TO SPEAK UNTIL IT STARTS TO SPARKLE. SPARKLING IS HAPPENING.
>> I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT
BREAKING NEWS BEFORE THE BREAK.
WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT A
JUDGE HAS DENIED ANOTHER ONE OF
RAPPER SEAN DIDDY COMBS REQUESTS
TO BE RELEASED ON BAIL.
REMEMBER, HE’S BEHIND BARS AT
THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION
CENTER IN BROOKLYN, WAITING FOR
HIS TRIAL TO GET STARTED NEXT
YEAR IN MAY. HE’S BEEN DETAINED
FOR TWO MONTHS ON CHARGES OF SEX
TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING,
WHICH HE’S PLED NOT GUILTY TO.
CHLOE MELAS IS FOLLOWING THIS
FOR US. WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS
DECISION. WE GOT IT IN NOW WHAT
DO WE KNOW?
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT’S FIVE
PAGES. AND THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS
THAT THE JUDGE IS SAYING THAT NO
CONDITION OR COMBINATION OF
CONDITIONS WILL REASONABLY
ASSURE THE SAFETY OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> AND THAT WAS WHAT NEW YORK
PROSECUTORS WERE SAYING.
>> I WAS IN COURT TWICE LAST
WEEK, AND I LISTENED TO THESE
PROSECUTORS SAY THAT HE WAS A
DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY, AND
THEY SHOWED THAT VIDEO, THAT
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF HIM FROM
2016 BRUTALLY BEATING HIS THEN
GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA,
SAYING THAT YOU HE HAS A
PROPENSITY TO VIOLENCE AND THAT
ALONE IS A REASON WHY WE CANNOT
AGREE TO THE PROPOSED BAIL
PACKAGE. NOW, HIS TEAM HAD
OFFERED $50 MILLION, A HOME OF
HIS IN MIAMI, AS COLLATERAL, AND
THEY SAID THAT HE WOULD LIVE IN
AN APARTMENT ON MANHATTAN’S
UPPER EAST SIDE, MONITORED BY 24
HOUR SECURITY THAT HE WOULD ONLY
TALK TO HIS ATTORNEYS, THAT HE
WOULD ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW,
CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS ON A
PRE-APPROVED LIST.
>> AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD
ACTUALLY BE UNDER STRICTER
CONDITIONS THAN HE IS AT THE
JAIL IN BROOKLYN.
>> BUT CLEARLY, THIS IS THE
THIRD TIME FOR THIS JUDGE NOT
BUYING IT.
>> WHAT WAS DIDDY LIKE IN COURT?
YOU WERE THERE TWICE LAST WEEK.
WHAT WAS HIS DEMEANOR LIKE?
>> I MEAN, HE WAS SMILING ON
FRIDAY, TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED
AT HIS CHILDREN ALL OF HIS
CHILDREN WERE THERE EXCEPT FOR
HIS INFANT CHILD. HIS MOTHER WAS
THERE. HE LOOKED A LITTLE
THINNER. HE LOOKED A LITTLE
WORSE FOR WEAR, BUT HE HAS
SEEMED UPBEAT AND POSITIVE. AND
A FEW DAYS EARLIER ON WEDNESDAY.
SO A WEEK AGO TODAY, HIS LEGAL
TEAM HAD A WIN BECAUSE HIS TEAM
WAS ABLE TO SAY THAT NEW YORK
PROSECUTORS WRONGLY OBTAINED 16
PAGES OF NOTES FROM HIS JAIL
CELL DURING A ROUTINE SWEEP THAT
IT HAD HIS DEFENSE STRATEGY. IT
HAD WITNESSES THAT THEY PLANNED
TO CALL AT THE CRIMINAL TRIAL IN
MAY, AND THE JUDGE AGREED THAT
THOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED
UNDER ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
SO THERE WAS A FEELING TODAY
AMONG REPORTER FRIENDS OF MINE
AND PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING HERE
THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE’S A
CHANCE THAT THE JUDGE, GIVEN
HE’S TAKING SEVERAL DAYS TO
THINK ABOUT THIS, HE ASKED FOR
BOTH SIDES TO WRITE A LETTER
THAT HE MIGHT RELEASE HIM. BUT
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME HIS TEAM
WE’RE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE
FROM THEM, FROM HIS LEGAL TEAM.
THEY COULD APPEAL AGAIN, BUT WE
WERE TALKING TO DANNY CEVALLOS
EARLIER AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROPOSE
SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT TO
POTENTIALLY BE SUCCESSFUL FOR A