NEED TO KNOW
- Cassie Ventura is asking a choose to maintain Sean “Diddy” Combs in jail pending his sentencing
- The mogul was convicted on prostitution expenses however acquitted on extra severe racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses
- Combs’ workforce is requesting he be launched on $1 million bond
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s lawyer is asking the choose in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial to disclaim his launch on bond after the music mogul was convicted of prostitution expenses on Wednesday, July 2.
In a letter submitted to Decide Arun Subramanian, Douglas Wigdor shared Ventura’s concern that her ex-boyfriend may pose a hazard to her or others.
“Ms. Ventura believes that Mr. Combs is more likely to pose a hazard to the victims who testified on this case, together with herself, in addition to to the group,” Wigdor wrote within the letter reviewed by ipromiseyoumedia.
Ventura, the prosecution’s star witness, testified in opposition to Combs for days, recounting in harrowing element the alleged rape, bodily assault, sexual assault and abuse she endured by the hands of the Dangerous Boy Information founder, whom she dated for a decade. She testified whereas eight months pregnant and shortly afterwards gave delivery to a son.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Combs pressured or coerced a number of girls — together with Ventura and one other who testified below the pseudonym “Jane” — to participate in choreographed intercourse acts involving male escorts, referred to in court docket as “freak offs” or “lodge nights.”
In a press release shared to the media after the decision was learn, Wigdor praised Ventura’s bravery in testifying.
“By coming ahead along with her expertise, Cassie has left an indelible mark on each the leisure trade and the battle for justice,” Wigdor mentioned. “We should repeat – with no reservation – that we consider and assist our shopper who confirmed exemplary braveness all through this trial.”
The protection additionally submitted a letter to Decide Subramanian, requesting that Combs be launched from custody instantly on a $1 million bond co-signed by his mom, sister, and the mom of his eldest daughter.
Combs could be restricted to touring solely in Florida, California and New York, and would give up his passport and be subjected to common drug testing below the protection’s proposed circumstances, per the letter reviewed by ipromiseyoumedia. The attorneys contend that Combs is just not a flight danger, and argue he has demonstrated “trustworthiness and cooperation” all through the federal government’s prosecution of him.
Earlier on Wednesday, jurors discovered Combs responsible on prostitution expenses associated to Ventura and Jane, however acquitted him of extra severe racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses. Combs may nonetheless face a most of 20 years for the fees he was convicted on — 10 years for every depend.
Protection attorneys be aware the Mann Act offenses he was convicted on have a lot much less “sentencing publicity” than the weightier racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses he was acquitted of. A authorized professional predicted to ipromiseyoumedia that Combs will in the end serve little to no time in jail.
Events are anticipated again in Manhattan federal court docket at 5 p.m. Wednesday to debate Combs’ potential launch.
Over the course of Combs’ trial, prosecutors known as almost three dozen witnesses throughout the span of 29 days of testimony. Protection attorneys didn’t name any witnesses, as an alternative utilizing cross-examination to undermine the prosecution’s case.
Combs nonetheless faces a number of civil fits accusing him of sexual misconduct, which he has repeatedly denied.
