Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Friday to a superseding indictment accusing the embattled hip-hop mogul of forcing employees to work long hours with little sleep and using threats to get them to comply with his demands.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment that includes new allegations of forced labour. The superseding indictment alleges the rap mogul forced employees to work long hours under threat of physical and reputational harm and forced at least one worker to engage in sex acts with him.

Sean "Diddy" Combs appeared in court – with a shocking new look – ahead of his federal sex-crimes trial later this year.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial for federal sex trafficking charges will begin a week later than expected, a judge in Manhattan ruled Friday.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is expected on Friday to be arraigned in court on a new indictment, which added accusations that the hip-hop mogul forced employees to work long hours and threatened to punish those who did not assist in his two-decade sex trafficking scheme.