Diddy accused of ‘relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses’ from behind bars

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of “repeatedly” breaking rules portion down bars successful a bid to interaction the result of his sex-trafficking trial, according to prosecutors urging a justice to contradict the hip-hop mogul’s latest bail request.

Those “relentless efforts” allegedly see attempting to scope retired to prospective witnesses oregon imaginable victims, and asking his children to carry retired societal media campaigns to power nationalist opinion.

In their latest tribunal filing, prosecutors assertion they uncovered Combs’ attempts aft reviewing recorded telephone calls from jail.

Combs, who was arrested connected Sept. 16 connected enactment trafficking and racketeering charges, has been spending his days astatine Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center arsenic helium awaits the start of his proceedings connected May 5. He has pleaded not blameworthy and denies immoderate wrongdoing.

Earlier this month, Combs’ attorneys proposed caller conditions for his contiguous release, aft 2 erstwhile unsuccessful attempts. The connection includes a $50 cardinal enslaved agreement, round-the-clock location detention and strict limitations connected his quality to interaction anyone extracurricular his ineligible team.

Citing “new evidence” and “changed circumstances,” attorneys for Combs argued that keeping him detained leaves him “unconstitutionally handicapped” successful participating successful his defence and preparing for trial.

But successful documents filed successful Manhattan national tribunal precocious Friday night, prosecutors assertion the 55-year-old Grammy victor began breaking jailhouse rules astir arsenic soon arsenic helium arrived astatine the detention center.

“The suspect has shown repeatedly — adjacent portion successful custody — that helium volition flagrantly and repeatedly flout rules successful bid to improperly interaction the result of his case,” prosecutors wrote successful their filing. “The suspect has shown, successful different words, that helium cannot beryllium trusted to abide by rules oregon conditions.”

According to the recorded calls, the erstwhile popular civilization powerhouse has besides been wide astir his intentions to anonymously stock accusation helium believes would yet assistance successful his defense, prosecutors allege.

“The defendant’s efforts to obstruct the integrity of this proceeding besides includes relentless efforts to interaction imaginable witnesses, including victims of his maltreatment who could supply almighty grounds against him,” prosecutors wrote.

They accidental they tin infer from his behaviour that Combs intends to blackmail victims and witnesses into silence, telling the justice helium should stay locked up.

Combs’ ineligible squad did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected Saturday.

A bail proceeding is scheduled for precocious adjacent week.

With News Wire Services