Sean “Diddy” Combs was once more denied bail in his intercourse trafficking case Wednesday — his third failed bid to get sprung from a Brooklyn lockup forward of Thanksgiving.
Manhattan federal court docket Decide Arun Subramanian slapped down the disgraced music mogul’s newest request, saying in a ruling, “The Court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community.”
Combs, who’s been cooling his heels behind bars since his September arrest, requested to be launched on $50 million bond, together with dwelling confinement with 24/7 safety.
Prosecutors efficiently argued, nevertheless, that he couldn’t be trusted — saying he’s already tried to intervene with their ongoing probe by contacting potential witnesses from the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn.
Subramanian agreed, saying “there is evidence supporting a serious risk of witness tampering.”
He additionally referenced the disturbing 2016 video displaying Combs beating up his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a resort hallway, as “direct evidence of Combs’ violence.”
The fallen rapper was final in court docket on Friday and blew kisses to his family.
Combs is charged in a sweeping racketeering and intercourse trafficking indictment with abusing ladies and forcing them to have interaction in “Freak Off” performances to meet his sick “sexual desires.” He would watch and masturbate throughout the “elaborate and produced sex performances,” and allegedly filmed them to make use of as leverage in opposition to his victims, the indictment says.
Combs has additionally tried repeatedly to “obstruct justice,” the feds argued, together with by allegedly making an attempt to bribe a resort safety officer to cowl up the assault on Ventura.
“It strains credulity to believe that Combs will stop engaging in criminal conduct and abide by conditions of release,” prosecutors mentioned in a court docket submitting earlier this month.
The feds additionally argued that releasing Combs would let the rich music mogul purchase his means out of custody by “paying for a private jail” — amounting to “two-tiered” system of justice which is barred by federal bail guidelines.
Combs’ attorneys had argued that the setup on the thriller Higher East Aspect condo — whose deal with they redacted in court docket filings — could be safe sufficient to make sure that Combs gained’t tamper with witnesses.
Combs is not going to have entry to a mobile phone as a part of the bond bundle, the attorneys claimed in court docket papers. A member of the safety element will hold on to his telephone and hold a written log of all outgoing and incoming texts and calls, the legal professionals wrote.
“There is no legitimate legal basis for continuing to force Mr. Combs to prepare for trial
from jail,” one among his legal professionals, Alexandra Shapiro, wrote to the court docket, including that the feds haven’t proven that “the extremely restrictive proposed conditions are insufficient to prevent any possible danger or obstruction.”
Prosecutors had countered that no safety workforce could be able to stopping Combs from breaking phrases of his launch.
“The defendant, simply put, cannot be trusted,” prosecutor Christine Slavik mentioned throughout a Nov. 22 court docket listening to.
The choice by Subramanian comes after two different federal judges beforehand declined to grant Combs bail.
