Diddy was initially denied bail following his arrest on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, but he and his attorneys decided to give it another shot — and now he’s lost his second try as well.
On Wednesday (September 18), the embattled mogul appeared in front of Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. to ask yet again for his release as he and his team prepare for trial. Judge Carter turned down the request, per TMZ, because “the government has proven the defendant is a danger. The bail package is insufficient even on risk of flight.”
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Both sides made arguments in front of Carter, with government lawyer Emily Johnson saying that Diddy had reached out repeatedly to alleged victims, in at least one case attempting to convince the victim that their sexual encounters had been consensual. Johnson focused on the fact that the bail package presented by Diddy’s team didn’t, to her mind, have enough in it to prevent potential obstruction of witnesses.
Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo presented his side afterwards. He promised to have a private investigation firm monitor Diddy’s house, and mentioned, per the previous judge’s concerns about Diddy’s drug abuse and anger issues, that his client has gone through rehab.
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Diddy’s revised bail package, presented hours before the hearing, offered additional concessions if he was released: no non-family female visitors and weekly drug testing.
The package was slightly modified from the $50,000,000 one his team had proposed — and that a different judge had rejected — a day earlier.
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The main differences were three conditions, responding to things Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky had said in her initial ruling denying bail.
First, Diddy’s team offers to “Restrict all visitors to Mr. Combs’ residences except for family, property caretakers, and friends who are not considered to be co-conspirators.” Second, they say they will to “Restrict female visitors to Mr. Combs’ residence except for family, or mothers of his children.” Third, they promise the mogul will undergo weekly drug testing.
All three stipulations seem to respond to Judge Tarnofsky’s ruling.
“I don’t know that I think you can trust yourself, and I don’t believe that counsel has the ability to control you, given the very significant concerns I have, particularly because of substance abuse and what seem like anger issues,” she said to Diddy on Tuesday (September 17).
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According to TMZ, a pink powder that tested positive for Ecstasy was among multiple drugs found in Diddy’s hotel room upon his arrest.
