Maurene Comey has officially signed on with the prosecution team going after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sex trafficking allegations.
This lawyer isn’t new to high-profile cases; she previously landed a conviction in 2021 against Ghislaine Maxwell for her role in the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors with Jeffrey Epstein. She informed the court about her involvement in the case on Monday, just as Diddy faced his third bail denial.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian hinted that Combs’ defense team might not be able to “assure the safety of the community”while explaining his decision. “The Court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community,” the judge said during the bail hearing.
In the written decision, Judge Subramanian added, “Given the nature of the allegations in this case and the information provided by the government, the Court doubts the sufficiency of any conditions that place trust in Combs and individuals in his employ—like a private security detail—to follow those conditions.”
Combs’ defense team proposed several conditions for Diddy to meet if he was going to get bail. They suggested he either be kept on a private island or stay in an Upper East Side apartment in New York City, complete with his own security detail.
As Judge Subramanian announced his decision to deny Diddy bail, he highlighted the prosecution’s worries about potential witness tampering. He noted there was a “serious risk,” referencing Diddy’s communications with an unnamed individual, referred to as Witness-1, who is set to testify before the grand jury in June 2024.
Prosecutors had earlier claimed that phone records from prison indicated Diddy had been in touch with witnesses. Judge Subramanian stated, “There is evidence that Combs violated Bureau of Prisons regulations during his pretrial detention to obscure his communications with third parties. He paid other inmates to use their Phone Access Code (PAC) numbers to make calls to those not on his approved contact list.”
