3:14 PM PT — Diddy‘s legal professional Marc Agnifilo is refusing to again down after dropping out on their bail attraction listening to, noting to reporters exterior the courthouse that their “struggle continues.”
Per Agnifilo, he is hoping to get Diddy’s case to trial sooner quite than later to “reduce” the period of time he’ll need to spend behind bars.
He additionally referred to as out the rapper’s jail situations as “inhumane” … although, the lawyer mentioned Diddy is “prepared” and “centered” forward of the trial.
Diddy’s struggle to get out of jail has stopped in its tracks … ‘trigger after arriving at court docket right this moment to attraction a choose’s ruling he should not be launched on bail, he is headed again to the detention middle.
The rap mogul arrived at a federal courthouse in New York Metropolis Wednesday … the place his sons, Christian and Justin, got here out to assist their dad — although in the end, the choose within the case determined to not grant Diddy bail.
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U.S. District Choose Andrew Carter — after listening to arguments from the attorneys — mentioned he was turning down the request as a result of “the federal government has confirmed the defendant is a hazard. The bail bundle is inadequate even on danger of flight.”
Assistant U.S. Lawyer Emily Johnson talked about the “Freak Offs” — intercourse events Diddy would allegedly host. She claimed he filmed individuals having intercourse with male escorts, partially to make use of as blackmail.
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Johnson says these victims are claiming he drugged them, after which used the tapes he made to extort them as effectively. Diddy has flatly denied these claims.
She says one such incident occurred on March 5, 2016, when Diddy allegedly tried to power a lady to have intercourse with an escort … after which she says Diddy chased down the person whereas sporting solely a towel — clearly referring to the resort surveillance video of Diddy hitting Cassie.
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The prosecutor mentioned this alleged incident with Cassie proves Diddy can’t be taken at his phrase … and guarantees the half-dozen intercourse employees allegedly linked to the case they’ve discovered is the “tip of the iceberg.”
Johnson’s making claims a few sequence of alleged retaliatory actions as effectively … claiming victims’ heads had been slammed into automobile home windows so as to coerce them into collaborating.
AUSA Johnson additionally brings up the prosecution’s curiosity within the weapons they allegedly discovered with their serial numbers eliminated … saying this is not about safety however “dangerousness.”
She argued Diddy should not be set free on bail as a result of he is allegedly reached out to individuals concerned within the case quite a few occasions — together with singer Kalenna Harper round 128 occasions.
Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, then introduced his rebuttal … presenting the proposed plan from the authorized docs they filed early right this moment.
As we instructed you … the star — who’s at present jailed at MDC Brooklyn, former house to a number of infamous stars — put his bail attraction in writing early right this moment … proposing he return to his Miami house beneath the situation he severely restricts which individuals are allowed to go to him.
He says his safety crew — Sage Intelligence — would hand over customer logs each night time to the federal government to indicate precisely who he is contacting … and, particularly, he provided to limit feminine guests — with exceptions being relations or moms of his youngsters.
Diddy additionally promised he would not contact identified grand jury members. In truth, his attorneys say he will not also have a mobile phone, so he would not have been capable of contact anybody.
As for a way a lot he was providing, Diddy caught to his $50 million bail bundle, secured by his Miami residence and his mom’s house.
His attorneys argued Diddy willingly gave up his passport, his relations have given up their passports and he handed over a letter of intent to promote his airplane … so, Diddy’s not planning on operating from the court docket, they claimed.
As for workers, Agnifilo says all of them deal with his funds in California … so, nobody coming out and in of the home.
In relation to the video of Diddy hanging Cassie, Agnifilo mentioned Diddy had a historical past of drug dependancy, which contributed to the incident.
Agnifilo talked about Governor Andrew Cuomo throughout his time as effectively … saying he engaged in comparable conduct to Diddy and wasn’t prosecuted. Cuomo was accused of sexual harassment by round a dozen ladies.
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Prosecutors had laid out their case for retaining Diddy in custody with out bail Tuesday … saying they’re afraid he’d intimidate witnesses and additional impede the case if he is launched on bond. The prosecutors had been additionally apprehensive Diddy is a flight danger due to his huge monetary assets.
Finally, Choose Robyn F. Tarnofsky denied bail for Diddy initially … and, now Carter’s performed the identical.
Initially Printed — 2:09 PM PT.
