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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail until sex-trafficking trial begins as bail again denied

Courtroom sketch showing a man looking at his attorney speaking at a podium
A courtroom sketch of Sean Combs looking at attorney Marc Agnifilo, left, in federal court in New York City. Photograph: Elizabeth Williams/AP

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will have to await trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges in a Brooklyn jail instead of his luxurious Miami Beach mansion after a second judge refused to grant a $50m bail package offered by his lawyers.

On Wednesday, US district judge Andrew L Carter Jr denied Combs’s request to be released to home detention with GPS monitoring, pointing to the possibility that Combs may tamper with witnesses.

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