Britt Jones
Sean Combs has been accused of trying to obstruct the investigation about his alleged crimes by contacting potential witnesses and more.
Combs, aka ‘Diddy’, is in the center of a whirlwind case involving sex trafficking, drugging and abuse of women and people, using his ‘freak-off’ parties as a way to force people to do his bidding.
After being arrested and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and prostitution-related charges, the prosecution has alleged that he has been actively trying to taint the jury pool from within the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Through the use of other inmates’ mobile phones, Diddy has apparently been reaching out to people who are both on and off his approved contact list, as well as lodging a social media campaign.
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In a new court filing, prosecutors claim that they reviewed his recorded calls, which saw him use at least eight different inmate phones to allegedly evade monitoring of his activity.
According to the prosecution, he also paid these inmates through intermediaries, which is in clear violation of the rules presented to him as an inmate.
For those who were not approved for contact, it was ascertained that Diddy went on to use three-way calls to get around it and would even use a non-authorized third-party system to send ‘hundreds of text messages’ to dozens of people who were both on and off the approved list.
“The defendant has shown repeatedly — even while in custody — that he will flagrantly and repeatedly flout rules in order to improperly impact the outcome of his case. The defendant has shown, in other words, that he cannot be trusted to abide by rules or conditions,” prosecutors wrote in a submission.
It added: “The defendant’s efforts to obstruct the integrity of this proceeding also includes relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses, including victims of his abuse who could provide powerful testimony against him.”
These allegations were presented to the court on Friday, November 15, and he is due to make his next appearance in court on Friday, November 22, with prosecutors arguing that he should not be entitled to another bail hearing due to his inside conduct.
While he has pleaded not guilty, he has also denied the numerous other complaints lodged against him whilst he has been at the Center.
According to the prosecutors, the music mogul has attempted to contact potential witnesses and even his accusers in a bid to blackmail them to steer clear of testifying - or to testify in his defence.
“Since the defendant has been detained at MDC, he has continued to try to evade law enforcement monitoring, corruptly influence witness testimony, and further attack the integrity of these proceedings,” the prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors claimed that ‘while attempting to evade law enforcement monitoring, the defendant has, among other things, orchestrated social media campaigns that are, in his own words, aimed at tainting the jury pool; made efforts to publicly leak materials he views as helpful to his case; and contacted witnesses through third parties.’
During Friday’s opposition against his motion for bail, prosecutors alleged that Diddy ‘rehashes the same arguments’ which were rejected by two previous judges.
They also share that ‘the defendant offers nothing new and material justifying a third bail hearing.’
Because of his conduct in the Detention Center in federal custody, the prosecution team believes that he would not conform to any bail conditions set by a judge.
UNILAD contacted Sean Combs’ representative for comment.