Diddy asked to be under house arrest at his Miami Beach mansion. Here’s the ruling
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Federal probe into music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs
Sean “Diddy” Combs was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after his Star Island mansion was raided.
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The third time wasn’t the charm.
Sean “Diddy” Combs won’t be home for Thanksgiving after yet another request for bail was denied, at least for the time being, according to widespread media reports.
On Friday, the embattled rapper appeared in court, with his legal team attempting to put up $50 million with his Star Island mansion, which was raided by feds in March, as collateral.
His lawyers also proposed that Combs be under house arrest with 24 hour surveillance.
But District Judge Arun Subramaniam, who is overseeing the rapper’s sex trafficking case, wasn’t buying it. There were apparently concerns that Combs remains a flight risk and has a dock at the waterfront South Florida compound.
The alternative plan was to have Combs stay at a three bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, according to Newsweek. It’s unclear to whom that pad belongs.
“There’d be two security guards in the apartment and one downstairs, so a total of three,” one of his lawyers Marc Agnifilo reportedly told the judge. “No access to phones or the internet, except for calls with counsel arranged by the security personnel.”
But the judge didn’t sign off on that arrangement, either. That means Combs will be behind bars at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center on Thanksgiving Day.
A rep for the Federal Bureau of Prisons told The New York Post that the disgraced mogul’s communal holiday meal on Thursday will be traditional — turkey with cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, mixed veggies, dinner rolls and “assorted pies.”
The father of seven’s trial on sex trafficking and other charges is set for May 5, 2025.
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This story was originally published November 26, 2024 at 4:57 PM.
