YouTube rapper charged with pimping and pandering O.C. woman; other victims sought: DA

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. -- (KTLA) -- Charges have been filed in Orange County against a YouTube rapper suspected of luring young women into a human trafficking circuit, and investigators said Monday they are seeking possible additional victims.

Angel Ortiz Diamond, 31, of Los Angeles, has been charged with one felony count each of pimping and pandering, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Authorities arrested Diamond last Monday on suspicion of pimping and pandering an 18-year-old woman from Orange County, authorities said.

The suspect remained in custody at the Orange County Jail on Monday and is being held without bail, inmate records showed.

He was apprehended following an investigation that began when a relative of the alleged victim reported the case to a county human trafficking task force, according to prosecutors.

Officials said Diamond met the victim, an 18-year-old woman, at an 18-and-over nightclub in Artesia.