BROOKLYN, NY - The rap artist P. Diddy isn't going to be returning to his Florida mansion anytime in the immediate future.
A federal judge ordered the artist to be held in the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. The rapper- legal name Sean Combs- had earlier been slapped with a federal indictment on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Federal prosecutors cited what they call a pattern of obstruction of justice, drug use, and dishonesty on the part of Combs in arguing for his pre-trial detention.
The Brooklyn facility mostly houses federal inmates who are yet to be found guilty or innocent. In spite of its pre-trial focus, the jail has a reputation as a rough and troubled place of detention.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime "madame" of Jeffrey Epstein, was detained at the facility before being convicted of sex trafficking women and girls at the behest of Epstein and moved to federal prison, according to the New York Post's Page Six. R. Kelly, another hip-hop performer arrested on charges of sex trafficking, was jailed at the facility before his own conviction in 2022.
A defendant facing charges related to the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol, Jake Lang, remains in pre-trial detention at the facility, according to Brooklyn Magazine.
Some of the problems that have blighted the jail include suicide, food contamination, and even an electrical fire that left inmates in the freezing cold in the midst of winter.
One attorney who represented Edwin Cordero- an inmate killed in a fight in the troubled jail in July- described the facility as “an overcrowded, understaffed and neglected federal jail that is hell on Earth.”
Combs' attorney argued that he had traveled to New York City of his own free will in an effort to cooperate with the court in his pre-trial hearing, according to People. Law enforcement alleges that a powdery substance suspected to be narcotics was found in his Manhattan hotel room when he was arrested.
Prosecutors accuse Combs of coercing women into participating in what he described as "freak offs," in which they were ordered to engage in sex acts with male prostitutes. Combs allegedly filmed the interactions of the women without their consent, threatening to use the recordings to damage their careers in the entertainment industry if they crossed him.
Combs' attorney cited his client's ability to pay a whopping $50 million in bail in arguing for his pre-trial release, an offer that was ultimately rejected by Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky.
A federal judge ordered the artist to be held in the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. The rapper- legal name Sean Combs- had earlier been slapped with a federal indictment on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Federal prosecutors cited what they call a pattern of obstruction of justice, drug use, and dishonesty on the part of Combs in arguing for his pre-trial detention.
The Brooklyn facility mostly houses federal inmates who are yet to be found guilty or innocent. In spite of its pre-trial focus, the jail has a reputation as a rough and troubled place of detention.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime "madame" of Jeffrey Epstein, was detained at the facility before being convicted of sex trafficking women and girls at the behest of Epstein and moved to federal prison, according to the New York Post's Page Six. R. Kelly, another hip-hop performer arrested on charges of sex trafficking, was jailed at the facility before his own conviction in 2022.
A defendant facing charges related to the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol, Jake Lang, remains in pre-trial detention at the facility, according to Brooklyn Magazine.
Some of the problems that have blighted the jail include suicide, food contamination, and even an electrical fire that left inmates in the freezing cold in the midst of winter.
One attorney who represented Edwin Cordero- an inmate killed in a fight in the troubled jail in July- described the facility as “an overcrowded, understaffed and neglected federal jail that is hell on Earth.”
Combs' attorney argued that he had traveled to New York City of his own free will in an effort to cooperate with the court in his pre-trial hearing, according to People. Law enforcement alleges that a powdery substance suspected to be narcotics was found in his Manhattan hotel room when he was arrested.
Prosecutors accuse Combs of coercing women into participating in what he described as "freak offs," in which they were ordered to engage in sex acts with male prostitutes. Combs allegedly filmed the interactions of the women without their consent, threatening to use the recordings to damage their careers in the entertainment industry if they crossed him.
Combs' attorney cited his client's ability to pay a whopping $50 million in bail in arguing for his pre-trial release, an offer that was ultimately rejected by Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky.
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