Diddy will stay behind bars after a federal choose refused to grant his launch following a partial acquittal in his high-profile intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial.
Regardless of being cleared of essentially the most severe allegations—together with racketeering and intercourse trafficking involving Cassie Ventura, Diddy was discovered responsible on two counts of transporting ladies throughout state traces for prostitution.
The jury reached its resolution after three days of deliberation.
Diddy’s authorized workforce pushed for his launch on a $1 million bond, arguing the remaining convictions don’t qualify as “crimes of violence” underneath federal regulation; nevertheless, Decide Arun Subramanian denied his launch.
The choose cited a number of incidents that exhibit he poses a continued hazard to the group. The courtroom referenced the extensively circulated video displaying Diddy assaulting Ventura and highlighted a separate violent altercation on the London Lodge.
The choose emphasised that even underneath the usual of proving he’s not a menace, Diddy failed to satisfy the burden. The courtroom famous that the protection had already conceded to his violent habits and concluded there was no justification to reverse the earlier resolution to disclaim bail.
“For months, the federal government repeatedly argued, and introduced to the world, that Sean Combs was a monster who perpetrated a 20-year federal crime spree by means of a racketeering enterprise,” legal professional AE Shapiro wrote in a letter to the choose. “It devoted huge assets to this prosecution. Then, after virtually a yr in detention, Mr. Combs lastly received his day in Court docket, and the federal government’s allegations have been examined earlier than a jury of his friends.
“That jury heard the federal government’s proof, together with testimony from his former girlfriends. By its verdict, the jury resoundingly rejected the federal government’s depiction of Mr. Combs. It might be unjust to proceed detaining Mr. Combs on the MDC even sooner or later longer.”
The protection cited Diddy’s household obligations, his mom’s well being and the circumstances on the Metropolitan Detention Heart as causes for bail.
Prosecutors pushed again, saying the convictions nonetheless fall underneath the class of violent crimes, which legally require detention till sentencing. They pointed to Diddy’s alleged historical past of violence, drug use and efforts to cover his actions.
“Whereas the defendant has supplied to have a number of sureties from his household, proof at trial established that the defendant repeatedly sought to hide his felony conduct from these near him,” prosecutors wrote. “The defendant’s conduct after he understood that he was underneath federal investigation underscores that he continues to be a hazard to others and is both unable or unwilling to observe the regulation.”
Decide Arun Subramanian finally dominated that Diddy should stay in federal custody till his sentencing on October 3, 2025.
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