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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Bail Request Denied After Sex Trafficking Arrest

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A judge has denied Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request for bail after the rapper pleaded not guilty to human trafficking charges.

Combs appeared before Robyn F. Tarnofsky in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday. Diddy was charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 15 years in prison or a maximum of life in prison.

The judge ruled that there were “no conditions” she could impose on Diddy. Tarnofsky pointed out that sex trafficking is a crime that occurs behind closed doors and that the rapper would be difficult to monitor, even with pre-trial monitoring services. The judge considered alternatives to detention but found them insufficient. Tarnofsky acknowledged that the weight of the evidence against Diddy is significant.

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Sean Diddy Combs wears a white vest

Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged in the indictment unsealed Wednesday with racketeering, conspiracy, trafficking in persons by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation for the purpose of prostitution. (Munawar Hosain)

The rapper entered the courtroom wearing a black T-shirt and khaki pants. He was not handcuffed and his feet were not shackled. After taking a seat next to his attorney, Combs looked around the courtroom and looked toward the jury box.

Combs offered $50 million in bail as part of a proposed bail package, according to a letter filed Tuesday by his legal team and obtained by Fox News Digital.

Additionally, on April 1, Combs surrendered his passport to an attorney. His mother, Janice, and children Chance, Jessie, D’Lila and Love Combs each surrendered their passports in response to the bail offer.

“Mr. Combs’ travel will be limited to the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York (to attend court, meet with his attorney, and attend medical appointments, which we will address in a separate, sealed filing with the court), as well as the Eastern District of New York or the District of New Jersey (only to the extent his travel to and from New York involves an airport in those districts),” the motion states.

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A cop stands on Diddy's boardwalk and looks serious

An agent was photographed outside Diddy’s Miami mansion during a federal raid on his Star Island home. (MEGA/GC Images/Getty Images)

The defense also presented the equity value of Mr. Combs’s Star Island home, which was appraised at $48,000,000, and the value of his mother’s home in Miami, Florida.

Combs has been trying to sell his plane since April 2024.

“On May 21, 2024, counsel advised the AUSAs during a telephone conversation that Mr. Combs had begun efforts to sell his aircraft,” the motion states. Several potential buyers expressed interest in purchasing the aircraft, with a “Letter of Intent” signed “as recently as this weekend.”

The plane has not yet been sold. The defense agreed to keep the plane in Los Angeles while Combs lived in Florida, if the plane was not chartered. The night he was arrested, the plane was chartered from Los Angeles to Teterboro, NJ without Combs’ knowledge, and he also had “no control over its movement.”

“It is understood that Mr. Combs agrees not to travel to any state – in this case New Jersey – where his aircraft is located, pending its sale, which is being actively pursued,” the motion read.

Combs also voluntarily moved to New York on September 5, prior to his arrest, where his attorney subsequently “immediately notified the government of Mr. Combs’ whereabouts.” His legal team offered to “continuously share Mr. Combs’ location with the government.”

The disgraced media mogul also offered house arrest with GPS monitoring and “all other standard conditions of pre-trial supervision.”

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Aerial footage of the raid on Sean Combs' Los Angeles home

In March, Sean Combs’ LA home was searched by Homeland Security officials. (Getty Images)

The U.S. Attorney’s Office asked a judge to deny Diddy bail ahead of his arraignment on Tuesday, characterizing the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer as a potential flight risk. The attorney general’s office feared Diddy might obstruct justice or threaten witnesses. The government pointed to his alleged decades-long history of violence and pattern of abuse. The attorney general said no bail conditions could address these potential concerns.

“Now I want to make two things clear. First, this office is committed to investigating and prosecuting anyone who engages in sex trafficking, no matter how powerful, wealthy or famous you are,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a press conference earlier Tuesday. “No one should doubt our commitment to that.”

“Secondly, we are not done yet. This investigation is ongoing and I encourage anyone with information about this case to come forward and to do so promptly,” he added.

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Damian Williams speaks at a press conference to announce the release of charges against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams speaks at a press conference to announce the release of charges against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

Disturbing allegations were made against Diddy in an explosive lawsuit made public on Tuesday.

Authorities alleged that Diddy ran a criminal enterprise through his companies, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion, and verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.

Combs and his employees “intimidated, threatened, and lured female victims into Combs’ employment, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs then allegedly used force, threats of force, and coercion to get victims to engage in prolonged sexual acts with male commercial sex workers, which Combs referred to as, among other things, ‘Freak Offs.'” Diddy often gave his victims IV fluids after “freak offs” to recover from physical exertion and drug use, the indictment said.

During raids on Diddy’s home in March, authorities captured “freak off supplies” along with three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, court documents said. Federal authorities seized “cases and cases of the types of personal lubricants and baby oil that Combs’ staff allegedly used to stock hotel rooms for the freak offs — more than 1,000 bottles in all,” Williams said at a news conference.

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If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit regenn.org

The Associated Press contributed to this report.