Diddy’s Bail Request Shut Down By Judge Ahead Of Sentencing

Diddy‘s authorized battle continues, and lately, he took one more loss. Yesterday, he requested Decide Arun Subramanian to grant him bail earlier than his October sentencing. In a letter, his attorneys alleged that he was being focused. In addition they cited considerations in regards to the residing circumstances on the Metropolitan Detention Heart.

“Hellbent on punishing him for being a consumer of prostitution companies in a extra draconian method than anybody in U.S. historical past, the federal government continues to focus on him unfairly, simply because it has achieved from the inception of this provably misplaced investigation,” the letter alleges. “Regardless of the jury’s verdict, it continues to make factual statements which might be plainly at odds with what twelve New Yorkers discovered and to attempt to hold Combs incarcerated despite the fact that the jury rejected the intense costs that led to his pre-trial detention within the first place.”

“MDC routinely serves meals that’s expired and infested with maggots,” it moreover alleges. “Lockdowns additionally stay frequent, regardless of the federal government’s claims.”

Now, the decide has made his resolution, and he did not rule in Diddy’s favor. “Even when the flight-or-danger requirement was glad, there are not any ‘distinctive causes’ warranting a departure from what Congress has required,” he defined in a submitting shared by Meghann Cuniff on X right this moment (August 4).

Which means Diddy will stays behind bars a minimum of till his sentencing.

Final month, he was discovered not responsible of intercourse trafficking and racketeering after a roughly two-month-long trial in New York Metropolis. He was discovered responsible of two counts of transportation for prostitution. Every of the 2 counts carries a most sentence of ten years. Because of this, Diddy might resist 20 years in jail, although that is reportedly unlikely. His authorized staff has not publicly addressed the decide’s response to his newest bail plea.