A federal appeals courtroom decide has dominated to maintain Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up whereas he makes a 3rd bid for bail in his intercourse trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in Could.
In a call filed Friday, Circuit Decide William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop mogul’s rapid launch from jail whereas a three-judge panel weighs his bail request.
Combs’ legal professionals appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals on Sept. 30 after two judges rejected his launch.
Combs, 54, has been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since his Sept. 16 arrest on costs that he used his “energy and status” as a music star to induce feminine victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male intercourse employees in occasions dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Combs has pleaded not responsible to racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking costs alleging he coerced and abused ladies for years with assist from a community of associates and staff whereas silencing victims by means of blackmail and violence, together with kidnapping, arson and bodily beatings.
At a bail listening to three weeks in the past, a decide rejected the protection’s $50 million bail proposal that will’ve allowed the “I’ll Be Lacking You” singer to be positioned underneath home arrest at his Florida mansion with GPS monitoring and strict limits on guests.
Decide Andrew L. Carter Jr., who has since recused himself from the case, mentioned that prosecutors had offered “clear and convincing proof” that Combs is a hazard to the neighborhood. He mentioned “no situation or set of situations” might guard towards the danger of Combs obstructing the investigation or threatening or harming witnesses.
Of their enchantment, Combs’ legal professionals argued that the decide had “endorsed the federal government’s exaggerated rhetoric” and ordered Combs detained for “purely speculative causes.”
“Certainly, hardly a threat of flight, he’s a 54-year-old father of seven, a U.S. citizen, a very profitable artist, businessman, and philanthropist, and one of the vital recognizable individuals on earth,” the legal professionals wrote.
Combs’ legal professionals haven’t requested the brand new trial decide, Arun Subramanian, to think about releasing him on bail. At a listening to Thursday, as Combs sat alongside his legal professionals in a beige jail jumpsuit, Subramanian recommended he would at the very least be open to taking over the problem.
After setting a Could 5 trial date, Subramanian briefly questioned Combs’ legal professionals about his remedy on the Metropolitan Detention Middle, which has been tormented by violence and dysfunction for years.
Combs lawyer Mark Agnifilo, who had beforehand sought to have him moved to a jail in New Jersey, informed the decide: “We’re making a go of the MDC. The MDC has been very responsive for us.”
One other Combs lawyer, Anthony Ricco, informed reporters outdoors the courthouse afterward: “He is doing positive. It is a tough circumstance. He is making the very best of the state of affairs.”
However, Ricco mentioned: “No person’s OK with staying in jail for now.”
