Diddy Files for Bail Again, Citing 'Evidence' that Some Criminal Accusations Were Part of 'Consensual Relationship'

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a new motion requesting bail for the jailed music mogul, claiming that new evidence should allow him to be released in advance of his trial.

Combs remains behind bars after he was denied bail by two different federal judges. In September, he was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

In the Nov. 8 motion for bail, obtained by PEOPLE, Combs’ lawyers claim that the prosecution’s case is “thin.” The defense cites a March 2016 video referenced in the initial indictment against the Bad Boy Records founder, which appeared to show him violently assault a woman in a Los Angeles hotel.

“The video is not evidence of a coerced 'freak off,' but rather a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship between Mr. Combs and Victim 1,” Combs’ attorneys assert in the filing.

The indictment centers around alleged “freak offs,” which prosecutors claim were highly orchestrated sex performances organized by Combs, in which women were forced or coerced into participating with male sex workers.

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Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces. His attorneys had previously proposed a $50 million bail package. But citing potential witness tampering, two judges declined to release the highly influential mogul from custody.

Combs’ lawyers are again asking for their client to be released in a bail proposal they say is “far more robust than the previous” one.

The defense team is proposing home detention with around-the-clock security monitoring and “near-total restrictions” on Combs’ ability to contact anyone aside from his attorneys.

Combs is currently incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which his attorneys have called “not fit for pre-trial detention.”

The mogul’s trial is scheduled for May 2025.