Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns to court with another $50 million bail proposal

Sean “Diddy” Combs is back in court today after renewing his bid to be released on $50 million bail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking and extortion charges.

Earlier this week, the judge ordered federal prosecutors to delete images of the billionaire mogul’s handwritten notes taken during a search of his prison — which his lawyers said were protected by attorney-client privilege and improperly seized. Excerpts from those notes, which prosecutors referenced earlier, cannot be used at the bond hearing, the judge added.

The quotes in question referred to getting “dirt” on at least two potential witnesses.

After seeing his bail denied on two previous occasions following an arrest in September, Combs renewed his quest for freedom last week with a new bail proposal offering the same amount of $50 million, secured by his Miami Beach mansion, which his lawyers say is worth about $48. million. Prosecutors argue that Combs’ release could endanger victims and witnesses. Despite the staggering sum offered by the defense, the judge has so far kept the hip-hop icon behind bars.

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In court documents, his attorneys argued that the brutal assault of ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel, captured on video, was part of “a minute-long look into a complex, but decades-long consensus the relationship between Mr. Combs and Victim-1.”

Prosecutors previously raised “serious concerns” about the safety of victims and witnesses if Combs were to walk free, and the judge overseeing his criminal case denied his sweeping request for a gag order that would have restricted additional prosecutors from coming forward.

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“Comb’s authorities do not support a gag order that applies not only to participants in the trial, but also to any alleged victim and their attorney,” Judge Arun Subramanian wrote. “Local Rule 23.1 does not allow this kind of relief. The limitations of this rule do not even apply to witnesses, let alone potential ones, who have not yet been identified.”

Combs has been held without bail in a federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest on federal sex trafficking, forced prostitution and extortion charges.

A trial is scheduled for May 5 next year. At that point, the U.S. attorney overseeing his case could be replaced by President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton.

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The feds opened their investigation in November 2023, around the time Ventura sued Combs alleging physical and sexual abuse. He settled her civil lawsuit a day after she filed it.

Combs vehemently denied the allegations made by Ventura and by all the other prosecutors. So, the video leaked – shows the nearly naked billionaire brutally assaulting her in the hallway of Los Angeles’ Intercontinental Hotel.

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The video appeared to confirm at least one allegation in Ventura’s lawsuit — that Combs punched her in the face at the hotel in 2016.

“Mr. Combs became extremely intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura in the face and gave her a black eye“, her lawyers argued.

He was drunk, according to the lawsuit, and when he passed out, she tried to sneak out. However, he allegedly woke up and resumed screaming at her, followed her into the hallway and threw her to the ground.

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Over the past year, new accusers have continued to come forward, and Texas attorney Tony Buzbee said in October that he now represents more than 100 people who want to sue the rapper.

Combs has been accused of distributing date-rape drugs and victimizing adults and children at parties, some of which allegedly involved unnamed “celebrity” accomplices.

The judge is still considering some of Combs’ other documents taken during the prison search, which include 19 pages of notes from his locker at the federal penitentiary, “intact pages from two different legal pads,” pages from an address book and uncut pages from three other legal pads.

The defense has also requested copies of prison surveillance video taken during the search.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.