3:14 PM PT — Diddy‘s legal professional Marc Agnifilo is refusing to again down after dropping out on their bail enchantment 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 slightly 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 circumstances as “inhumane” … although, the lawyer mentioned Diddy is “prepared” and “targeted” forward of the trial.
Diddy’s struggle to get out of jail has stopped in its tracks … ‘trigger after arriving at court docket at this time to enchantment a decide’s ruling he should not be launched on bail, he is headed again to the detention heart.
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 finally, the decide within the case determined to not grant Diddy bail.
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U.S. District Decide Andrew Carter — after listening to arguments from the legal professionals — mentioned he was turning down the request as a result of “the federal government has confirmed the defendant is a hazard. The bail package deal is inadequate even on threat of flight.”
Assistant U.S. Legal professional Emily Johnson talked about the “Freak Offs” — intercourse events Diddy would allegedly host. She claimed he filmed folks 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 properly. Diddy has flatly denied these claims.
She says one such incident occurred on March 5, 2016, when Diddy allegedly tried to power a girl to have intercourse with an escort … after which she says Diddy chased down the person whereas sporting solely a towel — clearly referring to the lodge 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 couple of sequence of alleged retaliatory actions as properly … claiming victims’ heads have been slammed into automobile home windows to be able 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 folks concerned within the case quite a few occasions — together with singer Kalenna Harper round 128 occasions.
Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, then offered his rebuttal … presenting the proposed plan from the authorized docs they filed early at this time.
As we advised you … the star — who’s at the moment jailed at MDC Brooklyn, former dwelling to a number of infamous stars — put his bail enchantment in writing early at this time … proposing he return to his Miami dwelling underneath the situation he severely restricts which individuals are allowed to go to him.
He says his safety group — 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 members of the family or moms of his children.
Diddy additionally promised he would not contact recognized grand jury members. In reality, his legal professionals say he will not also have a cellular phone, so he would not have been capable of contact anybody.
As for the way a lot he was providing, Diddy caught to his $50 million bail package deal, secured by his Miami residence and his mom’s dwelling.
His legal professionals argued Diddy willingly gave up his passport, his members of the family have given up their passports and he handed over a letter of intent to promote his aircraft … so, Diddy’s not planning on working 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 properly … 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 holding 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 have been additionally frightened Diddy is a flight threat due to his large monetary sources.
In the end, Decide Robyn F. Tarnofsky denied bail for Diddy initially … and, now Carter’s accomplished the identical.
Initially Printed — 2:09 PM PT.