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2:51 PM PT — Diddy‘s lawyer is decided to see the rap mogul out from behind bars. We caught up with Marc Agnifilo outdoors the courthouse in NYC Tuesday, the place he vowed to “keep fighting” till Combs is a free man.
Although Diddy was denied bail in court docket Tuesday, his legal professional is feeling assured heading into the bail attraction … noting it will likely be a unique decide for that listening to.
Watch the video … Agnifilo reacted to Diddy’s case being in comparison with different excessive profile intercourse crime circumstances, together with R. Kelly‘s and Jeffrey Epstein‘s.
1:28 PM PT — The decide simply denied bail for Diddy, who will stay in custody.
Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo spoke outdoors the courthouse after Diddy was denied bail. Agnifilo mentioned they are going to proceed to combat to get Diddy out of jail.
Decide Robyn F. Tarnofsky advised the court docket … “I thank your family members for coming, but I cannot release him.” Diddy’s sons Christian and Justin have been contained in the courtroom on the time.
12:47 PM PT — Diddy’s legal professional is taking over the narrative that the rap mogul is not a brute and a bully … seemingly hinting there’s extra to the story concerning the 2016 lodge hallway incident involving Combs and his then-girlfriend, Cassie.
Diddy’s camp argued “victim one” was wanting by means of his telephone and found he had a couple of girlfriend … hitting the rapper within the head with a cellular phone and taking off together with his clothes — which explains why he was within the hallway in a towel within the footage that surfaced again in Might.
His lawyer claims Diddy and the unnamed sufferer, assumed to be Cassie, have been very a lot in love … till the girl in query cheated “for years” with the coach the A-lister supplied for her. We have reached out to Cassie’s reps for remark.
Cassie notably married bodily coach Alex Fantastic in 2019. They share 2 kids collectively.
Diddy’s lawyer claims his consumer is “not a perfect person” … although discovered himself in “toxic relationships,” however claims they have been mutual.
Nevertheless, earlier in court docket, it was recommended that Diddy wrote a big verify to an ex for 10 years … it is unclear who obtained the cost and for what purpose.
12:20 PM PT — Prosecutors are laying out their case for denying Diddy bail … they usually say they’re anxious he’ll intimidate witnesses and hinder the case if he is launched on bond.
What’s extra, the feds say the witnesses they’ve interviewed have universally expressed worry … and prosecutors declare Diddy referred to as his former artist Kalenna Harper 54 occasions the day earlier than she made a press release a couple of latest lawsuit they have been named in.
Prosecutors additionally say Diddy’s bought the cash and the means to be a flight danger … and the feds say he had what gave the impression to be narcotics in his lodge room when he was arrested.
The feds say a pink powder that examined constructive for Ecstasy was present in Diddy’s lodge room … in addition to different medication.
Diddy simply pled not responsible to all the costs towards him.
The embattled mogul made his preliminary look in federal court docket Tuesday afternoon in Decrease Manhattan … the place he entered a not-guilty plea, as anticipated. The extra urgent subject for Diddy was whether or not or not the decide would let him out on bail.
Diddy supplied to fork over a staggering $50 million as bond. He would not pay that quantity in money — as an alternative, he supplied his $48 million Miami mansion and his mom’s house as collateral … and mentioned he was prepared to put on a GPS monitor, and restrict his journey to South Florida and the NYC space.
The court docket listening to remains to be happening and a decide has but to rule on the problem of bail.
If convicted, Diddy’s dealing with a minimal sentence of 15 years, and a statutory most of life in jail. So, the stakes are extremely excessive for him.
Prosecutors consider Diddy is a flight danger right here they usually don’t desire him out on bail.
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It will likely be fascinating to see how the decide guidelines.
Story growing …
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