Sean Combs had a very good day in court docket this week, as he was exonerated on the extra severe prices of racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking, and now consideration has turned to what comes subsequent. The work continues for Diddy’s authorized staff as they put together for sentencing, and for some who spoke out towards him — together with his former private chef — there’s allegedly concern about retaliation from the music mogul.
Jourdan Atkinson was on the prosecution’s witness checklist however was not referred to as to testify towards her former employer, per Folks. She reported that she was each a sufferer of alleged bodily abuse by P. Diddy and a witness to his alleged abuse of ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Because the rapper awaits sentencing on the costs of transportation to interact in prostitution, Atkinson wrote a letter to Decide Arun Subramania, which she posted to Instagram. It learn, partly:
These of us who have been subpoenaed are terrified at the opportunity of his retaliation towards us. I might like to precise how terrifying this entire ordeal has been for me personally. This previous yr and a half has been traumatizing. This verdict is devastating. … I worry for my security upon his launch.
Jourdan Atkinson’s letter was an enchantment to the decide to not launch Sean Combs from jail as he awaits sentencing. Cassie Ventura’s legal professional additionally reportedly submitted a letter to the decide, expressing concern that Diddy might pose a hazard to Ventura or others if launched.
The report govt was repeatedly denied bond as he awaited trial, and Arun Subramania once more on Wednesday rejected the protection’s request that he be allowed to return dwelling following the jury’s verdict. Subramania cited the protection’s personal admissions in his denial, saying:
You full-throatedly in your closing argument advised the jury that there was violence right here, and home violence is violence. You mentioned this was a case that did have violence.
P. Diddy might have been sentenced to life in jail if he’d been convicted on the extra severe federal prices; nevertheless the 2 counts of transportation to interact in prostitution carry a mixed most sentence of 20 years. Jourdan Atkinson mentioned that’s what she’s hoping for, because the caption to her Instagram submit learn:
I hope he will get the complete 20yrs on the very least! However I’am not holding my breath. I’am not okay. I’ve not been okay. I don’t really feel protected. I have no idea the place to go from right here. I stand with Cassie, as I all the time have. I don’t perceive the best way this case was dealt with. We’ve all been put in peril. FOR WHAT?
The chef isn’t the one one who thinks retaliation is an actual chance. Diddy’s former bodyguard Large Homie has spoken out about his former employer, and with the opportunity of the rapper being freed, the bodyguard felt it was most secure to dwell “outdoors of the States,” and that already there have been “enough and imminent threats to me.”
A sentencing date has been set for October 3, however a distant listening to can be held July 8 to debate expediting that course of. Keep tuned.