The rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been denied bail once more by a decide as he awaits trial on intercourse trafficking prices.
It means the musician and producer, also referred to as P Diddy, will keep jailed, regardless of a $50m bid to be launched.
Combs was arrested on suspicion of racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking in September. He has been imprisoned for the final 10 weeks.
The hip-hop mogul has pleaded not responsible to prices that he coerced and abused ladies for years with the help of a community of associates and staff, whereas silencing victims via blackmail and violence – together with kidnapping, arson and bodily beatings.
He says his sexual relationships have been consensual, and denies all wrongdoing.
This was the 55-year-old’s fourth try at being launched earlier than his trial. His attorneys made two requests within the days after he was charged, adopted by an enchantment which was denied in October.
US District Decide Arun Subramanian introduced the most recent bail rejection determination in a written order, after listening to arguments throughout a two-hour listening to on 22 November in Manhattan federal court docket.
Combs is presently in custody in Manhattan awaiting a felony trial scheduled to start on 5 Could subsequent yr.
He’s additionally dealing with a number of civil circumstances, with one lawyer saying in October that his agency was representing greater than 100 accusers.
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