More details about the alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs have come to light.
Four months after CNN published a 2016 surveillance video of the rapper assaulting ex Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway, prosecutors read the alleged texts between them during his second attempt at requesting bail Sept. 18.
During the hearing, which occurred two days after Combs was arrested in New York City and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per an NBC News reporter present in court, that Combs allegedly sent a text in the days following the assault that read, “Call me, the cops are here.”
“I have six kids,” he continued. “Call, I’m surrounded.”
Johnson alleged that the victim of the 2016 attack, who was not named during the hearing, responded, “Sick you think it’s OK to do what you’ve done.”
Source has reached out to reps for Ventura and Diddy for comment and has not heard back yet.
Combs was denied bail after a judge determined during the hearing that the bail package presented by the defense was “insufficient.” Judge Andrew Carter agreed with prosecutors that there was “no condition that would assure” that the 54-year-old wouldn’t “obstruct justice.”
Meanwhile, Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo disagreed with the ruling outside of the courthouse.
“It did not go our way,” Agnifilo said of the hearing, per NBC News reporters. “He believes he's innocent. I believe he's innocent, and we're going to fight this case with all of our might until we don't have to fight any longer.”
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