Diddy’s fourth try at getting bail earlier than his felony trial has been denied with the choose citing issues for neighborhood security if the music mogul is freed.
Diddy Denied Bond in Prison Case
On Wednesday (Nov. 27), Diddy appeared in federal courtroom in New York Metropolis for his fourth bond listening to and he continues to attempt to acquire his freedom forward of his trial for intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. After listening to arguments from each side, United States District Decide Arun Subramanian shot down the embattled music mogul’s bail request, in accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by XXL.
“The Courtroom finds that the federal government has proven by clear and convincing proof
that no situation or mixture of situations will fairly guarantee the security of the neighborhood,” the courtroom ruling reads. The choose additionally cited Diddy displaying a historical past of violence and the danger of witness tampering. Subramanian additionally pointed to proof that reveals Diddy has been violating jail laws by utilizing third events to contact individuals not on his authorised contact listing.
Diddy and his authorized workforce have been pulling out all stops in an try to get him free on bail earlier than his case goes to trial. Their preliminary supply included a $50 million bail package deal that was in the end turned down.
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The choice comes after the protection and prosecution have each been levying claims in opposition to one another main as much as the listening to. Final week, the federal government accused Diddy of utilizing his telephone privileges to attempt to contact potential witnesses and getting his household to hold out a social media marketing campaign to sway jurors. A few days later, Diddy’s attorneys accused the prosecution of purposely displaying the choose an edited model of the 2016 Cassie assault video to be able to make him look extra menacing.
Diddy is being accused of abusing, threatening and coercing girls and others, and main a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in intercourse trafficking, compelled labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, obstruction of justice and different crimes. He’ll stay in custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Middle till his trial. The trial date has been scheduled for Might 5, 2025.
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