DISGRACED music mogul Diddy has lost an appeal for bail, despite making multiple promises of better behavior in exchange for his freedom.
Just one day after appearing in court and initially being denied bail, a judge again ruled that Sean “Diddy” Combs would remain jailed pending trial after his Monday night arrest in New York City.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him, including racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The charges allege Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
An unsealed indictment on Tuesday revealed the gruesome details of Combs’ alleged behavior.
Prosecutors accused Combs of using his business empire, under the name Combs Enterprise, to organize and cover up his alleged crimes.
Among the biggest bombshells revealed in the indictment was Combs’ “Freak Offs” – events where he allegedly forced victims to have sex with hired sex workers and recorded the scene.
It comes as…
- Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit with sex trafficking charges
- Damning indictment accuses rapper of holding drug-fueled Freak Offs that lasted days
- Diddy to remain in custody after being denied ‘$50 million bail’
- Star’s entourage ‘could be charged’ over ‘Freak Off supplies’ after 1,000 bottles of lube and baby oil seized
- Arrest took place in New York City hotel Monday night
- Victim’s lawyer says rapper ‘will face justice like R. Kelly’
“Freak Offs were elaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded,” prosecutors alleged.
Combs allegedly arranged for participants, including sex workers, to travel across state lines and, sometimes, internationally for the freak offs, which sometimes lasted for days on end.
Freak offs often involved drug usage to keep participants “obedient and compliant,” followed by IV fluids to recover afterward, the charges stated.
The “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating” material Combs recorded was then used “as collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims,” prosecutors said.
After Combs’ initial court appearance on Tuesday afternoon, a judge ordered him to be held without bail, citing “very significant concerns” about his reported substance abuse and “anger issues.”
His arrest follows a months-long investigation into his alleged behaviors, during which raids were conducted on his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
If Combs is convicted and receives maximum sentences, he faces a combined 45 years behind bars; the racketeering charge has a 20-year max, the sex trafficking charge carries a 15-year max, and the other charge has a 10-year max.
What happened during Sean Combs’ ‘freak offs’?
Sean Combs’ infamous drug-fueled freak offs, first revealed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit in November 2023, have become a central narrative of the indictment, which alleges:
- The music mogul “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers.”
- Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
- Combs “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
- He and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use” after the freak offs.
- Cops “seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant” from his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
- Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair,” during and separate from the freak offs, which “often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”
- He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”
BEGGING FOR BAIL
At Tuesday’s hearing, Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, presented a bail proposal worth $50 million.
Combs offered his $48 million Miami home and his mother’s $2 million Miami home as collateral.
He also pledged to limit his travel to New York, New Jersey, and Florida.
Combs also said he would keep his private jet parked in Los Angeles and wear a GPS tracking device.
Still, it wasn’t enough to keep him out of jail.
Amendments made for Wednesday’s appeal reportedly included monitoring Combs’ residence 24/7 and a pre-approved visitor log.
Agnifilo also stressed Combs would not have a cell phone or internet access.
Both the prosecution and the defense presented their cases, but ultimately it wasn’t enough as the judge denied bail again.
Diddy begs for bail
SEAN ‘Diddy’ Combs was ordered to remain in jail while pending trial after being hit with sex trafficking charges. Appealing the decision in a letter to Judge Robyn Tarnofsky, the music mogul’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, promised the following:
- Agnifilo insisted Combs is “eminently trustworthy” and should be released on a $50 million bond.
- If granted bail, the rapper would wear a GPS monitor, limiting his travel to New York City and Miami.
- Agnifilo also promised restrictions on female visitors to his home, with visits limited to family or mothers of his children, property caretakers and friends who are not co-conspirators in the federal indictment against him.
- Private security would keep a log of everyone who goes in and out of Combs’ primary residences to monitor the visits.
- Combs also promises to undertake “weekly drug testing” and have “no contact with known grand jury witnesses.”
HORRIFIC JAIL
Combs is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, known for rat infestations, violent outbreaks, and being understaffed.
The jail has a capacity of 1,600 inmates, often with celebrities among them.
Ghislaine Maxwell and R Kelly are just two who have endured the horrific conditions.
Maxwell infamously complained about the jail’s lack of potable water and bad stench.
Reports of the prison’s conditions are so vile that the jail is no longer accepting new inmates who are serving out sentences.
Instead, the prison is mostly holding inmates awaiting trial, as in Combs’ case.
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