Despite a plea from Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriend and alleged victim, a New York judge has denied his forth request for bail.
Judge Arun Subramanian ruled against granting bond for Combs on Monday, according to TMZ. The judge sided with federal prosecutors who asked him to keep the beat mogul locked up at MDC Brooklyn jail while he awaits his October 3 sentencing hearing.
Combs, 55, was convicted on 2 misdemeanor counts of transporting his own girlfriends – including Huynh and Cassie Ventura, across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.
He was acquitted on the more serious RICO xes trafficking charges.
In his order, the judge said there were no “exceptional reasons” that justified releasing Combs before his sentence.
Combs’ ex-girlfriend Gina Huynh, also known as “Victim 3” in the federal indictment, wrote a letter to Subramanian pleading for Combs’ release on bond.
Huynh, 33, went missing in May and did not testify against Combs during his 6-week trial.
She identified herself in the letter to the judge in support of Combs being released on bond before his sentencing hearing in October.
Huynh called Combs a good father who has “made visible efforts to become a better person and to address the harm he had caused.”
According to CNN, Combs’ former assistant George Kaplan testified that he saw Combs throwing apples at Huynh in his Star Island home.
However, Huynh said that by the time their relationship ended, Combs had “embodied an energy of love, patience and gentleness that was markedly different from his past behavior.”
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