US rapper Sean Diddy Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and fraud, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

Combs was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, nearly six months after federal authorities investigating sex trafficking raided his luxury homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he physically or sexually abused them. He has denied many of these allegations, and his attorney, Mark Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that Combs would prove his innocence and would “fight tooth and nail” to get his client released from custody.

“His morale is good. He’s full of confidence,” Agnifilo said of Combs.

Combs, 54, was once considered one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, but a flood of allegations against him last year turned him into an industry outcast.

In November, his ex-girlfriend, Randy B singer Cassie, whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he assaulted and raped her for years. She accused Combs of forcing her and others to perform unwanted sex on him while under the influence of drugs.

The lawsuit was settled within a day, but months later CNN aired hotel security footage that showed Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her to the floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”

However, Combs and his attorneys denied similar allegations made in lawsuits filed by others.

Casey’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment. We appreciate your understanding and if there are any changes, we will be sure to let you know,” he said.

One woman said Combs raped her two decades ago, when she was 17. A music producer filed a lawsuit, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs forced her into “terrifying sexual encounters” when she was a college student in 1994.

Bad Boy Records founder Combs has been in and out of legal trouble before.

In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protégé Shyne was convicted of assault and other charges and spent nearly eight years in prison.