Prosecutors claim Diddy has paid prison inmates to use their phone accounts to obstruct justice

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Diddy has been accused of paying fellow prison inmates to use their phones, and orchestrating conversations and social media posts “with the intention of influencing the potential jury”.Back in September, he was arrested in New York and subsequently charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transporting for prostitution, and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.He was later denied bail having offered a $50million (£38.4m) bond, and was reportedly placed on suicide watch as he awaits trial.

The artist has since appealed against the bail denial and has a trial date scheduled for May 5, 2025.According to court filings obtained by Rolling Stone, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege the disgraced rap mogul has broken jail regulations by using the telephone accounts of at least eight other inmates.Prosecutors say they have the recordings of the various calls he has made.“Seemingly to avoid law enforcement monitoring, the defendant uses other inmates’ PAC numbers to make phone calls to both individuals on the defendant’s approved contact list as well as other individuals who are not on the approved contact list,” they claimed.The prosecutors’ new 30-page filing urged the judge overseeing the case to reject Combs’ latest bid to be released on bond ahead of his trial next year.

So far, he has already been denied bond twice, but is set to attend a third hearing next Friday (November 24).The filing said Combs had offered “nothing new and material” that would justify a third bail hearing. “In fact,” it continued, “the only truly ‘new’ relevant evidence shows that the defendant has continued to engage in a relentless course of obstructive conduct designed to subvert the integrity of these proceedings.”It.