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The New York Times reports:
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Sean Combs to remain in jail until his trial for sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, rejecting an appeal by the music mogul’s lawyers requesting that he be released on bail.
At Mr. Combs’s arraignment on Tuesday, a magistrate judge rejected Mr. Combs’s bail request and ordered him detained, citing his history of substance abuse and alleged violence, prosecutors’ accusations of witness tampering and the serious nature of the sex trafficking charge.
In appealing that decision on Wednesday to a district judge, Andrew L. Carter Jr., Mr. Combs’s lawyers argued once again that he had been cooperating with the prosecutors’ investigation for months, had voluntarily surrendered his passport and had paid off an $18 million mortgage on his house in Miami Beach so that the property could be used to secure a $50 million bond.
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AUSA: We seized six guns, they were in the defendant’s home and he had access to them. We are focused on the defaced guns in defendant’s closet. This is not about security but dangerousness. The security team is the same one he says would monitor him
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2024
AUSA: The indisputable evidence makes clear you cannot take the defendant at his word. March 5, 2016 is far from the defendant’s lone act of violence and obstruction. Freak-off activity is the core of this case. They use force, coercion and drugs
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2024
Agnifilo: Even if you don’t trust him, trust the bond package – $50 million bond, no internet, Sage – that will give the court comfort that he is not a flight risk. Then he can prepare for his trial. We had known this was coming. He could have run in March
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2024
Agnfilo: He was an actual altar boy –
Judge: How far back are you going?
Agnifilo: He watches a sermon every day. He has done a great deal to earn the court’s trust. I ask you to release him.— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2024
Judge: I’ve heard from the parties, I find that the government have proven the defendant is a danger. Regarding the bail package, it is insufficient even on risk of flight.
[Sean Combs will remain detained.]— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2024