Within the runup to his Could 2025 trial on the fees of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution, mogul rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is making an attempt to reverse his pre-trial incarceration and be granted bail.
Of their court docket submitting, prosecutors argue in opposition to releasing Combs, saying he stays a flight danger and a danger to society, to witnesses in his trial and probably to different victims.
And – what’s extra – they accuse the disgraced star of continued felony habits from contained in the Brooklyn MDC jail.
NBC News reported:
“Federal prosecutors have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of breaking jail guidelines in an try to control witness testimony and taint the potential jury pool in his case, in line with a court docket doc filed Friday.”
In custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Heart, Combs entered a not responsible plea.
His authorized staff retains preventing the choice to disclaim Combs bail and has requested one more bail listening to.
Of their opposition to the movement, prosecutors accused Combs of obstruction from behind bars.
“Combs has allegedly ‘continued to attempt to evade regulation enforcement monitoring, corruptly affect witness testimony, and additional assault the integrity of those proceedings’, the submitting mentioned.
In accordance with prosecutors, Combs has ordered funds to fellow inmates to make use of their phone accounts and has used three-way calling to contact people who find themselves not on his accredited contacts checklist in opposition to federal jail rules.”
By recording his telephone calls, authorities was capable of present how the rapper instructed members of the family ‘to contact potential victims and witnesses in his case’.
He was additionally ‘selling narratives on social media to affect a possible jury pool’.
“Some particulars within the prosecution’s filings have been redacted, together with excerpts of telephone calls apparently made by Diddy and his ‘grownup son’ that the prosecution say confirmed ‘the clear inference that the defendant’s aim is to blackmail victims and witnesses both into silence or offering testimony useful to his protection’.”
There are ‘no situations’ that might guarantee that Combs will not be a flight danger or a risk to the security of others, the submitting says.
“’The defendant’s emphasis on 24/7 non-public safety can also be problematic’, the movement mentioned. ‘The defendant has demonstrated an uncanny skill to get others to do his bidding — workers, members of the family, and MDC inmates alike’.”
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