Sean “Diddy” Combs plans to enchantment a Manhattan choose’s ruling that the disgraced hip hop mogul be locked up with out bail forward of his trial on disturbing intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees.
Combs, 54, filed a discover of enchantment with the Southern District of New York on Monday, in line with court docket paperwork, step one in an try and spring himself from the slammer.
It stays unclear when the official enchantment will really be filed, or when a listening to will probably be held.
Combs was arrested at a Manhattan resort on September 16, and has been held in Brooklyn’s infamous Metropolitan Detention Heart — which has housed the likes of intercourse criminals R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell, and crypto-currency swindler Sam Bankman-Fried.
As a “preventative measure,” Combs had been positioned on suicide watch — however his authorized staff has insisted he’s in a very good mind-set and is getting ready his case.
“His resolve is powerful, he’s engaged, he’s centered on his protection,” lawyer Marc Agnifilo beforehand instructed TMZ.
Combs has employed two attorneys to affix Agnifilo in his protection: Anthony Ricco, who efficiently represented an NYPD officer charged with killing an unarmed man; and Alexandra Shapiro, who’s engaged on Bankman-Fried’s personal enchantment.
Prosecutors argue Combs was a “serial abuser and a serial obstructer” throughout his first bail listening to, and introduced up a 2016 incident the place he tried to bribe resort safety to cowl up his violent assault on then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Manhattan federal Justice of the Peace Decide Robyn Tarnofsky agreed with prosecutors, and remanded Combs to jail.
Combs is accused of masterminding disturbing orgies he dubbed “Freak Offs,” through which ladies could be lured into his orbit, dosed with medication and compelled into days-long marathon intercourse classes with male prostitutes.
Medicine have been used to “preserve the victims obedient and compliant,” in line with the federal grievance, whereas Combs would allegedly movie the classes and masturbate to them.
The operation allegedly used workers of Combs’ who helped arrange journey for contributors, ebook resort rooms the place the “Freak Offs” have been held, and convey stockpiles of lube, medication, and additional sheets.
The embattled hip hop star was additionally charged with racketeering conspiracy, fraud, and coercion and transportation for the needs of prostitution, every of which he pleaded not responsible to.
His subsequent court docket look is scheduled for October 9.
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