Sean “Diddy” Combs has been denied bail forward of his sentencing on prostitution-related fees.
Choose Arun Subramanian mentioned the hip-hop mogul had failed to indicate enough proof he’s not a flight danger and in addition cited admissions of earlier violence made throughout his trial.
Combs, 55, has been in jail since his arrest in September final yr.
Throughout a two-month trial, jurors heard allegations that he had coerced former girlfriends, together with singer and mannequin Cassie Ventura, into having drug-fuelled intercourse marathons with male intercourse staff, whereas he watched and filmed them.
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Diddy fell to his knees after the decision was delivered final month. Pic: Reuters/ Jane Rosenberg
In July, he was discovered responsible of two counts of transportation for prostitution – however cleared of extra critical fees of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking, which carried potential life sentences.
The rapper’s authorized staff hailed this a “victory” and instantly utilized for bail forward of sentencing, citing his acquittal on the highest fees.
After this was denied, they submitted one other utility final week. Choose Subramanian has now rejected the request once more.
In denying the movement for bail, the choose discovered Combs had failed to indicate enough proof to counter arguments he’s a flight danger, writing in a court docket submitting: “Increasing the amount of the bond or devising additional conditions doesn’t change the calculus given the circumstances and heavy burden of proof that Combs bears.”
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Choose Arun Subramanian heard Diddy’s trial and also will sentence the rapper
He additionally discovered that an argument by the music star’s authorized staff that the squalor and hazard of the Metropolitan Detention Middle (MDC), the place he’s being held, didn’t warrant launch.
“The public outcry concerning these conditions has come from all corners,” the choose wrote. “But as Combs acknowledges, MDC staff has been able to keep him safe and attend to his needs, even during an incident of threatened violence from an inmate.”
In addition to Combs’s bail utility, his authorized staff has additionally filed a movement calling for him to be acquitted or given a brand new trial on the prostitution-related fees solely.
The choose has not but responded to this utility.
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How the Diddy trial unfolded
How lengthy may Diddy be jailed for?
Combs is because of be sentenced on 3 October and might be sentenced to as much as 20 years in jail.
Discussions on sentencing pointers which adopted the jury’s verdict counsel it’s unlikely he will likely be jailed for this lengthy, with an estimate of round two to 5 years, bearing in mind time already served.
Nevertheless, it’s in the end as much as Choose Arun Subramanian to resolve the rapper’s punishment.
On Friday, Donald Trump was requested throughout an interview a couple of potential pardon for Combs following hypothesis in regards to the difficulty.
The president mentioned it was unlikely, including that the rapper was “very hostile” throughout his presidential marketing campaign.
Combs, who co-founded Dangerous Boy Information and launched the profession of the late Infamous BIG, was for many years an enormous determine in popular culture – a Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and enterprise entrepreneur, who presided over an empire starting from trend to actuality TV.
In addition to the prison conviction, he’s additionally dealing with a number of civil lawsuits.
