The disgraced mogul was convicted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution and located not responsible on the extra severe costs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering on Wednesday (July 2).

Cassie Ventura has despatched a transparent message by way of her legal professional, Douglas H. Wigdor: don’t let Diddy out of jail.

In a press release issued simply hours after the jury returned its verdict within the Unhealthy Boy Information mogul’s federal trial and considered by AllHipHop, Ventura pleaded with the choose to maintain him locked up on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, the place he’s been housed since his September 2024 arrest.

“We write as counsel for Casandra Ventura (‘Ms. Ventura’) to respectfully request that the Courtroom deny Mr. Combs to be launched pending his sentencing on his two convictions below 18 U.S.C. 2421,” it reads. “Pursuant to the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. 1343 (a)(2), detention is obligatory post-conviction on these costs, and Ms. Ventura believes that Mr. Combs is more likely to pose a hazard to the victims who testified on this case, together with herself, in addition to to the neighborhood.”

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Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution and located not responsible on the extra severe costs of intercourse trafficking and racketeering. Ventura’s attorney spoke out shortly after the decision was learn, suggesting she was relieved he was held accountable for at the very least one thing however dissatisfied he wasn’t convicted on all 5 counts.

This whole felony course of began when our shopper Cassie Ventura had the braveness to file her civil criticism in November 2023,” Wigdor stated. “Though the jury didn’t discover [Diddy] responsible of intercourse trafficking Cassie past an affordable doubt, she paved the best way for a jury to search out him responsible of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.

“By coming ahead along with her expertise, Cassie has left an indelible mark on each the leisure business and the combat for justice. She displayed unquestionable energy and introduced consideration to the realities of highly effective males in our orbit and the misconduct that has endured for many years with out repercussion. This case proved that change is lengthy overdue, and we’ll proceed to combat on behalf of survivors.”

Diddy’s destiny now rests with the choose, who will announce his resolution on bail at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday (July 2).

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