Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to appear in court for a bail hearing to determine if he remains in jail until trial.
The music mogul was already denied bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution charges. Following Combs’ arraignment hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky ruled he must remain in custody as he awaits trial.
In a letter filed to Judge Andrew L. Carter on Wednesday, Combs’ lawyers proposed an amended bail package of $50 million. If accepted, the bond would be secured with the equity of Combs’ Miami home, which he paid off the mortgage for in anticipation of his bail hearing, and his mother’s Miami residence.
Combs is currently being held in solitude within the Special Housing Unit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, according to CNN and the Daily Beast.
On Tuesday, Tarnofsky said she has “very significant concerns” about Combs’ substance abuse and “what appears to be anger issues,” The Associated Press reported. Per NBC, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told the judge that when he was arrested Monday night, a pink powder suspected to be a narcotic was found in Combs’ hotel room where he was staying.
The rapper’s bail package, updated Wednesday to include more stipulations, proposes several security measures to monitor Combs’ behavior ahead of trial, including restricted travel between New York and Florida, house arrest with GPS monitoring, limiting the number of female visitors to Combs’ home and weekly drug testing.
“These proposed conditions will assuage any fears of danger to the community and will ensure his return to court,” Combs’ attorneys wrote.
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In Combs’ motion for bond, his lawyers confirmed the rapper was searched on his plane during the raids and his children were held at gunpoint by Homeland Security agents.
The legal team claims the producer has had difficulty securing a “one-month rental” in New York City due to the case and landlords’ “discomfort with having Mr. Combs as a tenant given the investigation.” Combs has been staying at the Park Hyatt and Carlyle hotels, his lawyers say.
Through his lawyers, Combs requested to be released to home detention with GPS monitoring on a $50 million bond, which is secured by the equity in his $48 million Miami property and his mother Janice Combs’ home nearby. Combs, along with his mother and daughters Chance, Jessie, D’Lia and Love Combs, have all surrendered their passports to his legal counsel, the document states.
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“Sean Combs has never evaded, avoided, eluded or run from a challenge in his life,” his lawyers’ motion reads. “He will not start now. As he has handled every hardship, he will meet this case head-on, he will work hard to defend himself, and he will prevail.”
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According to the 14-page indictment filed in federal court on Sept. 12 and unsealed Tuesday, Combs turned his “multi-faceted business empire” into a “criminal enterprise” in which he and his associates engaged in kidnapping, arson and physical violence, sex trafficking and forced labor, among other crimes.
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Multiple AR-15 guns, large-capacity magazines, “evidence” of the crimes in the indictment and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant allegedly used for “freak offs” were discovered during the raids, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a press conference Tuesday.
“Today, we shatter any false notion of impunity as we uncover the defendant’s alleged pattern of manipulation, exploitation and outright abuse,” said Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge William S. Walker in a statement Tuesday. “Make no mistake: We are here today only because of the unwavering strength of victims and witnesses who have already endured unspeakable hardships.”
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