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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys plan to enchantment as we speak a federal choose’s resolution to maintain him with out bail in his intercourse trafficking case in New York Metropolis. 

U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Robyn Tarnofsky agreed with prosecutors Tuesday and denied the hip-hop mogul bail when he appeared in federal court docket after he was charged in an indictment with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Combs pleaded not responsible to the fees throughout the identical listening to in a decrease Manhattan courtroom.

Combs is being held at a detention middle throughout the East River from Manhattan in Brooklyn, New York, based on on-line data from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Marc Agnifilo, an lawyer for Combs, advised CBS Information correspondent Jericka Duncan earlier than Wednesday’s listening to that the a part of the detention middle the place Combs is being held is “a really tough place to be.”

“It is unimaginable to organize for a trial from the place he’s,” Agnifilo mentioned.

Prosecutors argued in a letter to Tarnofsky that Combs is a flight threat and “poses an ongoing risk to the protection of the group.”

A special choose, U.S. District Choose Andrew Carter Jr., is predicted to listen to Wednesday afternoon’s bail enchantment.

Agnifilo denied the allegations towards his shopper and vowed to battle for his launch.

“We’ll battle this case with every little thing we now have, as is he, and ultimately, he’ll be proven to be harmless,” Agnifilo advised reporters outdoors the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse after Tuesday’s listening to.

Prosecutors accused Combs of utilizing his enterprise empire as a legal enterprise to hide his alleged abuse of ladies at occasions Combs known as “Freak Offs.”

“The ‘Freak Offs’ generally lasted days at a time, concerned a number of business intercourse employees and infrequently concerned a wide range of narcotics, similar to ketamine, ecstasy and GHB, which Combs distributed to the victims to maintain them obedient and compliant,” U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams, of the Southern District of New York, advised reporters Tuesday.

The fees come months after federal authorities raided Combs’ houses in Los Angeles and Miami in March and located three defaced AR-15s and a large-capacity drum journal, Williams mentioned. Prosecutors accused Combs of utilizing weapons to intimidate and threaten victims and witnesses.

The indictment unsealed Tuesday refers to an incident caught on resort safety cameras in 2016. CNN aired the footage earlier this yr, which seems to present Combs attacking the singer Cassie, his former girlfriend, in a Los Angeles resort hallway. In Might, Combs apologized for the incident, saying his conduct was “inexcusable” and that he took “full accountability” for his actions.

In November, Cassie, whose authorized identify is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit accusing Combs of rape and abuse throughout their relationship; he denied the accusations. They reached a settlement the next day.  

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