, Love Sean Combs (he deleted every post on the social media account as CHARGES piled up against him, but he’s posted a total of three times since July, each time with photos of his kids).

October 11A U.S. Court of Appeals sent Combs’ latest bail request to a three-judge panel, but ruled that he will remain behind bars pending a decision.

October 10Combs appeared in court for the first time since his arrest, where he the date of the trial on May 5 was set for him to face federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

October 9Combs’ team filed a brief arguing that the Department of Homeland Security ELAPSED a surveillance video that showed him abusing his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, although prosecutors denied the allegations and said they did not obtain that video until it was made public by CNN.

October 8Attorneys for Combs filed briefs asking will be allowed to await trial outside the Metropolitan Detention Center where he resides, arguing that the original decision to deny him bail was unfairly “distorted” by the attention on the case (the original judge, who has since been replaced, decided that Combs should stay). in prison so he can’t use his money and influence to interfere with the government’s case against him).

October 6Janice Small Combs, Sean Combs’ mother, said in a statement through her family’s attorney, she is “devastated and deeply saddened” by the allegations against her son, adding that those accusing him of wrongdoing are “seeking financial gain” and likened Combs to “many individuals” who have been “convicted unfairly because of their past”. actions or mistakes” — though she also said Combs “may not have been entirely truthful” when denying allegations of assault raised by his ex-girlfriend Ventura.

September 30Attorneys for Combs filed a notice asking the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for the Southern District of New York to overturn the decision to keep him in jail while he awaits trial, a choice that Judge Andrew Carter made. citing concerns Combs allegedly tampered with witnesses who had been contacted in the investigation against him (the claim was denied).

September 26A documentary was released for streaming on Tubi and featured an interview with Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, who addressed a leak video surveillance of Combs pushing and punching ex-girlfriend Ventura — in which he named her on indictment a takedown of a “successful black man” and said he doesn’t expect Combs to accept a plea bargain.

September 18 Combs’ attorneys cited “horrific” conditions at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York in a bail application— which included a $50 million bond offer, GPS monitoring and strict visitor limits — which was denied by U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter, who said the conditions were not enough to ensure community safety.

September 17A federal courthouse in Manhattan unsealed charges against Combs for racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, alleging that he “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and- and hide the conduct’.

September 16Combs was arrested in Manhattan after being indicted by a grand jury.

May 29Sources told CNN federal investigators were close to filing charges against Combs, and that plaintiffs who had filed individual civil suits against him were being interviewed as part of the case.

March 25Federal agents raided Combs’ homes in Florida and California in connection with a federal sex-trafficking investigation.

November 2023A $30 million lawsuit filed by Ventura kicked off a series of criminal complaints against Combs that included rape, sexual assault, sex trafficking and other claims (see all charges here).