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Diddy is placed on suicide watch as more victims come forward

TMZ reports that more people plan to come forward to share their encounters with Diddy. FOX 5's Lissette Nuñez has more on the allegations.

NEW YORK – Sean “Diddy” Combs faces federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The charges were dropped after his arrest in Manhattan.

He is reportedly on suicide watch in a special housing facility at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

In a sweeping three-count indictment, Diddy is accused of running a business to fulfill his sexual desires.

Starting around 2009 and continuing for years, he allegedly assaulted women by punching, punching, dragging, throwing objects and kicking them.

The indictment alleges that he operated as part of The Combs Enterprise, which includes Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, involving individuals and activities affecting interstate and foreign commerce.

It also details Diddy's “freak-off parties,” where he and his associates allegedly lured female victims and then forced them to engage in sexual acts with commercial sex workers.

Here are the charges and their allegations:

Go to: Blackmail charges | Sex trafficking charges | Prostitution charge | Full indictment

Diddy's lawyer speaks about the charges

Diddy's lawyer speaks about the charges

The first count accuses Diddy of extortion, which involves threats and coercion to “fulfill his sexual desires.”

Prosecutors allege Diddy ran a criminal enterprise “whose members and associates engaged in and attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.”

Authorities allege that he exerted control over the victims by promising career opportunities, providing them with financial support, threatening to deny them appearances, dictating their appearance, monitoring their health records and controlling where they lived.

The second count of the federal indictment describes a human trafficking incident involving “Victim 1,” whom she alleges Diddy knowingly recruited, lured and transported for “commercial sexual conduct.”

They claim Diddy's actions impacted interstate and foreign commerce through reckless threats of violence.

The third count accuses Diddy of knowingly transporting a victim across state lines with the intent to induce her to engage in prostitution.

Prosecutors also allege that he repeatedly attempted and intentionally transported female victims and sex workers for this purpose.

Combs, 51, still faces possible litigation in a handful of civil lawsuits and one criminal lawsuit.

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