Judge Calls Music Mogul Diddy "Too Dangerous" to Release Despite Partial Acquittal

Fresh off a partial acquittal in Sean "Diddy" Combs' highly publicized sex trafficking and racketeering trial, the hip-hop icon's legal team was eager to celebrate, or at least get out of town. But a federal judge instead slammed the door on that idea, casting aside Diddy's call to be allowed out on bail and ruling that he is still too much of a threat to set free before his sentencing.

The atmosphere in the courtroom was tense as Judge Arun Subramanian delivered the decision about the jury's mixed verdict. Although the most incendiary accusations Diddy faced were dismissed (directly related to his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura), Diddy was also convicted on two other counts, one of which specifically involved trafficking young women over state lines for sex.

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Diddy's lawyers portrayed a misunderstood man, pointing to his family obligations, his mother's ailing health, and his treatment inside Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, which they said was inhumane. They promised a $1 million bond and argued that the remaining charges didn't meet the federal threshold of "crimes of violence."

Subramanian mentions Diddy's "history of violent behavior," alluding to the widely publicized surveillance video of him going after Ventura, and to another reported attack at the London Hotel. The court described him as a continuing danger to the public, and he has not provided any reason to believe otherwise.

"The government told this court for months and months, then it broadcast to the world, Sean Combs is a monster who masterminded a 20-year federal crime spree with a shoebox and an iPhone," attorney A.E. Shapiro wrote in an impassioned missive to the court. "That jury heard the government's evidence and thoroughly rejected the government's portrayal of Mr. Combs.

While it's also true that the jury didn't completely buy the prosecution's sweeping indictment, the guilty verdicts that did stick loom large. And prosecutors hammered away at Diddy's supposed efforts to cover his tracks, including his behavior once he learned of the federal investigation, his relationship with drugs, and the larger pattern of hiding his actions, as even his inner circle remained none the wiser.

They said the risk he posed outweighed any personal pleas for leniency and that his behavior put him at risk.

Ultimately, the court agreed, and Diddy will remain in prison until his sentencing date, scheduled for October 3, 2025. What started as a sensational courtroom drama that attracted worldwide attention now takes a different turn, since one of hip-hop's most influential men finds himself in a federal cell, still dealing with the aftermath of a life lived under flashing neon lights.