Prosecutors Fire Back After Diddy Seeks Bail Ahead of Sentencing

Federal prosecutors within the Diddy case are hitting again on the music mogul — calling BS on his try to downplay his convictions for transporting male escorts throughout state strains for the needs of getting paid intercourse together with his former girlfriends.

In courts docs filed Thursday — obtained by TMZ — prosecutors laid out their causes for why Diddy ought to stay behind bars as he awaits his sentencing, following his conviction on 2 counts of violating the Mann Act. As you realize, Diddy was acquitted of the extra severe racketeering and intercourse trafficking prices

On Wednesday, Diddy filed a bombshell memorandum, asking Judge Arun Subramanian to overturn his Mann Act conviction, arguing that crime entails the transport of individuals throughout state strains for the needs of intercourse.

Diddy says he by no means did that, nor did he ever have intercourse with any of the escorts delivered to resort rooms for his notorious freak-offs.

He says he was merely a voyeur and novice pornographer recording the escorts having intercourse together with his ex-girlfriends — Cassie and “Jane” — who he claims made preparations for the sexual encounters. Alternatively, he is asking the decide for a brand new trial solely on the Mann Act counts.

Prosecutors are actually firing again, saying of their Thursday evening response that Diddy’s crimes replicate “aggravating — not mitigating — factors” and subsequently justify his continued incarceration.

Prosecutors say Diddy’s try to explain of himself as a “John” ignores the truth that he “transported individuals for the purpose of prostitution on hundreds of occasions over the course of decades.”

They additionally accuse Diddy of plying Cassie and Jane with medicine to verify they might take part in marathon freak-off periods — whereas victimizing them via his violent outbursts.

In their submitting, the feds push again aginst his request to be launched on a $50 million bond, arguing he poses a hazard to others due to his historical past of violent habits.

They additional accuse Diddy of being a flight threat, warning that he would possibly simply take off since he is going through fairly a little bit of time behind bars as a consequence of his convictions.