{"id":426286,"date":"2024-11-28T17:53:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426286"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Judge-denies-Sean-Combs-bail-court-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Judge-denies-Sean-Combs-bail-court-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies Sean Combs bail: court order"},"content":{"rendered":"

A judge denied the rapper known as “Diddy” bail on Wednesday, according to a court filing, after he was charged with sex trafficking and racketeering.<\/p>\n

Judges had already denied bail twice for the rapper — real name Sean Combs — and prosecutors alleged in opposing the third bid that the rapper and producer has contacted witnesses and used unauthorized communications platforms while incarcerated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“For the following reasons, Combs’s motion is DENIED — no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community,” federal judge Arun Subramanian said in an order.<\/p>\n

Subramanian also denied Combs’s application to be released from detention in order to prepare his defense.<\/p>\n

“Combs has not carried his burden of demonstrating that release from detention is necessary for trial-preparation purposes,” the judge wrote.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors allege that Combs, 55, sexually abused women and coerced them into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence.<\/p>\n

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and his criminal trial is currently slated to begin on May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s ruling follows a court appearance by Combs at the end of last week.<\/p>\n

Outside the Manhattan courthouse, bystanders shouted at Combs’s mother Janice Combs, “Your son is a predator.” Other family members were seen outside the hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Combs’s lawyers argued that a defendant in another prominent federal sex trafficking case, former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries, received bail which should apply to their client.<\/p>\n

“The nature and circumstances of the offenses are substantially different,” prosecutors wrote to the court on Friday.<\/p>\n

“There are no allegations that Jeffries committed non-trafficking-related violent acts or that he used firearms during the charged period. The indictment against Combs alleges both.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“With respect to the charged offenses, Jeffries does not include a racketeering offense. By contrast, Combs is charged with leading a racketeering enterprise.”<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have previously indicated there is still more evidence to explore and that more charges could be added to the indictment against Combs.<\/p>\n

Public allegations have been building against the Grammy winner since late last year, when singer Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, alleged Combs subjected her to more than a decade of coercion by physical force and drugs as well as a 2018 rape.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors have indicated there is still more evidence to explore and that more charges could be added to the indictment against Combs<\/p>\n

-ANGELA WEISS
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