Amid growing legal troubles, Diddy has one less thing to worry about as a judge temporarily puts aside his $100 million default judgment.
As previously reported, Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, was sued last month by 51-year-old Michigan inmate Derek Lee Cardero-Smith, claiming the embattled tycoon was involved in his 1997 Drugged and sexually assaulted him at a party where he was working in Detroit.
Diddy was hit with a default judgment when he failed to appear in court last week, and he immediately filed an emergency motion to overturn it.
On Wednesday (September 18), TMZ confirmed that Judge Anna Marie Anzalone called for a temporary stay of the verdict after agreeing that Diddy was never properly served. She also dismissed the temporary restraining order, noting that Diddy would likely win the lawsuit based on the statute of limitations alone.
Media reports suggest Diddy’s next step may be to file a motion to dismiss the case entirely.
Meanwhile, Diddy, who was denied bail after being arrested on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, tries again — and now he’s also failed on his second try.
The embattled tycoon appeared before Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. on Wednesday (September 18) to renew his plea for his release as he and his team prepare for trial. According to TMZ, Judge Carter denied the request because “the government has proven that the defendant is a danger. Even if he is a flight risk, the bail amount is insufficient.”
As the two sides argued before Carter, government attorney Emily Johnson said Diddy contacted the alleged victim multiple times and in at least one case tried to convince the victim that their sexual encounter was consensual. Johnson focused on the fact that the bail package proposed by Dee Dee’s team was, in her opinion, insufficient to prevent possible obstruction of witnesses from testifying.
Diddy’s attorney Mark Agnifilo then expressed his opinion. He promised to have a private investigation firm monitor Diddy’s house and mentioned that his client had undergone drug treatment based on the former judge’s concerns about Diddy’s substance abuse and anger issues.
Diddy’s modified bail package, submitted hours before the hearing, would have included additional concessions if he were released: no non-family female visitors and weekly drug testing.
The package was slightly modified from a $50 million package his team proposed a day earlier, but another judge rejected it.
