Diddy wanted to surrender but prosecutors did not let him, claims rapper's lawyer Marc Agnifilo

In a recent interview, Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo said the rapper wanted to surrender days before his arrest but the prosecutors declined his offer. On September 16, he was arrested for "racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, cause or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution charges."

The following day, Agnifilo appeared in an interview on CNN's The Source With Kaitlan Collins, where he claimed his client flew to New York on September 5 to surrender.

"The most important thing … is that Mr. Combs came to New York on September 5. As soon as we realized that this indictment was going to be coming down in a matter of weeks, maybe months, but sometime soon, Mr. Combs got on a plane, left his home in Florida, flew to New York," he said.

He added,

"I called the prosecutors myself. I said: 'Mr. Combs is in New York. Do you want to know where he is? If you want to where he is, I'll tell you where he is, but he wants to surrender. He's here to surrender.'"

The lawyer claimed, the prosecutors did not want Diddy to surrender, as a surrender meant the prosecution could not argue that he was a flight risk. The prosecutors had appealed to the judge to deny Diddy's bail, deeming him a "serious flight risk" during his arraignment hearing on Tuesday.

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Diddy's lawyer knew he would face formal charges on March 25

Host Kaitlan Collins also asked Marc Agnifilo about when he knew Diddy would be formally charged, during his CNN interview on September 17. Agnifilo said he was aware of that fact when Homeland Security raided the rapper's Miami and LA mansions on March 25.

"I really knew he was formerly going to face charges on March 25, the day of the searches. When Homeland Security searched his Los Angeles home, his Miami home, and his airplane, I knew that day by looking at the search warrants—I mean, I've been doing this for a while. This is not my first or 100th rodeo—that this was going to come as a matter of time," he said.

Authorities found guns, narcotics and 1000 bottles of baby oil during the raid. They also found evidence of "freak off", which were events organized by the rapper where he allegedly coerced women to engage in “elaborate and produced s*x performances” with male s*x workers for his pleasure.

According to the indictment, the "freak offs," which were often recorded, often extended for days, leaving the rapper and victims using IV fluids to recuperate from the exhaustion and drug use. Diddy and his associates also allegedly used threats of violence to keep victims, witnesses and employees quiet.

Diddy pled not guilty to the charges, however, he was denied bail. Agnifilo appealed the order on Wednesday but was denied a second time. In a press conference on Tuesday, the attorney said his client was innocent.

"Mr Combs is a fighter - he will fight this until the end. He is innocent. He came to New York to establish his innocence. He is not afraid - he is not afraid of the charges. He has been looking forward to clearing his name and he is going to clear his name. We believe in him whole heartedly. He didn't do these things," he said.

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Diddy's s*x trafficking case is ongoing at the time of this article, and the rapper is held at the Metropolitan Detention Center after being denied bail.