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Diddy Appeals Bail Ruling In Sex Abuse Case, Says Fears of Witness Tampering Are ‘Purely Speculative’

Sean “Diddy” Combs appealed a ruling denying him bail, arguing it was based on “purely speculative” fears about him intimidating witnesses.

In an opening brief filed late Tuesday, the rapper’s lawyers urge the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit to grant him bail – their third attempt to secure his release from a Brooklyn jail while he awaits trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. “For decades, Sean Combs … abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct,” prosecutors wrote in the indictment. But Carter (who has since been replaced by another judge) ruled instead that until trial Combs must remain at the Metropolitan Detention Center — a federal correctional facility long criticized for dysfunction and dangerous conditions.

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