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Does a Bond Denial From the Judge Signal a Hefty Sentence for Diddy? | Crime Alert 6AM 07.07.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Gray's Breaking Crimes Now Sean Comb's
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  Speaker 1: aka Ditty's bail hearing slater for tomorrow, his lawyers working
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  Speaker 1: to get him released until sentencing. How much time will
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  Speaker 1: come spend behind bars? Some legal experts say hints from
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  Speaker 1: the judge indicate a long time crime stories Nicole Parton explains.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy, It's widely speculated that the judge task with determining
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  Speaker 2: Ditty's prison sentence has indicated he may lean towards the
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  Speaker 2: prosecution and enforce a stringent penalty against the music mogul.
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  Speaker 2: Judge Aaron Submarinean rejected Ditty's appeal for a one million
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  Speaker 2: dollar bond, asserting that while he was acquitted of the
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  Speaker 2: gravest accusations, the trial demonstrated the rapper's propensity for violence,
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  Speaker 2: labeling him as a threat to society. The judge noted
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  Speaker 2: that Ditty's quote violent behavior was clearly evident in a
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  Speaker 2: twenty sixteen video showing the rapper attacking Cassie in a
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles hotel corridor. In your closing argument, you explicitly
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  Speaker 2: informed the jury that violence was present, and domestic violence
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  Speaker 2: constitutes violence, Submarinean remarked, while denying did He's bond request.
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  Speaker 2: You stated that this case involved violence. Despite did He's
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  Speaker 2: legal team persuading the jury that he was not a
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  Speaker 2: sex trafficker or leader of a criminal organization, they acknowledged
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  Speaker 2: his history of domestic abuse. The judge may leverage this
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  Speaker 2: admission to impose a lengthy prison term for did He's
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  Speaker 2: two convictions related to transportation for prostitution. Did He's attorneys
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  Speaker 2: suggested that federal sentencing guidelines would likely result in a
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  Speaker 2: two year prison term. They urged the judge to allow
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  Speaker 2: the mogul to remain in his Miami mansion while awaiting sentencing,
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  Speaker 2: but the judge declined that request and scheduled sentencing for
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  Speaker 2: October three, Although this date may be a just in
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  Speaker 2: an upcoming hearing. Prosecutors have already submitted statements from Ditty's
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  Speaker 2: accusers opposing his bond request, including a letter from Cassie
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  Speaker 2: Ventira's attorney asserting that miss Ventira believes mister Combs poses
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  Speaker 2: a potential danger to the victims who testified, including herself,
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  Speaker 2: as well as the wider community. The prosecution is expected
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  Speaker 2: to present additional testimonies from alleged victims as they seek
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  Speaker 2: a substantial sentence for Ditty. Diddy has been incarcerated since
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  Speaker 2: his arrest in September, and has already completed nine months
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  Speaker 2: in custody. A jury of eight men and four women
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  Speaker 2: acquitted him of racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking charges that
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  Speaker 2: alleged he utilized his wealth, influence and intimidating physical presence
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  Speaker 2: to coherse girlfriends into participating in numerous drug fueled sexual
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  Speaker 2: encounters with men. Ditty's defense argued that the women were
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  Speaker 2: consenting participants and that his actions did not merit the
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  Speaker 2: severity of the charges. His lead attorney, Mark Agnifilo, requested
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  Speaker 2: Ditty's immediate release on bond, contending that the acquittals altered
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  Speaker 2: the circumstances regarding his necessity for detention. Quote He's not
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  Speaker 2: going to flee. He's been given his life back, Agnifilo stated.
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  Speaker 2: Judge Submarinian denied the request, stating that did he had
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  Speaker 2: not sufficiently demonstrated quote a lack of danger to any
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  Speaker 2: individual or community at this time. As the judge announced
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  Speaker 2: his bond decision, did he remained composed and then turned
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  Speaker 2: to Agnifilo, jotting down notes while the lawyer spoke. He
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  Speaker 2: raised his hand to catch the judge's attention, but ultimately
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  Speaker 2: chose not to speak. After conferring with his attorney. As
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  Speaker 2: he exited the courtroom for the last time, did he
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  Speaker 2: took a moment to address the family members who filled
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  Speaker 2: the wooden benches in support of him throughout the eight
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  Speaker 2: week trial. Quote. Be strong, I love you, he said,
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  Speaker 2: blowing a dramatic kiss to his loved ones.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole, thank you. More crime j News After this.
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  Speaker 2: A search spanning multiple states for two missing teenagers from
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  Speaker 2: Idaho who are suspected to have been abducted by the
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  Speaker 2: fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day Saints
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  Speaker 2: has been officially stopped. The Uvaldi Foundation for Kids, which
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  Speaker 2: has played a crucial role in the hunt for thirteen
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  Speaker 2: year old Alan Fisher and his sister, fifteen year old
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  Speaker 2: Rochelle Fisher, announced the end of their volunteer led search
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  Speaker 2: and a press conference on July three. The organization indicated
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  Speaker 2: they had received new insight into the case and now
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  Speaker 2: believe the teenagers are being deliberately concealed by individuals within
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  Speaker 2: the FLDS community. They reported that their team of forty
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  Speaker 2: eight volunteers had dedicated over one hundred and twenty hours
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  Speaker 2: pursuing leads across Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. According to
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  Speaker 2: a press release from the Jefferson County, Idaho Sheriff's office,
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  Speaker 2: the police were alerted to the teen's disappearance from their
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  Speaker 2: home in Montvieu, Idaho, on June twenty two. Investigators speculated
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  Speaker 2: that the siblings might have returned to the FLDS community
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  Speaker 2: in Trenton, Utah, where they had previously lived. Public Information
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  Speaker 2: Officer Jennifer Fulmer explained that the children's mother had once
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  Speaker 2: been a member of the FLDS, but was exiled and
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  Speaker 2: forced to leave her children behind. After regaining custodies, she
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  Speaker 2: brought them back to her hometown.
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  Speaker 1: Quote.
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  Speaker 2: We believe that her children may have returned to the
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  Speaker 2: FLDS lifestyle and are being held. She said. Authorities do
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  Speaker 2: not entertain the idea that the children left on their
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  Speaker 2: own accord, whether they suspect that members of their former
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  Speaker 2: church assisted them. There's no public transportation available. Former noted
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  Speaker 2: it's in a remote desert area. The mother believes that
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  Speaker 2: someone from the FLDS church picked up the children. The
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  Speaker 2: FLDS is a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs, styled
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  Speaker 2: profit and convicted sexual offender. In twenty eleven, Jeffs was
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  Speaker 2: sentenced to life in prison for child sexual abuse former
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  Speaker 2: shared than. An Amber alert was issued on June twenty
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  Speaker 2: three after details emerged regarding the revelation from Jeffs in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty two quote, what we have learned was related
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  Speaker 2: to this revelation that the children are meant together to
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  Speaker 2: contribute to the construction of Zion, which would enable them
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  Speaker 2: to die and be transformed into pure beings. She said.
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  Speaker 2: We lack clarity on the timeline or the urgency to
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  Speaker 2: which the children may have been brought back to the sect,
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  Speaker 2: but we are pursuing every lead.
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  Speaker 1: Tiffany went in twenty six shops of their boyfriend at
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  Speaker 1: a Mary outa Georgia walmart in the early morning hours.
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  Speaker 1: After checking out, employees stopped the couple to check their
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  Speaker 1: receipts and Quentin runs out, leaving the cart behind. The
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  Speaker 1: boyfriend finds her shoes and purse in the parking lot.
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  Speaker 1: She used to work at an ihop cross the street,
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  Speaker 1: so he stops in. No trace of Tiffany. She usually
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  Speaker 1: is active on social but no posts after running away.
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  Speaker 1: Leaving behind a six year old daughter. Tiffany Whitten five three,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and five pounds, blonde hair, green eyes, several
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  Speaker 1: small tattoos including Chinese symbols on the left wrist and
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  Speaker 1: a butterfly on our hip. Last scene wearing a cream
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  Speaker 1: V neck T shirt, dark blue jeans, a dark colored headband.
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  Speaker 1: If you have info on Tiffany Witten, call Marietta, Georgia
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  Speaker 1: PD seven seven zero five two eight three zero three two.
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