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Damning new text messages were revealed Wednesday in the sex-trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs — as a Manhattan judge ruled the hip-hop mogul would remain behind bars pending trial.

Manhattan federal Judge Andrew Carter, Jr. said Combs’ proposal for home detention and electronic monitoring on $50 million bail were “insufficient” – upholding a magistrate judge’s Tuesday ruling to remand him.

Combs seen in Central park the day before his arrest. / SWNS

Prosecutor Emily Johnson, during the hearing on Combs’ bail request, used messages between the Bad Boy Records founder and his alleged victims to bolster her argument that he should remain jailed.

Here’s what we know about the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs

One victim allegedly messaged Combs on Nov. 19 after reading allegations in Cassie Ventura’s Nov. 16 lawsuit against the rapper, saying Ventura’s claims sounded like her own.

Combs was held without bail after pleading not guilty to sex-trafficking charges on Tuesday. AP

“I feel like I’m reading my own sexual trauma,” the message, read in court by the prosecutor, said.

“It makes me sick how three solid pages word for word is exactly my experiences and my anguish,” the alleged victim wrote.

Christian Combs, son of rapper and music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, at Federal Court in Manhattan for his father’s bail hearing. William Farrington

“In recordings, [Combs] gaslit her and he attempted to convince her that she had willingly engaged in sex acts with him,” Johnson claimed.

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