Diddy Prosecutors Slam His $50 Million Bail Request

Diddy‘s authorized battle continues, and just lately, he was slammed by the prosecution but once more. Final month, the mogul’s federal trial got here to an finish after roughly two months. He was discovered not responsible of intercourse trafficking and racketeering, and responsible of two counts of transportation for prostitution.

He faces a most sentence of ten years behind bars per rely. Whereas this definitely is not excellent for the Dangerous Boy founder, it is a far lighter potential sentence than he might have been dealing with had the jury reached a distinct conclusion.

Regardless, his group requested a retrial this week in hopes of getting his conviction overturned. “Mr. Combs, at most, paid to have interaction in voyeurism as a part of a ‘swingers’ way of life,” his attorneys argue. “That doesn’t represent ‘prostitution’ underneath a correctly restricted definition of the statutory time period.”

“The proof at trial confirmed that he usually employed the companies of male escorts or dancers marketed brazenly via lawful companies, that the boys had been paid for his or her time, and that they loved the actions and had friendships with Ms. Ventura and Jane and weren’t merely touring to have intercourse for cash,” the submitting continues.

Lately, Diddy’s group additionally proposed that he be launched on a $50 million bond forward of his October 3 sentencing. The courtroom has but to decide, however prosecutors had been fast to make their stance recognized. In a fiery response filed yesterday (July 31), they alleged that Diddy might pose a danger to others and be a flight danger.

“The defendant’s mood and violence had been unpredictable,” U.S. Lawyer Jay Clayton alleged, per AllHipHop. “It’s ‘inconceivable’ for the defendant—having repeatedly conceded his propensity for violence at trial—‘to display by clear and convincing proof that he poses no hazard to some other individual or the group.’”