Reuters writes on its website that the new charges against Sean Combs, 55 years old, include, among other things, extortion and sex trafficking.
The trial against the hip-hop mogul is set to begin in a Manhattan court on May 5. He is accused by over 120 people of, among other things, rape, sexual assault, and sexual exploitation. He was arrested in September last year and has been detained since then.
Combs denies the five new crimes, which he also does regarding the previous charges.
In previous allegations, he is accused, among other things, of having sexually assaulted both women and a couple of boys, in connection with parties and meetings over the course of two decades.
