Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail a 3rd time on Wednesday, with a choose citing threat of witness tampering and proof of violating laws that stop him from speaking with third events.

The choice was made by Choose Arun Subramanian after a listening to in New York that weighed the situations of making certain security locally. Council for Combs had provided a $50 million bond backed by fairness in his properties, the promise of safety monitoring and assurance that he wouldn’t intervene with investigations surrounding his fees.

The ruling said that “there may be proof of supporting a critical threat of witness tampering,” and that Combs contacted witnesses “even after” his grand jury testimony in June 2024.

The choose additionally said that there “is proof that Combs violated Bureau of Prisons laws throughout his pretrial detention to obscure his communications with third events.” Based on the ruling, Combs paid different inmates to make calls to these not on his permitted contact listing, and requested relations and protection council to facilitate three-way calls to make them tougher to hint.

Due to the aforementioned infractions, the court docket decided that his “willingness to skirt BOP guidelines in a method that might make it tougher for his communications to be monitored is powerful proof that the Court docket can’t be ‘fairly assured’ as to the sufficiency of any situations of launch.”

At a listening to final week, Assistant U.S. Legal professional Christine Slavik had mentioned that Combs “can not and won’t observe guidelines” and “can’t be trusted.” She additionally claimed that his council was not ready “to regulate their consumer.”

Combs is at the moment incarcerated on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, N.Y. after being arrested on Sept. 16 by Homeland Safety on fees of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He pleaded not responsible to the fees. Combs stays behind bars till his trial in Might of subsequent yr. If discovered responsible of racketeering, Combs may face life in jail.