Diddy is as soon as once more making an attempt to get himself launched on bond, 2 weeks after he was arrested … and we’re informed he is constructing a powerhouse authorized staff to attempt to make it a actuality.
New court docket paperwork present the rap mogul’s lawyer filed to attraction the latest order denying him bond … the attraction shall be his third formal try and safe his launch from behind bars as he awaits trial.
Sources near Diddy inform TMZ … the rapper has added 2 extra attorneys — Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro — to the authorized staff engaged on his extremely publicized felony case. (For these questioning, Alexandra is not associated to famed protection legal professional Robert Shapiro).
We’re informed Tony is named one of many best trial attorneys within the nation, and Alexandra has been referred to as the most effective appellate attorneys practising immediately. Seems like Diddy is constructing his personal dream staff of types.
TMZ broke the story … Diddy was arrested by federal brokers in Midtown Manhattan on the Park Hyatt New York resort on Sept. 16 and was arraigned the subsequent day in court docket, the place he was charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution.
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Diddy’s arrest got here 6 months after federal brokers raided his Los Angeles and Miami properties in reference to a intercourse trafficking investigation.
The daddy of seven has denied the assorted allegations leveled in opposition to him on this case and several other civil fits.
The rapper went on to plead not responsible to the fees, together with his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, later declaring the music producer is “an harmless man with nothing to cover.”
Diddy has been denied bail … regardless of the A-lister’s legal professional promising Diddy would put up a $50 million bail package deal and have no feminine guests — outdoors of household — if the court docket allowed him to reside in his Miami dwelling pending the trial.
Nevertheless, after listening to arguments from each the prosecution and the protection, U.S. District Decide Andrew Carter turned down Diddy’s request for bail and acknowledged “the federal government has confirmed the defendant is a hazard.”
