Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers have won a third chance to request bail for the music mogul, arguing that he should be released from jail ahead of his federal sex-trafficking trial date slated for May 5, 2025.
The “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper, 54, has been denied bail twice so far — with his legal team’s latest unsuccessful attempt being shot down last month.
Now, the disgraced hip hop mogul’s lawyers argue that “changed circumstances” are enough for him to be able to await trial in the comfort of his home.
The global celebrity is accused of crafting disturbing orgies he dubbed “Freak Offs,” in which women would be drawn into his orbit, given drugs and forced into marathon sex sessions with male prostitutes, the feds said.
The Bad Boys Records founder has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, and has strongly denied any wrongdoing.
In their motion, the defense team claimed new evidence show “that the government’s case is thin.”
Combs’ legal reps added that unearthed evidence goes against the prosecution’s allegation that a video dating back to March 2016 showed Combs physically abuse a woman during a “coerced ‘Freak Off’” — as initially cited in the indictment.
Combs’ lawyers argue that the video in question instead showed a mere glimpse “into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship between Mr. Combs and Victim-1,” the motion states.
A bail hearing has been set by US District Judge Arun Subramanian for 2 p.m. on Nov. 22.
The Post has reached out to Combs’ reps for comment.
Combs has remained at a federal correctional facility since his Sept. 16 arrest. Prior to his upcoming bail hearing, he was not due back in court until Dec. 18.
Combs last month appealed a Manhattan judge’s no-bail ruling, arguing he should be freed from jail ahead of his sex trafficking trial because the prosecutors’ push to keep him behind bars is “based on speculation.”
His lawyers filed the brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Oct. 8 as Combs has languished in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention since he was arrested on bombshell federal charges.
At the time, the Manhattan US Attorney’s office successfully argued to a judge that Combs was a “serial abuser and serial obstructer” who could intimidate witnesses or even flee before his trial.
However, Combs’ defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro claimed the “government’s arguments about the risk of obstruction were based on speculation, resting mainly on untested allegations about communications with witnesses in civil cases and communications initiated by supposed witnesses and not Mr. Combs.”
“The sensationalism surrounding his arrest has distorted the bail analysis: Mr. Combs was not released pending trial, even though he offered to comply with restrictive conditions that would have prevented any conceivable risk of flight or danger,” Shapiro also wrote in her legal brief.
The filing came one month after Combs was denied bail in October — weeks after he was initially denied bail on Sept. 17 on charges he led a depraved criminal empire in which he threatened women and forced them to take part in drugged-up sex shows for over a decade.
Prosecutors argued the music mogul should be jailed because he’s an “extreme danger to the community.”
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