It looks like Sean “Diddy” Combs is going to be sampling some cold, hard jail cell beats for the foreseeable future, as a New York federal judge just gave his bail request the old “nope, not today” treatment. That’s right—Diddy’s staying in lockup, possibly long enough to create a whole new genre of “cell block trap music.”
Apparently, the 54-year-old hip-hop mogul is facing some seriously un-funky charges. We’re talking racketeering conspiracy, child sex trafficking by force (yikes), fraud, coercion, and a little thing called transportation for the purpose of prostitution. It’s basically the legal version of a horror movie, but without the comforting knowledge that it’s all fake.
If convicted of these charges, Diddy could be looking at a lifetime in the slammer. Yup, that’s a potential “Bad Boy for life” situation, and not in the cool, 90s way. More like “Bad Boy locked up, no parole.”
Diddy strutted into court on Tuesday (September 17) with all the swagger of someone about to drop a platinum album—but instead, he dropped a “not guilty” plea. His lawyers, never ones to play small, threw out a modest suggestion for bail: a casual $50 million. Because, hey, when you’re Diddy, why not?
The judge, however, was less than impressed. Between thinking Diddy might make a run for it (probably into his private jet) and worries that he could intimidate witnesses (who might not want to be hit with a remix of threatening DMs), the judge decided Diddy was better off staying put in his VIP detention suite.
But wait, there’s more! The “proposed package” from Diddy’s legal dream team has been made public. You can check it out below—just don’t expect a discount code or any promotional freebies.
a. A $50,000,000 bond;
b. Co-signed by Sean Combs, his mother, his sister, the mother of his oldest daughter, and his three adult sons;
c. Secured by the equity in Mr. Combs’ residence located at 2 West Star Island in Miami, Florida:
a. The appraised value of the home is about $48,000,000.
b. The home is unencumbered. In anticipation of this bail hearing, on August 20, 2024, Mr. Combs paid off the remaining mortgage of about $18,000,000 so that the home could be used to secure a bond and be free of a mortgage.
d. Secured by the equity of Mr. Combs’ mother’s home located at 450 Alton Rd. in Miami, Florida;
e. Mr. Combs’ travel will be restricted to the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York (to attend Court, meet with his counsel, and attend medical appointments, which we will address to the Court in a separate, sealed, submission) as well as the Eastern District of New York or the District of New Jersey (only to the extent that his travel to and from New York involves an airport in those Districts);
f. Mr. Combs’ passport was surrendered to his counsel on April 1, 2024; his counsel advised the prosecutors of this fact in an email dated the same day;3 counsel will provide this passport to Pretrial Services;
g. The passports of the following family members, who have already surrendered their passports to counsel after the raids on Mr. Combs’ homes:
a. Janice Combs;
b. Chance Combs;
c. Jessie Combs;
d. D’Lila Combs; and
e. Love Combs.
