The scene played outhours after he was arrested and escortedfrom the Manhattan hotel where hed been staying.
Combs garnered a smattering of additional supporters outside the courthouse, too.
One man screamed Fuck yall!
Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs
while wearing a Combs sweatshirt, while others drove by yelling P. Diddy!
One black Cadillac rolled slowly past the courthouse blasting Combs 1997 hit Ill Be Missing You honking its horn.
Today, hes been indicted and will face justice in the Southern District of New York.
(Combsreturned the key, after it was rescinded, earlier this summer.)
We are not done.
This investigation is ongoing.
We are committed to bringing justice to everyone victimized by the defendant.
… Im not taking anything off the table.
The lawyers, Douglas Wigdor and Meredith Firetog, filed Venturas blockbuster lawsuit against Combs last November.
Combs allegedly used threats of violence to make victims engage in Freak Offs, prosecutors said in court filings.
They alleged Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded the highly orchestrated encounters.
At least two of these calls were recorded, prosecutors alleged.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that one such call took place just three days after Ventura filed her lawsuit.
They claimed Combs later contacted witnesses who had received grand jury subpoenas.
Notably, arson was listed among the alleged acts carried out by the purported racketeering conspiracy.
In a detention letter accompanying the indictment, prosecutors shared details about one alleged incident from December 2011.
Combs later told Ventura he planned to blow up the rappers car in his driveway, her lawsuit claimed.
In a statement toThe New York Timesin November,Cudi confirmedthat his car exploded.
This is all true, he said.
(Ventura and Combs quicklysettled that suit.)
The accusers whose lawsuits were noted included Joi Dickerson-Neal,Liza Gardner,Crystal McKinneyandDawn Richard.
Earlier on Monday, before his arrest, Combs was spotted posing for photos with his children in Harlem.
Over the last few months, he has been keeping a relatively low profile.
Morethan a dozen companiesfled his e-commerce platform.
Once a billionaire,a newForbesestimate places his net worth at roughly $400 million.
