Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Stay in Jail After Bail Is Denied for a Second Time

Published on September 18, 2024

NEW YORK—Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the rapper’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail. U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter ruled that Combs’ plan—which included a $50 million bail offer, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors—was “insufficient” to ensure the safety of the community and the integrity of his case. Carter, agreeing with prosecutors who fought to keep Combs in jail, found that “no condition or set of conditions” governing his release could guard against the risk of him threatening or harming witnesses—a central charge in his case....

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