UPDATED, 3:05 p.m.: The third time wasn’t the charm for Sean “Diddy” Combs when it comes to getting out of the clink.

After considering arguments and further filings from both the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the former music mogul’s defense team earlier this week, a federal judge on Wednesday rejected Combs’ latest bid to be released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City before his trial in 2025. .

“Defendant Sean Combs renewed his request for bail on November 8, 2024. The court held a hearing on November 22, 2024, and the parties filed additional briefs on November 25 and 26, 2024,” Judge Arun Subramanian wrote in a five-page article. pre-Thanksgiving ruling (read the order denying Sean Combs’ bail request here). “For the following reasons, Combs’ motion is DENIED.”

“The Court finds that the government has demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions can reasonably ensure the safety of the community,” the district judge added bluntly.

The 55-year-old Combs, who was arrested in mid-September on racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution charges, could carry a life sentence if convicted. The trial against 55-year-old Combs will begin on May 5, 2025. a $50 million bond plus other guarantees, Combs saw two previous bail attempts stymied in September.

EARLIER, NOV 25 3:24 PM: The outgoing U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on Monday warned a federal judge to beware of bail efforts for Sean “Diddy” Combs, as the Bad Boy Records founder has an ongoing “history of obstructive behavior” and “his personal property physically abused’. staff.”

Combs is charged with racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The 55-year-old Grammy winner, who entered a not guilty plea after his September 16 arrest, is also facing a barrage of civil lawsuits filed almost daily over his celebrity-visited, drug-fueled and videotaped ‘freak offs’. He faces life in prison if found guilty in the criminal case that starts on May 5.

Citing the currently incarcerated Combs for “his decades-long pattern of violence,” Damian Williams’ office today painted a picture of the defendant before Judge Arun Subramanian that is far more vivid than almost anything we’ve heard from the circumspect U.S. attorney. far.

Over the years, the suspect’s physical and sexual abuse has taken many forms, often in the context of long-term romantic relationships. There was a common theme throughout: the suspect repeatedly and consistently coerced women into satisfying his sexual desires. Often behind closed doors, the suspect committed acts of violence against women, including throwing them to the ground, dragging their hair, kicking, pushing, punching and hitting. He manipulated, coerced and extorted women, including by supplying them with drugs, threatening to withhold financial support and threatening to distribute sex tapes that the suspect had made of their sexual encounters. He intimidated women, including by displaying firearms, threatening them, showing up at their homes unannounced and trying to break down the door – on one occasion with a hammer. In addition to his romantic partners, the suspect also physically abused his personal staff. Former staff members described the defendant threatening to kill them, throwing objects at them, and being punched, punched, and pushed by the defendant, and witnessed him doing the same to others.

This significant history of violence must be taken into account when considering the suspect’s obstructive activity. All things considered, there can be no doubt that the government has proven defendant’s dangerousness by clear and convincing evidence.

After a sometimes heated hearing at New York’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse on November 22 in the third attempt by Combs’ lawyers to have him post $50 million bail, the judge told all parties that he would have to leave before 9:00 a.m. wanted ‘further submissions’. PT Monday before making a decision.

With conflicting accounts of what actually happened during an alleged pre-planned raid a few weeks ago on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Subramanian’s ruling on whether Combs could be granted bail and placed under 24/7 security supervision could end up in a The three-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side is expected before Thanksgiving.

While the defense tends to connect with some of Donald Trump’s more recent legal battles, today they are planting a flag of family and freedom of speech for their client.

“For months and months, government agents, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and others with questionable motives have polluted the airwaves with false and outrageous claims about Mr. Combs,” the eight-page correspondence signed by attorneys Alexandria Shapiro, Mark Agnifilo and Teny Geragos exclaims.

“This non-stop drumbeat of negative publicity has destroyed (Combs) reputation and will make it virtually impossible for him to receive a fair trial. Mr. Combs doesn’t have to sit idly by and resign himself to all of this. He has a right to a fair trial and a constitutional right to speak out on his own behalf,” they added, using terms used in previous documents. “The government’s arguments that asking his children to post birthday wishes on Instagram and that he has no right to publicly express his opinion that this prosecution is racially motivated are simply an unconstitutional attempt to silence him .”

The defense says: “The government is essentially advocating a standard in which the entire press community – and civil plaintiffs and the government itself – can wage war on Mr. Combs’ reputation, but Mr. Combs cannot even attempt to influence public opinion . himself in response. That is simply not the law.”

Filed after the defense this morning, the slightly redacted document from Williams — soon to be replaced by Trump appointee Jay Clayton — largely sidesteps constitutional issues and rips the defense team led by Agnifilo and Geragos for its lack of “meaningful guardrails’. ” in place in this latest bail for Combs.

The SDNY USAO has also responded harshly to “the defense’s blasé attitude toward violating these rules, while at the same time asking this Court to release their client.” They added that this “does not give the government any confidence that counsel will be able to monitor the suspect’s conduct with any accuracy.” And with what would be called a hard kick in a fight at the bar, it was further said: “Indeed, contrary to counsel’s statements a few days ago, the defendant remained committed in unauthorized communications with MDC family members by using another inmate’s ContactMeASAP account yesterday.

While slightly more inside baseball than other comments the U.S. Attorney’s Office made in its 13-page brief on Monday, the prosecution’s claim about the “shell game” being played by the defense could prove to be the most damning in any bail provision.

“After the defense stated unequivocally at the earlier bail hearing before Judge Carter that the suspect would not contact grand jury witnesses, it became clear that the suspect had done just that: phone records and electronic evidence show that the suspect “contacted Witness-1 repeatedly leading up to and after his grand jury appearance, and subsequently the suspect apparently deleted the messages from his phone,” they stated, referring to Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Venture (aka as Witness-1), which accused him. for assault and rape a short live suit last year that was settled within 24 hours for about $30 million.

“Finally, it cannot be ignored that the suspect’s propensity for obstruction has continued recently, as in court last week, when it emerged that the suspect forged documents to the Court during a hearing convened to address his allegations of government misconduct,” the FBI added to Combs’ allegation that documents and notes labeled “legal” were improperly taken and photographed by MSC personnel during the raid on his cell and locker.

As we discussed the entire defense, it became apparent that some of those pages did not actually have the term “legal” on the original documents – a fact that greatly angered Subramanian last week.

The defense, so to speak, acknowledged the mistake of not labeling papers as “legal” and then suddenly labeling them as “legal” during the November 22 hearing. government.

However, in a second filing Monday after the hearing, the defense said: “Mr. Combs objects to the Government’s submission to the extent that it goes beyond answering the Court’s specific question, and requests that the Court not consider any new or repetitive information in the Government’s letter.”

All this says is that we intend to try again if you deny us bail this time.