Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Is Attempting to ‘Blackmail’ Witnesses from Jail, Prosecutors Say

Federal prosecutors are as soon as once more urging a choose to not grant Sean “Diddy” Combs bail, claiming the mogul has tried to tamper with witnesses and affect potential jurors from behind bars.

Prosecutors filed a movement late Friday in response to one filed by Combs requesting one other bail listening to after he was beforehand denied pre-trial launch by two totally different judges.

Within the newest submitting, prosecutors declare that Combs has made “relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses, together with victims of his abuse who might present highly effective testimony in opposition to him.”

The Unhealthy Boy Data founder is accused of utilizing the telephone entry codes, often known as PAC numbers, of different inmates to contact a number of individuals — together with his sons — from jail and has made “three-way calls to contact different people.”

Prosecutors additionally allege that Combs has used a third-party communication service referred to as ContactMeASAP to contact “unauthorized” people.

A number of of the claims made by prosecutors within the submitting are redacted. Prosecutors referenced the case of an October name between Combs and one in every of his grownup sons for example of his alleged efforts to contact witnesses, however the specifics of that decision look like redacted. Nonetheless, prosecutors declare the decision “offers the clear inference that the defendant’s objective is to blackmail victims and witnesses both into silence or offering testimony useful to his protection.”

Combs has additionally sought to form public notion of the case from behind bars, prosecutors allege. They cite a video posted on Instagram by Combs’ son, Justin, that includes the mogul’s youngsters singing pleased birthday over the telephone to their jailed father, who turned 55 on Nov. 4.

Prosecutors say Combs, from jail, “monitored the analytics” and “viewers engagement — and explicitly mentioned along with his household how to make sure that the video had his desired impact on potential jury members on this case.”

The mogul is charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution following a federal indictment.

Combs was initially denied bail when a choose cited issues that he might tamper with witnesses.

The indictment in opposition to Combs alleges he used his affect to orchestrate “freak offs,” which prosecutors say have been extremely orchestrated intercourse performances involving male intercourse employees and ladies who have been both compelled or coerced into taking part.

Combs has pleaded not responsible however has been incarcerated within the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn as he awaits trial.

In a Nov. 8 submitting, Combs’ attorneys as soon as once more tried to have him launched, albeit on very strict circumstances.

The movement requesting bail claims the prosecution’s case is “skinny” and cites a March 2016 video referenced within the preliminary indictment in opposition to the Unhealthy Boy Data founder, by which he seems to violently assault a lady in a Los Angeles resort.

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“The video isn’t proof of a coerced ‘freak off,’ however somewhat a minutes-long glimpse into a fancy however decade-long consensual relationship between Mr. Combs and Sufferer 1,” the protection claims.

Combs’ legal professionals proposed residence detention with 24/7 safety monitoring and “near-total restrictions” on Combs’ means to contact anybody except for his protection crew.

Combs’ trial is presently scheduled for Might 2025.

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