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, another judge ruled that Sean “Diddy” Combs would remain jailed pending trial after his Monday night arrest in New York City.
Combs, being held at a notoriously rat-infested prison, 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.”
US District Judge Andrew L. Carter delivered the ruling in court on Wednesday after both the prosecution and defense presented their cases, stating it was proved “by clear and convincing evidence” that bail – regardless of the amount – couldn’t guarantee Combs wouldn’t tamper with witnesses.
The appeal came after 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.
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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.
“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.
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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.”
Combs’ lawyer quickly filed an appeal, leading to Wednesday’s court hearing.
Also present on Wednesday were Combs’ sons, Quincy Brown, Christian “King” Combs, and Justin Combs.
All three co-signed the $50 million bail proposal which has now been denied twice.
Combs’ 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.
Agnifilo said on his way into court on Wednesday morning he was “feeling confident.”
“We’re going to go get Mr. Combs out of jail,” he said.
Agnifilo also said Combs is “doing great, he’s focused and he’s ready for his hearing.”
Amendments to the bail proposal presented on Wednesday 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.
The lawyer also insisted the music mogul’s innocence by telling the judge Combs was an “actual altar boy.”
“He watches a sermon every day. He has done a great deal to earn the court’s trust. I ask you to release him,” Agnifilo said, per Inner City Press.
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.
As part of his plea for Combs’ release on bail, Agnifilo also cited that “the conditions at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn are not fit for pre-trial detention,” in a letter to the court.
“Numerous courts in this district have raised concerns with the horrific conditions of detention here,” the lawyer continued, per NBC News.
The evidence against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
The months-long federal sex trafficking probe against Sean Combs has culminated in a searing incictment that was unsealed on Tuesday. Combs has been hit with one count of racketeering and one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution. But behind those legal charges lies a mountain of alleged evidence of menace, violence, and horrific abuse of his fame. The indictment alleges:
- Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
- He “created a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”
- The rapper assaulted women by “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”
- Combs “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers” that he called “freak offs.”
- Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
- During freak offs, he “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
- After freak offs, Combs and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use.”
- In March 2024, during searches of his residences in Miami and Los Angeles, “law enforcement seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
- During and separate from Freak Offs, Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair…These assaults 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.”
- Combs himself “brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, including victims of and witnesses to his abuse.”
- During searches of his homes, “law enforcement seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine.”
- Associates “assisted him in locating and contacting victims who attempted to flee his abuse.”
- When witnesses to the abuse threatened his authority or reputation, he and members and associates of the enterprise “engaged in acts of violence, threats of violence, threats of financial and reputational harm, and verbal abuse. These acts of violence included kidnapping and arson.”
MORE CHARGES?
During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, was quick to note that the investigation is ongoing.
Further charges could be announced – both for Combs and his reported co-conspirators.
“Combs did not do this alone,” Williams said.
He added that he is “not taking anything off the table” as far as others being charged.
“We are committed to bringing justice to everyone who’s been victimized by the defendant,” Williams continued.
“We are not done.”
