Sean “Diddy” Combs is not going to be launched on bail earlier than Thanksgiving, a federal choose dominated Wednesday, accusing the hip-hop mogul of violating and looking for methods to avoid jail guidelines since he was arrested.
In a five-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian dominated that Combs shouldn’t be launched on the $50 million bail proposed by his authorized crew, saying Combs posed a “severe danger of witness tampering” and was was found whereas he was escaping. guidelines, reminiscent of paying different inmates for his or her telephone entry codes to name individuals outdoors his accredited contact checklist.
“His willingness to avoid (the Prison Board’s) guidelines in a method that might make it harder to watch his communications is evident proof that the Court can’t be moderately assured(d) as to the sufficiency of any circumstances of launch, “ Subramanian dominated.
The ruling blocked a 3rd try by Combs’ attorneys to have him launched throughout his prison trial.
In the newest movement, his attorneys requested that as a substitute of jail he be confined to his three-bedroom condo on New York City’s Upper West Side with 24-hour surveillance.
In their movement, Combs’ authorized crew argued that the condo can be “way more restrictive” than what Combs faces in jail, and that the settlement would come with limiting telephone calls to attorneys solely, permitting solely particular family members and attorneys to go to him there. and be monitored by an unbiased firm.
But Subramanian rejected the request.
“Given the character of the allegations on this case and the data supplied by the federal government, the Court questions the sufficiency of any circumstances putting belief in Combs and the individuals in his make use of, reminiscent of a personal safety element, to observe the circumstances,” he acknowledged. he wrote.
Combs is charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. In courtroom paperwork, federal prosecutors allege that the 55-year-old founding father of Bad Boy Entertainment used his worker community and affect to lure feminine victims and used drive, threats, coercion and medicines to persuade them to have interaction in acts intercourse with male prostitutes.
The sexual binges, which generally lasted days, had been referred to by Combs as “freak-offs,” prosecutors mentioned.
Prosecutors opposed Combs’ makes an attempt to be launched on bail, arguing that Combs continued makes an attempt to tamper with witnesses and broke jail guidelines.
In his resolution, the choose discovered that federal prosecutors had “demonstrated by clear and convincing proof that no situation or mixture of circumstances will moderately guarantee the security of the neighborhood” and that Combs nonetheless posed “a severe danger of witness tampering.” .
Subramanian additionally referenced the notorious safety video of Combs assaulting then-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura on the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, saying the video confirmed “compelling proof of Combs’ propensity for violence.”
The choose in his resolution additionally highlighted what he known as “false statements” by Combs’ attorneys through the Nov. 19 emergency listening to.
During the listening to, Combs’ authorized crew argued that notes on authorized notes seized from Combs’ cell throughout a examine within the Metropolitan Detention Center ought to be thought-about privileged as a result of the notes had been labeled “authorized.”
Photos from the search, nonetheless, confirmed that the notebooks had no such labels.
“The circumstances of this incident, and the false statements made on the November 19, 2024 listening to at which Combs was current, influence whether or not the Court can moderately be sure that all circumstances imposed might be adopted,” he wrote.
