After a split-jury verdict, Cassie Ventura is standing firm and speeding up the calendar. She wants Sean "Diddy" Combs to remain behind bars while awaiting sentencing in federal custody. A New York jury on July 2 acquitted Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering, but convicted him on two significant counts of transporting people to engage in prostitution, crimes under the federal Mann Act. As the music mogul and his team of lawyers have filed for a release on a secured bond of $1 million, Ventura is fighting back.
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Cassie has made it absolutely clear that she considers Diddy to be "a danger to the victims who testified in this case, including herself, as well as to the community" through her attorney, Doug Wigdor. In a court filing, Wigdor emphasized that the law requires detention after a transportation conviction to facilitate prostitution, saying there was just not a lot of wiggle room in the line of law. The plea from Ventura is not only self-serving, but also a broader plea to protect those who dared to testify against Combs. Her lawyers say that any type of release, even with close monitoring, would put the lives of both witnesses and survivors in jeopardy.
In contrast, Combs' lawyers are advocating for his temporary release on bail, proposed to be set at $1 million, and suggest that he surrender his passport and accept strict travel restrictions as part of the potential bail terms. The defense insists the charges for which he was found guilty are not an excuse to keep him incarcerated pending sentencing and that Combs is not a flight risk. But for Ventura and her camp, the question is what might happen instead if he is allowed to remain at large. As the high-profile case inches toward sentencing, the stakes are high for both sides, and a crucial court has been handed a decision that could help define the final chapter in a long and public legal fight.
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July 03, 2025
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