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Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present
Breaking TODAY: Diddy Wants To Go Home NOW and Offered These Six Conditions
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Amy Robach
Hey there, folks. It's July 29th, and Diddy is trying once again to go home. He has offered a judge just about everything you could imagine, including $50 million and a laundry list of things he would give up if a judge would let him go home, at least for the next two months. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. We didn't plan on doing this update. We weren't expecting and anticipating that Diddy was going to give it a shot again because he's been shot down. We're trying to keep up at least twice, three times by this same judge saying, I ain't gonna let you out of jail.
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Podcast Host
Right. And so to think that he's now having to take this argument, or his lawyers are, to the very same judge who's denied him multiple times. That's fair to say. But this is a new and interesting argument that we haven't heard before. And when you really get into the details, it's fascinating. And who knows, when you start to read what the defense has put together, you start to think, could this shot work? It seems possible.
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Amy Robach
It's always seemed possible. After his convictions, you remember immediately after there was essentially a bail hearing after he was convicted, and the judge on the spot said, yeah, you know what? He asked them for their briefings, like, give them to me by one o', clock, then give me a few hours and I'll decide. He said no. We were, we thought he was going home. He thought he was going home.
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Podcast Host
I think a lot of people, people were waiting outside the courthouse, waiting to celebrate, waiting to see Diddy walk out as a, at least temporary free man. I think a lot of folks Were betting that he was going to get out.
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Amy Robach
And let's. That's a good point to make with all this. And it's. We were following day in, day out. So if you haven't been keeping up here. Yes, Diddy was convicted of two counts of prostitution, transportation to engage in prostitution, but he is remaining in jail. He wasn't convicted on the other three more serious charges. But the judge said you have to stay in jail until you're sentencing, which is October, October 3rd. You have to stay in jail after October 3rd. He's gonna get some more jail time. I think everybody agrees. Yes, yes, he's gonna get more jail time. Is that a year, two years, three years, four years? Don't know. But his argument now, Robes, it has been his argument forever. Why am I having to stay in this jail? Why for these charges and now Robes, now that the most serious charges he's not guilty of. So now why am I still sitting in jail?
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Podcast Host
But I'm curious. I have a question. Because if he has to serve the time, regardless, we don't know what the sentencing is going to be. It could be as little as another year. As much as it's varied.
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Amy Robach
Four years maybe.
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Podcast Host
The prosecution has suggested that they might ask for even more. So it could be anywhere from one to, I don't know, five plus years. But if he stays in jail now, he gets credit for time served. But he just wants a break. He wants a pause.
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Amy Robach
Sweetheart, he has been in prison in a notorious jail in Brooklyn for almost a year.
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Podcast Host
Would he be sentenced to a different prison? So to get, maybe is it to get out of this notorious prison, to be put into a better, safer environment? I don't think this allows that I could understand if where he is now is so egregious and so dangerous and so awful that he thinks, hey, I'll go ahead and postpone the time. I know I have to serve, even if it means he's only gonna get two more credit. But like part of me thinks if you're, if you're in this tough spot, do you really even want the temptation of feeling and tasting freedom to now to know you have to go back.
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Amy Robach
Can I go home and have a steak?
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Podcast Host
But you could leave earlier if you just stayed.
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Amy Robach
Yeah, but I could go get a steak today and you don't know what's coming. What, what if the sentence is only a year? Okay, I can stomach that. I got a two month break to get my hair dyed again, to get a good shave, to get a good meal.
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Podcast Host
He doesn't like his gray hair.
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Amy Robach
Does he talk to his family, get things in order, do all kinds, see.
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Podcast Host
People, all kinds of stuff.
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Amy Robach
Get out and get a break. Yeah, I'm sure he's desperate. I'll take a. Give me two weeks.
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Podcast Host
That makes sense. It's almost like getting a little vacation.
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Amy Robach
Yes.
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Podcast Host
From the sentence that you know you're going to have to serve. And I do get it if it's in a different facility because this is a notorious facility.
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Amy Robach
You know what? Vacation is a good word because what's every vacation? You get a break from the hell of life for a little while and you enjoy your time away, but you know you gotta go right back to that hell. That's a good way to put it. So reminder of where we are here folks. Yes, it was a seven week trial. We followed all of that. Yes, we got the verdicts on July 2nd. Now we thought we wouldn't be hearing anything until close to October 3rd when his sentence is coming. But Robes, this is a 12 page motion they put together and the key word here is exceptional. Exceptional was a theme throughout. But they in the very first line, robes, they did not mess around. They made very clear what they were going to be asking this judge for.
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Podcast Host
The first line of this 12 page motion reads as follows. Sean combs through his counsel moves for his release on appropriate conditions in advance of his sentencing hearing.
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Amy Robach
Appropriate conditions. We're going to get into these conditions in a minute. And he's very specific about the six he names. But then he kind of left it open for the judge as well to add some others. But we talk about this word exceptional, the line they use here in the line. And we're going to go through and the briefing is really interesting. And you know what it reminds me of the lawyer Agnilo. Some of the language in there come is just colloquial. It's, it's plain speak of like hey, common sense tells you kind of a thing. It's how he talks.
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Podcast Host
Well and I want to point this out. So I was, I had a kind of a busy day and you had the time to read through this entire 12 page motion and you said to me, robes, this is actually so fascinating. And I thought really a legal briefing, a 12 page legal briefing. I don't know anyone who wants to come home and read this. And yet you were right. It's fascinating.
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Amy Robach
Page turner.
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Podcast Host
It really is a page turner.
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Amy Robach
It's an absolute page. And it again it's 12 pages, not necessarily that long. But he goes through and makes this argument we're going to give you particular excerpts, but this is the line that kind of sums up what they were going after. Lawyers were arguing that US Code gives this court the authority to let Diddy out if, quote, it is clearly shown that there are exceptional reasons why such person's detention would not be appropriate. Exceptional reasons. And then they go through ropes and they lay out point by point by point. This is exceptional. This is exceptional. This is exceptional. This is exceptional. They're going through his case and saying, this is not a guy who should be in jail. And they go through and name all these exceptional reasons and robes. The Man Act. How many times we hear that throughout the trial?
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Podcast Host
A lot. Too many to count.
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Amy Robach
Front and center, once again, yes.
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Podcast Host
So what is the Mann Act? It was named after Representative James Mann of Illinois. It was originally referred to as the White Slave traffic Act of 1910. And what it does, it prohibits transporting someone over state lines for prostitution. But it has broad language. It says any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery. Debauchery. I knew I said that wrong. It's been a long day. Debauchery or for any other immoral purpose. This was.
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Amy Robach
That's the problem. Yes, that is the problem, because that's broad language. For the purpose of prostitution. You can just stop right there. But when you add debauchery, okay, what is that?
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Podcast Host
What is that?
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Amy Robach
Who determines what is any other immoral purpose? And that is the problem. They use this. And many will point to you use this against black men. In the past, Jack Johnson, who's a.
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Podcast Host
Boxing champ, who had a white girlfriend.
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Amy Robach
And a white girlfriend. They used this against him. Now they also used it against R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell. The Man Act. And many are saying it's controversy should be done away with. And why are you trying to put somebody in jail who hired a prostitute under the white Slave Traffic act of 1910 is the argument many will make.
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Podcast Host
To prevent interracial relationships.
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Amy Robach
That was part of as well.
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Podcast Host
That was a huge part of it they didn't like. So an immoral purpose would be a black man with a white woman, or whatever way you want to put it. But that is disturbing. The history is real. And it's perhaps ironic given the fact that now it's being applied in this way and certainly it's being taken perhaps not for or from what its initial or original intent was and being applied to something now that a lot of people are saying, come on.
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Amy Robach
Yeah. And they go after man act point by point, points and they argue again, some excerpts here from the, from this, from this motion. But they say the way has been applied in the past, quote, clearly indicates the exceptional, indeed unique nature of this case, specifically the prosecution and continued incarceration of a customer of services provided by a sex worker to a third person, rather than of a defendant profiting financially from the business of prostitution. You cannot break that down, a legal thing down, to make it make more sense to the layperson than that.
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Podcast Host
Correct. I get that you and I have been talking about this. Diddy did not profit financially, nor did his business profit financially from any sort of prostitution. This was a personal sexual fantasy lived out in real life by consenting adults, is the argument. This had nothing to do with prostitution in the sense that someone was financially profiting from someone else being forced to perform a sexual act.
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Amy Robach
But that line, continued incarceration of a customer of services provided by a sex worker. They have a john in prison right now and won't let him go home for two months.
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Podcast Host
A John who didn't actually engage directly in sexual acts with said prostitute.
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Amy Robach
That is the exact argument that they are now making. That's wild and it's fascinating. Now, he goes on to say, in the limited cases of man act convictions from across the country that bear any similarity to Mr. Combs case, the defendants were released pending sentencing. His argument is, wait a minute. You don't treat anybody else who's been found guilty under the man act this way, so why is he being treated this way?
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Podcast Host
Right.
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Amy Robach
That's a simple argument. Now, again, we're not lawyers, but to a layperson into a juror, that makes sense.
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Podcast Host
It does. And they go on to say, speaking of exceptional, the circumstances here are by definition exceptional in that there has never been a Man act prosecution remotely like this one. Specifically, the exceptional nature of prosecuting and incarcerating a person convicted of paying for sex services to be provided to his girlfriend. And again, everyone was a consenting adult. And the jury actually upheld that by not convicting him of sex trafficking, by not convicting him of the more serious charges by law and by the jurors decision. That is a true statement.
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Amy Robach
He's making the argument almost that the jurors are saying this by what they did, not just legal precedent, but the jurors are telling you what they feel about what he did and what he's responsible for. The man act is front and center in this entire motion, in this argument for him getting out. Now they saying the prosecution and continued incarceration are unique in the history of the Man Act. There has literally never been a case like this one where a person and his girlfriend arranged for adult men to have consensual sexual relations with the adult long term girlfriend as part of a demonstrated swingers lifestyle and has been prosecuted and incarcerated under the Man Act. He's saying these are swingers. Okay, and you're keeping him in jail for that? He's not arguing about how much he should be sentenced to. He's just saying you don't need to keep this guy in jail until his sentencing. What do we hear all the time about people being released under their own recognizance?
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Podcast Host
Well, the big question is, is he a threat to anyone else while he's awaiting sentencing? Would he be retaliatory?
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Amy Robach
What has the judge said about that? He said, hell yeah, everything.
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Podcast Host
Exactly. He said there was a reason why his bail was denied when he was initially arrested. Those reasons haven't changed. That's what the judge has said up until now. This is interesting because I do appreciate, because a lot of times, legalese or these types of documents or just when you're reading these kinds of motions, a lot of times they're confusing. I don't understand the language even like having had to do this many times over the years, this one is actually so understandable. And I appreciate that from Diddy's lawyers. But here's what they said and I think this will make sense to a lot of folks who are listening to their argument. Combs and two of his longtime girlfriends had a private intimate life that is not uncommon today. I don't know about that. I mean, I feel like it's kind of uncommon.
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Amy Robach
So he's trying to make the argument that swinging isn't necessarily so taboo anymore.
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Podcast Host
Just some of the stuff I heard. I'm going to go ahead and say I'm. I think it was uncommon.
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Amy Robach
There was nothing common about anything I heard.
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Podcast Host
So I'm going to take issue with that statement. Fine. I just want to say that as a human, I'm sorry. I'm fairly certain I feel confident saying what I heard was uncommon. But anyway, I digress. Let's move on. It may not have been common on June 25, 1910, when the man act, or as it was originally called the White Slave Traffic act, was passed. Diddy's defense goes on to say, but attitudes about sex and morality have come a long way in the last 115 years. Okay, I'll give you that it is worth noting that when the man act was passed to protect the morals and decency of America's women. America's women were not allowed to vote.
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Amy Robach
I thought that was so interesting to put that in there. Doesn't that bring it home to how much of a different time it was when this thing that you just convicted him for? The time they wrote this for was a time that women couldn't even vote.
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Podcast Host
It was like these poor white women didn't know what they were doing or couldn't be even. Couldn't even be allowed to make their own decisions because they couldn't even vote, let alone decide that they actually were in love with and wanted to be with a black man. I mean, I feel like that all kind of plays into this. Okay, so they go on to say, perhaps due to the troubling background of this statute, whose history is rich with both racism and misogyny, I'm gonna agree with that. The Department of Justice has limited its application to those people profiting financially from the business of prostitution and not using it to prosecute consensual adults for their own lifestyles.
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Amy Robach
Say, we shouldn't even be here. I get that. We shouldn't even be here because the Department of Justice does not do this. We shouldn't even be here is the point. And I think a lot of people would agree. Why. He was a john. We went through all this. He's a john. He paid for prostitutes.
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Podcast Host
These aren't underage women. These weren't underage prostitutes. And the jury did not agree that the two alleged victims were, in fact, doing something that they didn't choose to do. The jury made the decision by not convicting him of the more serious charges that these two women were. Were there under duress.
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Amy Robach
They go on to keep making a point that cowboys aren't in jail, girlfriends aren't in jail. Then neither should Diddy be in jail. The argument goes on to say he actually needs to get out of that jail because it's dangerous. And there are six specific things that Diddy and his lawyers list that they are willing to. To offer the judge if the judge will let him go home for the next couple of months.
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Amy Robach
We continue now going through this 12 page motion. A new Effort from Sean Diddy Combs and his lawyers to get him out of jail where he has been for the past year. Almost want him to go home for maybe the next two months until his official sentencing on October 3rd. But they put together robes, a compelling argument arguing that this is an exceptional case and he should be let out, that he should absolutely not be in jail for being called a swinger. Now this next session section, there's a quote in here that a lot of people have been using. And perhaps it is the most noteworthy quote in all of this 12 page motion. It's the one there I have underlined, Romes, where he's arguing that Sean Diddy Combs should not be in jail. Yes, he's saying Combs should be called a swinger. In the vocabulary of the man act, they write prostitution generally. He might at worst be somewhat analogous to a John, someone who pays to have sex with a sex worker. In this case a male sex worker. More particularly a male sex worker who works for and is vetted by a company. He's saying this isn't some weird thing where he's hauling somebody across state lines, sneaking somebody over. He went through a company, Cowboys and Angels. Cowboys 4 Angels, because.
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Podcast Host
So I messed that up. How did I mess that up? Cowboys for Angels. So this is a legitimate company. Part of the argument that he employed for escort services.
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Amy Robach
He wasn't out there on the street picking somebody up. He called a company. So that was part of the argument. But this next line here, rope, this is the one that it's getting a lot of headlines. A lot of people are talking about. And, and you'll understand why, folks.
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Podcast Host
All right, it reads, sean Combs should not be in jail for this conduct. In fact, he may be the only person currently in a United States jail for being any sort of john, and certainly the only person in jail for hiring adult male escorts for him and his girlfriend when he did not even have sex with the escort himself.
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Amy Robach
That says plain and simple. You can understand that, right? I wonder if he is. I wonder if somebody's looking that. I'm sure they researched it. He is he possibly the only person in jail in this country for doing what he did. Anybody else who did it or possibly got convicted of the man act, they would be out.
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Podcast Host
But, but if anyone else is in jail for something similar for being a sort of john, I can't imagine there's somebody who's in jail for being a john who didn't actually have sex with a sex worker.
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Amy Robach
So in that argument that they're making is he's kind of less than a john. It was almost a service for somebody else. He just happened to be the one who paid for it. It's part of the argument that they're making this is they are, they are using his not guilties to make an argument now that they weren't able to do before. They go on and say that the cowboys and the girlfriends, they're not in jail and they shouldn't be, but said if everybody else, the agency leaders, the porn stars, the girlfriends, the cow, all these folks are out of jail, but this guy is in jail. Doesn't make sense.
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Podcast Host
I actually love the quote that they use because it's actually fascinating. Again, I, I was kind of neutral when I walked into this to read and see what the defense had to say. This one to me is actually really fascinating. They say, they write, Mr. Combs is incarcerated while everyone else involved in this identical conduct, his girlfriends, the cowboys, the agency's leaders, the porn stars and others walk free, as they should, because their argument is these were all consenting adults. Now, Mr. Clinton Combs, Sean Diddy Combs facilitated it. He paid for it. So they're kind of leaving that part out. But he was, maybe the prosecution or others would argue he was the mastermind behind it. But these are consenting adults. And certainly the jury agreed with that concept that everyone involved was a consenting adult.
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Amy Robach
They went on, they're making an argument. I haven't heard this throughout, Rose. Remind me if I have. We've heard about this prison, this jail, mdc. It's the only federal facility that can hold prisoners here. They're getting ready for trial, Any federal trial. I believe it's in Brooklyn, but it's notorious. I mean, it has a very, very bad reputation. And they make a point of saying that's another reason he should be getting out. And why this case is exceptional is that Mr. Combs has been a model inmate. But they say the violent conditions are still very much a concern for Mr. Combs and is an unnecessary confinement risk given the clear precedent of multiple similarly situated man act convictions where defendants were released on conditions. What they're saying here is that, Judge, by leaving him here, you are putting him at risk. Different position than other folks with the same convictions. So why in doing so, it's an undue risk to this guy for these crimes.
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Podcast Host
Some people would say he got a standing ovation.
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Amy Robach
Oh, yeah, that's right.
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Podcast Host
When he came back from court at this notorious prison. I'm not saying that there aren't perhaps Outliers. Some dangerous folks who don't like him and have ill will towards him. But some the argument could be, hey, he's a hero of the jail. What do you mean? His life's at risk.
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Amy Robach
The argument, it's just a dangerous place. Like, you just don't want to be in there.
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Podcast Host
You don't want to look at somebody the wrong way.
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Amy Robach
You do not want to be in now is what their argument is. You're putting him at risk. A couple other things they hit on here. They trying to make the point. The judge said repeatedly, repeatedly in denying his previous request to get out, said he is a threat and robes. This is going to be key because the judge says he can factor in some of the other behavior that he wasn't convicted for, but he has shown that he's violent. They keep trying to say that he is not a threat and made that argument how convincingly? I don't know.
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Podcast Host
Look, we heard all about. And specifically from Cassie Ventura. Fine. And it was documented. I don't think any. No, he didn't even deny it. They had multiple witnesses confirming it. And we had video and there is the video. But beyond even that video surveillance from that hotel, clearly there were several other incidents of violence that were documented and verified. I think that's fair. And he didn't deny them.
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Amy Robach
But this is key that they point out that I didn't put together before this. So.
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Podcast Host
So they. His lawyers pointed out. They said based on the facts developed at the trial, aside from a single instance on June 18, 2024, where Mr. Combs was provoked by Jane through her own acts of violence, there was no evidence of any acts of violence in the last seven years. So that incident, we heard about that Jane, she slammed his head on a marble countertop. Correct. And then he went back in the bedroom. And the john who was there described hearing slapping and certainly there was awful bruising. And it was horrific details. Awful to the point where he was like ice that. And then get back to performing with this John. The John then couldn't perform because he was so disturbed by hearing and seeing what he saw. It all went sideways at that point. So clearly that was an act of violence. But the lawyers are pointing out that was the only act of violence in the past seven years.
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Amy Robach
And that's a. It was a bad one. Their argument is she started it. Okay, fine.
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Podcast Host
That's no finish.
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Amy Robach
That's no justification. But she did some pretty horrific stuff. They're saying he was provoked. And short of that, in the past seven years, he has not been a violent person. They even point out that when he was arrested here, he had been in the domestic violence program last year. He was participating in that last year. And he has continued some of that work during his incarceration. Now they're making an argument the guy was trying to do better, and he had not been hitting women for the past seven years until he did. Until somebody slammed his head.
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Podcast Host
Until he did.
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Amy Robach
Until he did. No excuse for that. But if the judge is making the argument that he is such a violent and continues to be a violent person, they're arguing that for the past seven years, he has not been.
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Podcast Host
The other concern was, and for several of the folks who testified and they spoke to it, and they made a point to make an official statement regarding his bail, there are folks out there who say, hey, I'm going to be concerned. I'm worried if you let Diddy out, he may come after me. He may seek retribution, retaliation. But this is what his lawyers had to say about this. Like, what? Do you think he's actually gonna do something crazy in these next two months? Are you insane? Of course he's going to be on his best behavior. And so they specifically used this language. They said, if released on conditions, Sean Combs will not be violent to anyone. As we said in court, this jury gave him his life back, and he will not squander his second chance at life, nor would he do anything to further jeopardize his seven. Not having a father and four of his children. Not having a parent at all.
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Amy Robach
The judge can look at that and do what he's supposed. But looking, that makes sense to me. I mean, this dude could have been going to jail for the rest of his life, and maybe he might be in for another year. Best case scenario, another five. I mean, that's. That's a big deal. He's still. No matter what, he's still gonna have a lot of life left. I think that makes sense. He's not an idiot. Now, everybody out there that we've talked to, we've talked to plenty who fear this guy, who feared him for decades even, are they ever going to feel comfortable?
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Podcast Host
Are they ever going to buy that? And they might claim being out and free and being able to communicate with others, he might not technically commit an act of violence himself, but could he, with the right communication and a certain amount of freedom, be able to compel someone else to do that? I still think if anyone who testified or anyone who had anything to do with some of the evidence held against him, if any harm came to any of them, it would come to light. I mean, there's, there's no way that the trail wouldn't lead straight back to Diddy.
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Amy Robach
He's probably, he'll be praying all of them are okay. Like, I hope they don't have an accident because everybody's gonna come knocking on my door. I can imagine. So they go on and say in the briefing, okay, we can make all these convincing arguments. They finally go forward and say he's not gonna be violent with anyone and he's willing to abide by any condition that the court offers. But robes he offered and was very specific. He has six things he said he is offering the judge. I will give you this if you will let me out. Do you think the judge is going to go along with this? Here are the six things I don't.
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Podcast Host
Know because some of this has to do with there. There is something to be said about buying your way out of jail. And this could be construed as that by some. But one of the first things he says he is offering, he will sign a $50 million bond secured by his home in Miami. That bond will be co signed by three financially responsible people. So they're on the hook for it. Number three, Combs will reside in his home in Miami. Number four, his travel will be limited to the Southern District of Florida, the Southern District of New York for attorney meetings, as well as airports necessary to travel between the two. He also says, so this is number five, that he will be placed under the express supervision of the US Pretrial Services Agency and must report to the agency as directed. And finally, he says his passport, he will surrender it to pre trial Services and he will not apply for any other passport.
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Amy Robach
Do I have right? Is any of that different from the stuff he originally offered? I know the $50 million in the house was already there. I don't remember the three other people. I don't remember that.
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Podcast Host
He did say he would surrender his passport. I do remember that for sure. And I think he also agreed to be under the supervision of whoever wants to make sure he does what he says he's going to do.
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Amy Robach
Yeah, those are six things they offered. And then you know what else they offered? Anything you want, Judge. They essentially sing this to the judge, quote, if the court finds more extreme conditions necessary, the court may also add any or all of the following conditions. Home detention, private security approved by the court. Pretrial services with the cost borne by the defendant. Mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, electronic surveillance of the defendant, anything the court deems necessary, sweetheart. They're essentially saying, whatever. He's just desperate to get out of here. We will give you anything you want.
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Podcast Host
Whoo. And so, yes, they go on to say, with any and all of the conditions posed above, and they were plentiful. Mr. Combs can show by clear and convincing evidence he does not pose a danger to the community. They say he will fully surrender to supervision by two pretrial services to ensure that the court knows that Mr. Combs does not pose a danger to any person. I don't know. I mean, look, the arguments are, again, fascinating and interesting, and they make a very good case. This is probably the best case I have ever seen. However, this is a judge who has denied him bond.
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Amy Robach
Yes.
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Podcast Host
Multiple times. More than once. And what has changed between when he ruled before and now? I don't know.
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Amy Robach
Everything is the same, except that the attorneys had more time to put together maybe a more compelling argument because the judge, when he was found not guilty on those three counts, guilty on the two. Judge said hours later, nope, I'm not going to let you out of jail. I'll see you on October 3rd for your sentencing. They have, for whatever reason, thought, let's give it another shot. And they're giving another shot. I believe the judge is asking for the prosecutors to respond in the next couple of days. Not sure when he might give his ruling, but strange things have happened in this case, and it's quite possible we could hear something from the judge this week that's going to either tell him, yeah, nothing's changed. You're going to keep your butt in jail. Or can you imagine him saying, okay.
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Podcast Host
I wonder what the political pressure is on this judge. What the.
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Amy Robach
He's not supposed to have any. Not supposed to. This judge has been solid.
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Podcast Host
I have to agree. I have to agree. Like, I think this judge has handled this very high profile, emotionally charged. You can. From a. From a. There's a racial component. There's a gender component. There's so many competing interests. People are fervently compact, like, passionate about either side. And I think he has seemed very measured and very fair in this case. It's hard for me to imagine that he would suddenly Grant Diddy.
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Amy Robach
Yeah. To have a change of heart. He knows the facts of the case. He knows all this stuff.
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Podcast Host
It seems very. If it. This feels like a Hail Mary, fine.
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Amy Robach
And why not? What do you have to lose? Got nothing to lose. But maybe there's something in there. We're reading it a certain way. Maybe the judge will read it a different way in a legal way, and there is a compelling argument to let him go home now. But yeah, folks, we didn't plan on doing this, but we hopped back on today because, oh my God, we got a Diddy update that we weren't expecting for quite some time. We will keep an eye on this. You can expect updates from us certainly if anything happens. But again, we believe the prosecutors have until Thursday, I believe it's Thursday to get that response in. And we shall see. So with that, folks, we always appreciate you hanging out here with us and listening to us and following us along for this Diddy trial, which still as it seems a couple more months to go before we know exactly what's going to happen. But this week is shaped up to be an interesting one and maybe a really big one in the Diddy case. But for now, we always appreciate you listening to us. I'm TJ Holmes along with my dear, dear Amy Robock. We'll see y' all soon.
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