Defense lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs aren’t asking the judge in the rap star’s sex trafficking case to step in and have him moved from the notorious MDC Brooklyn jail.
Just days after Manhattan Federal Court Judge Andrew Carter denied Combs’ request to be released on $50 million bail, his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos wrote Monday that they won’t request the judge try to relocate the rapper.
“Following the September 18, 2024, court appearance, the Court ordered a status update from counsel concerning any request related to the location of Mr. Combs’ detention,” the defense team wrote to Carter. “At this point, there is no request from counsel that the Court take any action. Thank you.”
Agnifilo told the Daily News Monday that Combs’ legal team is “working closely with the dedicated professionals at the MDC, who have been responsive and helpful.”
Last week Agnifilo told reporters he was asking to get Combs moved to a jail facility in Essex County, N.J., which has been used to house federal detainees, describing the Jersey jail as “a little less difficult” and noting that “MDC historically has had tremendous problems, and those problems aren’t resolved.”
Agnifilo has said he plans to appeal Carter’s Wednesday bail ruling.
Judges have described the Sunset Park jail as “barbaric” and “dreadful,” and The News has reported on a string of violent incidents, including two stabbing murders this year, multiple instances of medical mistreatment, poor conditions and inedible food.
Recently, staff at the jail largely ignored one inmate’s 17 separate calls for medical help as a cancerous tumor grew in his leg, The News reported. A nurse practitioner saw him three times between January and August but never noticed his worsening condition, according to defense lawyers.
It’s the second time in a year the jail medical staff ignored signs an inmate was developing cancer.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accuse Combs of flying sex workers across state lines and forcing women he dated to have sex with male prostitutes during drug-fueled sex parties he called “Freak Offs.”
If they didn’t want to take part, he’d harass and physically abuse and harass them, then use incriminating recordings of them as collateral, federal prosecutors allege.
