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Lauren LaRosa
This is an I Heart podcast. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and every bond. You know, if you don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y', all, this is Lauren LaRosa. For the latest with Lauren LaRosa, I am here on the scene at the courthouse following Diddy being denied bond for now, what, a third time, but this time being after the verdict has come down. So we talked about earlier, Diddy being found not guilty on three out of five charges. The RICO charge specifically, not sticking. He was looking at up to life for that RICO conspiracy, and it did not stick. He was convicted for engaging in transportation of individuals for prostitution, two counts of that. Now there's a conversation happening around this bond being denied about, you know, is this. Was this fair or not? As we prepare to talk about that, I want to take a look behind us because what you see are Diddy's children and Diddy's family are loading into these sprinters. Now, when they left earlier from this exact scene, the vibe was a bit different. You heard people chanting, free Diddy. You heard people cheering. You saw them dancing. I don't know if this will be the same exact feeling when they are walking out this time, only because the bond has just been denied. And obviously that was a very emotional moment for his family who thought that their dad, you know, their child's father, their. Their friend, their confidant may be coming home until his sentencing happens in October. Now let's get on into it. So as we came back up into court today, the judge went right into it. The judge said, listen, I hear what the defense is saying about him being allowed to be able to go home until the sentencing happens. The sentencing will be early October. Right. And Diddy's team has actually act for a speedy sentencing because the judge has just heard and watched all of this information over the last eight weeks, and they're like, while it's fresh in your mind, we want to make sure that this sentencing happens soon. Because what they're going to want is they're going to want a very. They're going to want a sentencing that has some empathy in it. They don't want the judge to lose that. Right. The judge made it very clear from the rip that the bond was denied. He went into the reasoning and he talked about the fact that there was additional violence with Jane Doe following the indictment, following the fact that Diddy knew that he was under a microscope. They talked about the fact that in all of the other cases and diddy's team argued this in that response, like they argued down, I wish I had a recorder so that you guys could hear how Diddy's attorney pled and begged for him to be able to go home once the bond was denied. But the judge said, listen, if we're really talking about any previous case law, right? They brought up a few other cases where, number one, you know, Diddy's team kept saying, this is very exceptional, right, because the circumstances are so different here, right? And they said, it's exceptional because in previous cases, pimps were involved. Diddy is not a pimp. And they made a point that, like, you know, in this one particular case, the pimp that was involved made over $1.4 million. Diddy did not make any money off of his acts. They also brought up the fact that normally in cases like this, there are businesses, business entities that make money off of the actions that happen in a ring like this or in whatever this is, this prostitution thing that the judge and the jury believe that Diddy is guilty of. And they made it very clear the only person being charged for this and that will serve time for this and as serving consequence for this, there's no business entity here. It is just Sean Combs. So they tried to pose those two as arguments. Diddy's team, they. The judge listened and heard him out. Diddy's attorney probably went for a good 20, 30 minutes. He talks about his kids being in the. In. In the stands, and, you know, his kids, you know, some of their mothers not being here, talking about Kim Porter and. And. And, you know, the tragic death of Kim Porter and them needing their dad around. And even that emotional plea, it did not work. The judge brought it right back around and said, let us not forget where we left off before you started this plea. His bond has been denied. We basically, the court is saying they are afraid that Diddy is a danger to the community because of the Cassie video, because of his blatant disrespect for the law and the court and the government and his actions following the indictment coming down, including his incident with Jane, including everything they found in the hotel room when he was arrested. After everything went down, they're like, listen, we can't trust it, and we won't. We will not. The craziest part of this all is that the judge was able to cite specific lines, specific lines from the defense's testimony where they conceded to the violence, domestic violence, but violence that Diddy did. I thought that. And even during that, I remember, like, the third line. In Diddy looked over his attorneys, and there was one point where his attorneys mentioned that Diddy wanted to speak to the judge himself. And then Nicole Westmoreland, who is the black woman attorney on Diddy's team, got up and began to go have a conversation with Didd. And I'm. I'm assuming she was kind of advising him on that. If that were to happen, it didn't happen. He didn't even get the chance. The prosecutors stood ten toes down on. We will work with his team and in the probation offices to make sure that he gets a speedy sentencing, because we hear them, but it is a danger to the community to release him. And the judge agreed Diddy will not be released on bond. Tuesday, July 8th. There will be a virtual hearing where they'll get on and discuss some of the sentencing, just the logistics of everything and how all that will work. But no, Diddy is not walking free today. What's crazy about this? And just having conversations outside of the courtroom. One of the biggest things, because I said it in my last video, I wouldn't have been surprised if the judge had given Diddy a bond only because I felt like he had begun to almost be able to see the full scope of everything. Like, yes, these things happen. Yes, he was caught red handed doing some of these things. But did drug addiction come into play? Did alcohol come into play? Bad decision making has been in play from the very beginning. Right. But I began to weigh different things that the judge may weigh because obviously a jury weighed it. They did not convict him on some of the more serious charges. Right. The judge. Very different story. Very different story. And I'm not surprised that it was denied. I've said in my earlier videos that you also like, this was brought up earlier. The violence and the things that he did and his disregard for the law were brought up earlier. That is literally the reason. And the judge even brought this up. The first multiple times that Diddy was denied bond was because of his violence that they saw on camera. And a judge did not want to give him a chance to endanger anybody else. So we will stay locked. We will stay here. We will stay on the case physically, not here. But y' all know I'm keep y' all updated with the latest because that is what we do. Unfortunately for his family, they will not be celebrating a holiday weekend with their dad, with their grandpa, with their. Is he a granddad? Did he ain't no granddad. With their dad, with their, you know, their friend, with their confidant. But you know, they do still have sentencing to look forward to. And I think Diddy's team made a really, really good argument about making sure the sentencing happened fast while the judge has all of these memories and testimonies fresh in his head. Because what they're going to want to hope to is, is that the sentencing is not harsh. So I'll keep you updated. Make sure you guys check me out on the Breakfast Club. We will be there on Monday, July 7, back from the break. Of course, I'll have a ton of updates by then. The latest with Lauren laros of the podcast. Keep on tuning in. At the end of the day, you guys could be anywhere with anybody listening to all these things, but y' all choose to be right here with me. Low riders and I appreciate y'. All. I will catch you guys in my next upload. This is an I Heart podcast.