The decision was made by Judge Arun Subramanian after a hearing in New York  to consider community safety conditions. Diddy’s team requested bail of up to $50 million with the promise of security supervision and assurances that the rapper would not interfere with investigations surrounding his allegations.

The ruling stated that “the evidence demonstrates a serious risk of interference with witness testimony” and that Diddy contacted witnesses “even after” his testimony to the grand jury in June 2024.

The judge also stated that “there is evidence that Diddy violated prison rules during his pretrial detention to conceal his communications with a third party.”

Diddy paid other inmates to call people not on the list to comply with his demands, and asked family members and the defense council to facilitate three-way calls with Diddy, according to the ruling.

Given the violations noted above, the court determined that “Diddy’s deliberate attempts to circumvent the law to make it more difficult to monitor his communications constituted strong evidence that the court could not ‘reasonably secure’ any conditions of release.”

At a hearing last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Slavik said Diddy “cannot and will not follow the rules, and is not trustworthy.” She also claimed that Diddy’s lawyers cannot “control their client.”

Diddy is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, after being arrested by the Department of Homeland Security on September 16, 2024, on charges of extortion, sex trafficking, and transportation of persons to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty.

Diddy remains in custody until his trial in May next year. If convicted of extortion, the rapper could face life in prison.