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Secrets of Diddy's Legal Team: Inside The Squad of Attack Dog Lawyers Behind Jailed Rapper's Desperate THIRD Bail Bid

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Adds High-Powered Lawyers in Latest Bid for Bail
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Combs' first appeal was denied on September 18.

Oct. 1 2024, Published 11:25 a.m. ET

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Sean "Diddy" Combs is challenging a federal judge's ruling to keep him behind bars until his trial and has brought in two high-powered attorneys to assist with his appeal.

RadarOnline.com can reveal that the disgraced music mogul, 54, is trying a third attempt at bail, after two previous denials — two weeks after he was arrested on federal sex crime charges.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Adds High-Powered Lawyers in Latest Bid for Bail
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Diddy's lawyers submitted the paperwork on September 30.

Diddy's legal team continues to grow, as he has now added renowned attorneys Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro. His legal team already included seasoned lawyer Marc Agnifilo, a former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney.

On September 30, Combs' legal team filed a notice of appeal in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, as RadarOnline.com reported.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Adds High-Powered Lawyers in Latest Bid for Bail
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Attorneys Alexandra Shapiro (left) and Anthony Ricco (right) have joined Diddy's legal team. Alexandra is one of the top appellate lawyers in the field, while Tony's reputation as a trial lawyer is well-established.

An insider said: "Sean Combs is building his dream legal defense team, adding Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro to the trial team. Tony is one of the finest trial lawyers in the country. Alexandra is hands-down the best appellate lawyer practicing today".

According to her bio, Shapiro is co-founder of Shapiro Arato Bach LLP and began her career over 30 years ago "as one of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first clerks on the Supreme Court".

Ricco is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law and has represented 14 clients in federal death prosecutions.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Adds High-Powered Lawyers in Latest Bid for Bail
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Agnifilo has said that Diddy is 'eager' to testify when the trial starts.

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Agnifilo has been lead trial counsel for the Agnifilo Intrater Law Firm for the past several years. He was previously a supervisor at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney.

The embattled record producer was officially charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Diddy pleaded not guilty to the three federal sex crime charges during his arraignment hearing. He is now sitting in pretrial detention on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after a federal judge rejected his $50 million bail proposal twice.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Adds High-Powered Lawyers in Latest Bid for Bail
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Diddy was arrested on September 16 and has been behind bars ever since.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Agnifilo responded to claims that federal agents confiscated "1,000 bottles" of baby oil and lubricant from Combs homes in Miami and Los Angeles during a raid linked to a probe into his alleged sex trafficking empire.

Agnifilo said: "I don't think it was 1,000. I think it was a lot. I mean, there is a Costco right down the street. I think Americans buy in bulk, as we know."

He added: "And you know these are consensual adults doing what consensual adults do, you know, we can't get so puritanical in this country to think that somehow sex is a bad thing because if it was there would be no more people."

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Even though MDC Brooklyn has been branded "hell on earth" and two inmates have been killed there since June, when asked about Diddy's state of mind, Agnifilo said it is "actually remarkably positive." He added: "I spend several hours with him every day...His resolve is strong. He’s engaged."

He continued: "He's focused on his defense... he [has] come to terms with the fact that this is where he is for now."

While Combs sits in jail, Agnifilo also made it clear the mogul is "very eager to tell his story" during the trial. No trial date has been set, but if convicted, Diddy could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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