NEW YORK –
Sean “Diddy” Combs is interesting a federal choose’s choice to maintain him in jail whereas he awaits trial on intercourse trafficking fees.
The hip-hop mogul’s legal professionals filed a discover of attraction Monday within the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals after beforehand saying they might ask the appeals court docket to overturn Choose Andrew L. Carter’s ruling and launch him.
Combs, 54, has been locked up on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn since pleaded not responsible Sept. 17 to fees that he used his “energy and status” to induce feminine victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male intercourse staff in occasions dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Carter rejected a defence proposal that will’ve allowed the “I am going to Be Lacking You” singer to be positioned below home arrest at his Florida mansion with GPS monitoring and strict limits on guests.
The choose mentioned the plan, which included a US$50 million bail supply, was “inadequate” to make sure the protection of the group and the integrity of Combs’ case. Carter mentioned that “no situation or set of circumstances” for Combs’ launch might guard in opposition to the chance of him threatening or harming witnesses.
Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, had urged shifting him from the Brooklyn jail, which has been suffering from rampant violence and horrific circumstances, to at least one in Essex County, New Jersey. He later deserted that concept.
Combs is due again in court docket for a standing convention on Oct. 9.
