Decide Arun Subramanian has made a ruling concerning Sean “Diddy” Combs’ instant future behind bars.
On Wednesday, July 2, Subramanian introduced that the disgraced music mogul ought to stay in custody whereas awaiting sentencing, NBC News reported.
Earlier than the ruling was made, each the prosecutors and protection attorneys every acknowledged their case for why Diddy ought to or shouldn’t stay behind bars till sentencing. (Cassie’s lawyer and the prosecution each requested the decide to disclaim bail.)
The choice comes after Diddy, 55, was acquitted on racketeering and intercourse trafficking costs. He was, nevertheless, discovered responsible on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. (Diddy pleaded not responsible to all costs introduced in opposition to him after his September 2024 arrest in New York Metropolis and has denied the entire allegations.)
Sean “Diddy” Combs faces a doable jail sentence of as much as 20 years after he was discovered responsible on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Every depend carries a sentence of a most of 10 years in jail. After Diddy, 55, was discovered responsible of each counts on Wednesday, July 2, the prosecution […]
Every transportation cost carries a most sentence of 10 years in jail. The prosecution beforehand requested that Diddy serve any potential sentence consecutively, which means he might face a most of 20 years in jail. (Diddy’s sentencing date has but to be introduced.)
The 12-person jury — consisting of eight males and 4 girls — started their deliberations on Monday, June 30, with regard to Diddy’s extremely publicized intercourse trafficking trial.
Whereas the jury reached a verdict on 4 of the 5 counts on Tuesday, July 1, they remained deadlocked on the racketeering conspiracy cost. After receiving further directions from the decide, they briefly continued deliberating on Wednesday earlier than reaching a verdict on all counts.
Sean “Diddy” Combs Dimitrios Kambouris/MG18/Getty Pictures for The Met Museum/Vogue
After the verdicts have been learn, Diddy’s legal professional Marc Agnifilo requested for the instant launch of the rapper so he may very well be allowed to return to his Miami Seashore dwelling on Star Island.
“His household is right here and will signal a bond,” Agnifilo informed the decide. “He ought to be launched in the present day.”
When Subramanian requested, “Are you proposing he simply stroll exterior now?” Agnifilo replied, “Sure.”
“He’s now not charged with intercourse trafficking or racketeering,” the protection legal professional added. “His airplane has been chartered — it’s in Maui. He doesn’t have entry to his airplane. That is his first conviction, and it’s a prostitution offense. He ought to be launched.”
Authorized consultants questioned whether or not Sean “Diddy” Combs could be discovered responsible of racketeering weeks earlier than his partial acquittal. “Based mostly upon Cassie’s testimony, we don’t actually see the weather of the racketeering,” felony legal professional Joshua Ritter, who is just not affiliated with the case, solely informed Us Weekly in a canopy story revealed in June. “[That] would […]
Agnifilo requested a $1 million bond, which might permit Diddy to journey to New York, Los Angeles and Florida.
Prosecutor Maurene Comey, nevertheless, opposed Diddy’s launch and reminded the decide that the jury discovered the defendant responsible on two costs.
“An individual discovered responsible shall be detained till the judicial officer finds he’s not prone to flee or be a hazard,” Comey argued.
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