New incriminating text messages were made public Wednesday in the sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, and a Manhattan judge ruled that the hip-hop mogul will remain in prison until the end of his trial.
Federal Judge Andrew Carter Jr. in Manhattan upheld a magistrate judge's extended detention order issued Tuesday, saying the offer of $50 million bail, home detention and electronic monitoring was “inadequate.”
During a hearing on Combs' bail request, prosecutor Emily Johnson used text messages between the Bad Boy Records founder and his alleged victims to bolster her argument that he should remain incarcerated.
What we know about the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs
One of the victims allegedly messaged Combs on Nov. 19 after reading the allegations in the lawsuit filed by Kathy Ventura against Combs on Nov. 16, saying Ventura's claims were similar to her own.
“I feel like I am reading about my sexual trauma,” one message read, read by a prosecutor in court.
“I am sickened by the three page article that verbatim describes my experiences and suffering,” the alleged victim wrote.
“In the recording, [Combs] “He gaslighted her and tried to make her believe that she had willingly engaged in sexual relations with him,” Johnson alleged.
