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 and downplay his convictions for transporting male escorts throughout state traces 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 , Diddy was acquitted of the extra severe racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses.

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

Diddy says he by no means did that, nor did he ever have intercourse with any of the escorts dropped at lodge 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 at the moment are firing again, saying of their Thursday evening response that Diddy’s crimes mirror “aggravating—not mitigating—factors” and subsequently justify his continued incarceration.

Prosecutors say Diddy’s try to explain 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 medication to verify they’d take part in marathon freak-off periods — whereas victimizing them by means of his violent outbursts.

In their submitting, the feds push again towards 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 dealing with fairly a little bit of time behind bars as a result of his convictions.