Sean
‘Diddy’
Combs
(Photo
by
Shareif
Ziyadat/Getty
Images)
Earlier
this
week,
Sean
“Diddy”
Combs,
the
man
behind
many
of
the
greatest
90s
rap
hits,
was
arrested
and
charged
with
three
criminal
counts
in
a
federal
indictment,
accusing
the
music
mogul
of
sex
trafficking,
racketeering,
and
transportation
to
engage
in
prostitution.
The
Bad
Boy
Records
founder
pleaded
not
guilty
during
his
arraignment
hearing
and
was
denied
bail
—
but
not
for
lack
of
effort
from
his
legal
team.
In
a
10-page
letter
to
Judge
Robyn
Tarnofsky
of
the
Southern
District
of
New
York,
Marc
Agnifilo
and
Teny
Geragos
of
Agnifilo
Intrater
proposed
that
Combs
be
released
on
a
$50
million
bond,
claiming
that
the
rap
impresario
is
not
a
flight
risk.
Agnifilo
and
Geragos
go
on
to
detail
Combs’s
history
and
characteristics,
speaking
of
his
philanthropic
efforts
and
the
many
ways
that
he
has
“championed
minorities
and
underrepresented
communities.”
Unfortunately,
this
segment
of
the
attorneys’
plea
to
curry
favor
for
their
client
was
marred
by
an
embarrassing
editing
error.
Hmm…
what’s
that?
It
seems
that
someone
forgot
to
turn
off
track
changes
in
the
document,
leaving
behind
a
little
comment
bubble.
Let’s
take
a
look
and
see
what
it
says.
Yikes!
“This
reads
awkwardly
to
me,
and
I’m
not
quite
sure
what
it’s
going
for.”
Katie
Renzler
represents
Diddy
in
another
case,
but
his
attorneys
in
this
case
apparently
ignored
her
comment
because
can’t
nobody
take
their
pride,
can’t
nobody
hold
them
down,
oh
no,
they’ve
got
to
keep
on
movin’.
Lawyers,
please
let
this
serve
as
a
reminder
to
turn
off
track
changes
before
submitting
documents
that
will
be
widely
read
in
incredibly
high-profile
cases.
This
is
cringeworthy.
Sean
‘Diddy’
Combs
indicted
on
federal
sex
trafficking
charges
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