Diddy has pled not guilty to all charges.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Combs' network of high-profile politicians includes a who's who in national and local politics,

As famous New York-bred businessmen, the rapper and former president have crossed paths on the social circuit over the years.

The indictment accuses Combs of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes that used his “power and prestige” for “sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.”