Sean “Diddy” Combs will continue to be held at a Brooklyn jail while an appeals court evaluates his lawyers’ new request to allow the hip-hop entrepreneur to stay at his $48 million estate in Florida instead.

In a decision issued on Friday, federal appeals court judge William J. Nardini rejected Combs’ request for immediate release while they consider his bail motion. Nardini has forwarded the motion to a three-judge panel in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Combs requested to “file his bail motion under seal with partial redactions,” which the judge approved.

YSL News has contacted Combs’ representatives for a statement.

During a recent status conference, U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian noted that Combs, appearing in court dressed in tan prison clothing, will remain in custody until his trial, which is now scheduled to begin on May 5, 2025.

So far, Combs has been denied bail two times. Initially, U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky ruled against his release, agreeing with the prosecutors’ argument that he could be a danger if placed under home detention. The next day, Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr., who has since stepped back from the case, also denied bail, stating that no bail conditions could prevent Combs from potentially influencing witnesses.

On Tuesday, Combs’ legal team submitted an appeal to the Second Circuit, asserting that the conditions proposed for his release would sufficiently guarantee his appearance in court.

“In fact, there is hardly any risk of flight; he is a 54-year-old father of seven, a U.S. citizen, and an incredibly successful artist, businessman, and philanthropist, recognized globally,” the appeal states.

His lawyers suggested a $50 million bond secured by the equity in both Combs’ and his mother’s properties in Florida. To address flight risk and witness tampering concerns, they proposed measures like “24/7 monitoring by trained former law enforcement officers,” restricting Combs’ internet and phone access, a pre-approved visitor list, and the surrender of passports for Combs and his family.

Combs was arrested on September 16 at a hotel in Manhattan and charged the following day with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation for prostitution. Since then, he has been held in the Special Housing Unit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center and has consistently claimed his innocence, pleading not guilty to all federal criminal charges, despite facing multiple civil lawsuits over the past year.

The allegations against Combs, outlined in a 14-page federal grand jury indictment made public last month, detail an extensive ongoing investigation involving the hip-hop star, which started after federal agents searched his homes in Los Angeles and Miami in March.

According to investigators, the 54-year-old allegedly crafted a sophisticated plan to leverage his wealth and influence in the entertainment field to “fulfill his sexual desires,” through a “repeated and well-known” pattern of abuse, which included so-called “freak offs” — sexual shows he purportedly organized and filmed.

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