Diddy‘s legal team firmly denies that their client will contact escorts if released on bail.
In the anticipated court decision, on Wednesday (July 2), the music tycoon was found not guilty on all charges excluding two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. In a six-page letter where a $1 million bond was requested, the defense stressed that Diddy will not “commit prostitution crimes” and denied that he was a flight risk despite the government considering him a “danger.”
“With all due respect, that suggestion is unsupported,” the document read, adding that the government was allotted “pen register on his phone” for an extended period.
“Mr. Combs never called any potential escorts or prostitutes,” the letter continued. “Nor did he make any effort to arrange meetings with escorts or prostitutes, nor was he with Jane [Doe] in New York. In any event, reasonable conditions would ensure that Mr. Combs would not have the ability to arrange meetings with escorts”
The alleged solicitation of prostitutes was at the center of the case, with Diddy’s former partners, Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura and Jane Doe testifying that they would participate in “freak-offs” with the entertainer and male sex workers. Videos of the sex parties were also shown to the trial’s twelve jurors.
Upon his arrest last September, a federal agent alleged that materials used during freak-offs, like Astroglide lubricant and baby oil, were found in Diddy’s New York hotel room.
