Dan Mitchinson: US correspondent on Sean 'Diddy' Combs being denied bail on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges

Published Sep 18, 2024, 5:30 AM

Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking.

The 54-year-old was arrested in Manhattan yesterday, with several lawsuits accusing him of physical and sexual abuse.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Combs was also charged with narcotics offences, kidnapping, arson and bribery - and there's enough evidence to have him put away. 

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International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind for New Zealand Business. Dan Matsimson, US Correspondence with US.

Now, Hello Dan, and that's why I am a proud San Diego at heart, born and bred. There.

Hi, Okay, things you are proud of, but how you know you stick with that? Listen, p did he? Okay? So how long is he going to be in the slammer before he actually goes to trial.

I think he's going to be in there for a while. And I think when he this case is all said and done, I think this is going to be his downfall. To tell you the truth, Well, prosecute because I think prosecutors have got a solid case against him at this point. I think they've interviewed at least a dozen witnesses who have testified that they've seen women injured as a result of violence against him. He's being held without bail on that and racketeering and alleged sex trafficking and kidnapping and arson and other crimes. I mean, they've been after this guy for a while, and he was arrested in Manhattan and they've been going, you know, putting us together for at least six months after they read it his home in Los Angeles and Miami, and I think they've got enough here to put him away for some time when all said and done.

Apparently what he was doing was he was getting dudes and girls into a room and then basically, you know, they were having freak offs or whatever. Is there any suggestion, like I couldn't quite make a sense of whether this was consensual or not.

I think that is something that's going to come out in the case, because you're right, I think there was a little bit of ambiguity in some of the articles that I've read, but I think that a lot of what I read was to do with controlling and he was buying a lot of these women with drugs and you know, extortion and I'm holding my financial support from you. So these are all the allegations, and I think that's, you know, what's going to get him in the air.

So sort of they were coerced into doing it, and doing it because they were afraid because he was using violence and blackmail and stuff like that. Okay, so how long do they wait these guys before they actually go to trial for something like this on a federal case.

I think it really just depends on the attorneys to tell you the truth. You know. You know, some of these things can get as we've seen with with with Trump's case, can be sped up, and as we've seen with other cases, can drag out for you know a number of rappers who can drag out for years and years. I think it just depends how much money they're willing to throw at these at this case and how long they're going to try to drag their heels.

Okay, it's going to be interesting. Of Americans are at peak straits apparently.

Why why not? Is what I say. I think we have politics to tell you about right now. I think we still have COVID. I think we have the economy. And my two senses. You're listening to this in New Zealand right now, and you're going, oh, right now, they're they're soft over there. But I think this is something that's not just relatable here in the US, but around the world because of everything I just mentioned, and the cutbacks at work and more work for those who are staying in the office, and it all adds up, and I think we're seeing a lot more brain fog as well, which I know is one of those sort of catchphrases everybody thinks is cute, but I think is something legitimate.

Well do you think brain fog is? What's brain fog?

Well? I can tell you that I know a number of people in different situations. My sister who went through cancer treatment, she described brain fog that she had for a year or more because of all the treatments that you have. I think you have people who suffer from sleep deprivation, asleep apnea too, that describe that you know they have brain fog because they're just not getting us the amount of sleep they should be. And then I think there's just this assumption that we can multitask, which is been proven to physically be impossible. We cannot multitask. Our brain can go from one event to another. But and your boss is not gonna like hearing that. My boss doesn't like hearing that. But we can't do that, and our brain just kind of fizzles out after a while.

Yeah, sounds like brain fo So.

I don't think I've sold you on this, No, I was like, sheally gonna.

Say, sounds like something that I think we're all familiar with. Actually, Okay, it's lack a sleep maybe, But you know, who not you know that?

Boy?

Don't we all? I think? Oh? Mate, how was the Barry Manilo concert at the weekend?

Oh? It was the happiest concert that I have ever been to.

He started to look on them all day like he's getting old.

He hears and you can tell he's had a lot of work done on his face. His voice is still fantastic. I was able to go after the show and spend a few minutes with him and talk to him. The nicest guy in the world. I would go back and see that show in a heartbeat, which is as vagacy as that sounds. It was amazing.

No, I would go with you if I had the option, Dan, thank you so much. Appreciate it, mate. This Dan Mitchison, US correspondent. He's slightly embarrassed that he went to see Barry Manilo. But listen, there was a reason Barry Manilo was begg was because Barry Manilo knew what he was doing. And he is a happy guy. Okay, So on the paper mil to something that's much less happy. The paper mill that's closing in Penrose and Auckland is the only mill in this country that recycles paper, which means all of our paper will now be sent to Malaysia. Like all of our paper for recycling is going to go on a ship and go to Malaysia. Now I think already Auckland Council paper, so Auckland rate payers already the paper you check in your recycling, but is going to Malaysia anyway, I think it's now the rest of the country that's affected. Maybe private businesses who want to recycle and stuff like that. But anyway, surely someone's done the maths about which is worse for the environment, which is better, Like is it better for us to collect all that paper together and check it on a ship with the carbon emissions and send it to Malaysia or is it actually better for us to just dump it in a landfill in New Zealand. There's only break down in a few years. We're going to talk to the recycling expert, Perule Sued at Auckland Council, who beea US ten plus five. It's quarter two right now. For more from Heather Duplassy Allen Drive, Listen live to news talks the'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.

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