Diddy Appeals Bail Denial By Promising Drug Testing, No Female Visitors
Diddy has filed an appeal in response to a judge denying his release and bail.
TMZ reports that Sean Combs and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, filed legal documents issuing a slew of promises if the artist were to be released on bail. This includes being regularly drug tested and barring women, besides his family, from visiting him.
A portion of the letter stated that “family, property caretakers, and friends who are not considered co-conspirators” would be the only people allowed to visit his client if released. Their letter also insisted that “any person who enters the property should sign a visitor log,” which would be sent to the courts daily.
Combs also reasoned that he would have no contact with people considered potential witnesses in an explosive case that now includes a RICO charge.
Diddy’s proposed bail package, via @meghanncuniff: pic.twitter.com/lF6nx6pn12
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 17, 2024
The news arrives a day after the mogul entered a not-guilty plea to all of the charges lodged against him, including transportation to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking. Combs was set on meeting the initial $50,000,000 bail by putting up his Miami home and using his mother’s house as collateral. However, the court denied his request for bail on Tuesday (Sept. 17), and the mogul has been in jail since.
Federal prosecutors released a letter to the judge, explaining why Combs shouldn’t be released and how his actions in previous months influenced their decision. Prosecutors asserted that Diddy contacted potential victims and witnesses, asking them for “their friendship and support.” On other occasions, the prosecutors stated that Combs allegedly “gaslit” some of the victims into “believing false narratives.” They concluded that Diddy is too much of a flight risk and that he may “potentially flee,” per TMZ.
Rolling Stone reports that Agnifilo argued that his client wasn’t a threat and should be released on bail, asking the court to “trust” Puffy. But New York Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky wasn’t feeling Agnifilo’s advice to “trust” Diddy, citing Combs’ “anger issues” as a true threat.
“Your lawyer asked us to trust you—[I don’t think] you can trust yourself,” she told Combs. “Your lawyer can’t control you.”
Diddy's lawyers filed a new letter seeking release.
"…when it became apparent to his counsel that Mr. Combs would at some point soon be formally charged, he did something extraordinary: He left his home in Miami and travelled to New York to surrender."https://t.co/8PwyHkSW1G pic.twitter.com/mvl4avF9tS
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) September 18, 2024
Look through the legal documents above.
