Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 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.

Rap star Sean 'Diddy' Combs has appeared at a court in New York to plead not guilty to new federal charges of forced labour.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleaded not guilty on Friday to 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 a two-decade sex trafficking scheme.