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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sean "Diddy" Combs has won a third chance to argue for bail in his federal sex-trafficking case.</li><li>He's now offering to submit to home confinement and continual GPS monitoring.</li></ul>Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Tuesday <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-new-judge-sex-trafficking-ticketmaster-2024-10">won a third chance to argue</a> that he should be released from jail pending his May 5 trial date on federal sex-trafficking charges.US District Judge Arun Subramanian set 2 p.m. on November 22 for a bail hearing. Combs has remained <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-metropolitan-detention-center-brooklyn-jail-indictment-2024-9">in a federal lockup</a> in Brooklyn since his September 16 arrest. Before the judge set this new date, he was not due back in court until December 18.Subramanian will be the third federal judge to weigh if <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-business-income-dried-up-ciroc-music-deleon-2024-10">the rap mogul</a> should be released pending trial on a three-count federal indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.Federal prosecutors say that since at least 2009, Combs engaged in a pattern of physical and sexual violence against multiple victims, including at elaborately-staged, days-long sexual performances called freak-offs. They further allege he used force, threats, and coercion to keep his victims compliant and protect his reputation.Combs' lawyers have countered that these sexual performances were consensual and that video recordings and testimony by participants will bear that out. The defense has also said that Combs' accusers <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-attack-cassie-sex-trafficking-case-could-backfire-2024-9">have a financial stake to lie about him</a>.At separate bail hearings in September, Combs' initial arraignment judge and a second judge agreed with federal prosecutors, who argued that the chance of his obstructing justice and the risk to the community are too high for him to remain free.Subramanian took over the case on October 3 after the second judge, US District Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr., could not accommodate the May trial date.Combs <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25284897-us-v-combs-bail-hearing-request-20241108">is now arguing</a> before Subramanian that he would agree to home confinement and around-the-clock GPS monitoring if allowed out of jail.Home confinement would be "at his residence in Miami, or a suitable location in New York." His offer to post a $50 million bond, collateralized by the Miami home, has not changed.Prosecutors will have until Friday to file a response to this latest bail bid. Combs' side gets to reply to that response by Wednesday, November 20, two days before the hearing.Lawyers for Combs and a spokesperson for prosecutors did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Diddy wins third-chance hearing to argue for bail in sex-trafficking case

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Brittany Patterson's 11-year-old son walked to a local dollar store alone without telling her.</li><li>A stranger called the cops, concerned he might be in danger, though he said he was OK.</li></ul>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brittany Patterson, 41, a real-estate broker and mom of four from Fannin County, Georgia. It has been edited for length and clarity.My cellphone rang at lunchtime on October 30, 2024, near the end of my 14-year-old son Evander's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doctor-shares-tips-for-being-heard-during-medical-visits-2023-3">doctor's appointment</a>. It was the police.The sheriff's deputy asked if I knew that my youngest son, Soren, who was about to turn 11, was alone in our downtown area. "No," I said.It turned out he'd walked just under a mile from our house in the woods where he's homeschooled. The deputy wanted to know why he was there, how he got there, and why I didn't know where he was.<h2 id="80f69f87-6b5d-48bc-b647-b92c6dab7a51">The police brought him home</h2>I was annoyed with Soren for going into town without telling me or other family members first, but I wasn't panicking. I told her that I knew the roads and that he was mature enough to walk there without incident.The deputy said it wasn't safe because it was a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-roads-highways-world-2021-6">dangerous road</a>. She said all kinds of things could have happened, including being kidnapped.Fifteen minutes later, as I rushed home from the doctor's, my dad called to say the police had dropped Soren off. My mom and I chastised him for leaving the house without telling us where he was going and how long he was going to be.We discussed what had happened. Soren was supposed to accompany me to the appointment, but he wasn't there when I called out to say it was time to go.I figured he decided that he wanted to stay. I wasn't concerned because I knew we'd be back in about an hour and a half.We live on a rural 16-acre compound that includes our house, which contains an in-law suite for my dad, who's always home. My mom and sisters live in a building that's a three-minute walk away. The kids — we also have two daughters, Enola, 16, and Selah, 12 — always go back and forth between the properties.<h2 id="f4bd4cd2-f9dc-4501-a63c-168e5e0c346e">We grew up with a lot of independence</h2>My husband Josh works as a superintendent of schools in Montana. We were both <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-mom-lived-in-denmark-compares-american-and-nordic-parenting-2024-10">raised with a lot of freedom and independence</a>. We're free-range parents who want the same kind of life for our children. They're allowed to go back into the woods and dig and build forts. They ride their dirt bikes or walk over to the neighbor's house, where there's a nice flat spot to play basketball.Soren told me he'd gotten bored that lunchtime and just wanted to go for a walk. He walked into our small town of 370 people along the verge of the road — which has a speed limit of 25 to 35 miles an hour. He wandered through the gas station to say hi to his friend's grandma, who works there.She wasn't around, so <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worked-new-dollar-general-started-falling-apart-before-it-opened-2023-11">he went into the Dollar General</a>. He was on his way back home when a lady <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/abandoned-post-offices-photos-history-2020-8">outside the post office </a>called him over to her car.<div type="image" title="A family posing inside a giant lighted holiday ornament." height="2268" width="3024" msid="115270349" hostid="261" sizebytes="408012"></div>"She asked if I was OK, and I said I was," Soren told me. She asked him who his mom was, and he told her my name. Then he got a little nervous — he didn't feel like he should be talking to her — and just walked away. I guess that, at some point, she called the police.I didn't fuss at Soren for walking to the Dollar General because I think that's fine. I fussed at him for not letting me know that he was going when leaving the property. It was a communication thing. He apologized, and we moved on with the afternoon.<h2 id="f0d5bd22-611e-4ef4-ae59-71964716e3ab">I was arrested</h2>Around 6:30 p.m., the deputy sheriff and another officer knocked on our door.I opened the door and held my finger up, asking if they could give me a moment to end my phone call with my client. "You need to step outside now," the deputy said. They asked me to turn around and put my hands behind my back. Soren was sitting right there watching this whole thing.They said that I was under arrest on a charge of reckless conduct and took my phone.At the station, they fingerprinted me. They stripped me down and made me change clothes into an orange jumpsuit. They scanned my body and took my mug shot.I was only in there for an hour and a half. My mom and sister paid $500 for me to be <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/date-asked-me-to-post-bail-for-him-2023-9">released on bail</a>, and I was back home by 8:30 p.m.On Halloween, a case manager from the Division of Family and Children Services visited our home and spoke to the kids, my mom, my sister-in-law, and my dad.<h2 id="c1c0be20-a38f-43bc-a764-b12a29bf4e97">I was asked to sign a safety plan</h2>The next day, I contacted David DeLugas, the founder of <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__parentsusa.org_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=AhsXuq61LSf9ONOz2FqVCWNi_6wlXzjX7EkJk9i4a_M&amp;m=uGEjrCTYW0kC3XPjlZTDSnHAlmwgqqqehpLIb1H6ER4yldng9J9kwNCirDnhMg67&amp;s=1DHhL3QqSmE0g1NOy-dcq9GymTkkx9R7gbqUWGhjy5E&amp;e=">ParentsUSA,</a> a nonprofit that often provides pro bono legal support to parents wrongly accused of child neglect.The case manager texted me on November 5 because she wanted to stop by to go over a so-called safety plan. It required me to delegate a "safety person" — presumably my mom — to be a "knowing participant and guardian" and watch over the children when I wasn't there. Under her supervision, I also needed to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-tracking-app-locations-not-stalking-good-parenting-2024-2">download a tracking app </a>onto Soren's phone so I could monitor his location.DeLugas, an attorney, explained the pros and cons of me signing — or not signing — the safety plan.I decided that it was better not to sign it. I knew the potential risk — that the deputies could push the issue and maybe even try to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-had-kids-taken-away-after-a-misdiagnosis-2022-6">have my children removed from my home</a> — so it's scary.But I feel it's more important to stand up for what we believe in. My kids are all supportive of that decision because we've talked about everything that's been going on. We know the maximum punishment could be a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail. DeLugas is helping us dispute the charges.Meanwhile, friends and family have said they're concerned because they sometimes leave their kids alone at home or their kids go out for walks like Soren. They wonder now if they'll have cops show up because of it.None of us wants the government telling us how to raise our children.Editor's note: Business Insider verified Patterson's account through documents. We contacted the Division of Family and Child Services in Georgia and the assistant district attorney handling Patterson's case for comment on whether the charges are being dropped. They have not yet responded. The Fannin County Sheriff's Office said it did not comment on pending cases.

My 11-year-old walked less than a mile away from home. I was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.</li></ul>Hello! Europe just had its largest auto show of the year, but out-of-towners nabbed the spotlight. China's EV giants like BYD, Xpeng, and Leapmoter <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-ev-giants-innovation-ai-auto-show-european-rivals-despair-2024-10">showed off new models that turned heads</a>.In today's big story, Netflix's earnings report comes as Wall Street wonders <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-questions-from-wall-street-growth-ads-future-earnings-2024-10">if the king of streaming can keep its crown</a>.What's on deck:<ul><li>Markets: BNPL Klarna is exploring <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/klarna-stock-trading-robinhood-bnpl-app-ipo-2024-10">adding stock-trading features to its app</a>.</li><li>Tech: Both Trump and Harris support homegrown semiconductors, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-semiconductor-chip-production-continue-harris-trump-presidency-arizona-jobs-2024-10">but that doesn't mean they won't impact the industry</a>.</li><li>Business: NYC's short-term rental ban was supposed make housing cheaper. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-short-term-rental-airbnb-ban-housing-market-impact-data-2024-10">Did it</a>?</li></ul>But first, skip intro.If this was forwarded to you, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/insider-today">sign up here.</a><h3 id="7fa5f018-5b05-4a37-a8dc-d3f89138bcb3">The big story</h3><h2 id="5fd547b9-ec52-41fc-8e08-4f4b27dd8097">Next on Netflix</h2><div type="image" title="Netflix and Wall street bull hug" height="1000" width="2000" msid="114320003" hostid="261" sizebytes="147320"></div>Netflix won the streaming crown. Now, it has to keep it.The gap between Netflix and its fellow streamers is more of a chasm these days. (I'm not exaggerating. Just look at this chart <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-stock-historic-high-chart-streaming-2024-9">comparing Netflix's stock price with its rivals</a>.)But life at the top just means the expectations are that much higher. Business Insider's Lucia Moses outlined <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-questions-from-wall-street-growth-ads-future-earnings-2024-10">investors' key questions about Netflix</a> ahead of its third-quarter earnings call this afternoon.One thing we do know is the subscription gravy train is slowing down. After enjoying a bump in subscribers from its password-sharing crackdown, executives have telegraphed a year-over-year drop in net additions for Q3.But Netflix has other levers to pull for growth.Games are one interesting avenue the streamer is pursuing. It's unclear if the investment is paying off, but new games president Alain Tascan recently shook things up by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-shakes-up-gaming-division-new-epic-hire-layoffs-2024-10">bringing in a former Epic Games executive and cutting some staff</a>.Netflix's other options range from straightforward (raising subscription prices) to complex (creating events tied to popular shows).<div type="image" title="Photo of two players in a football game" height="1333" width="2000" msid="114320008" hostid="261" sizebytes="131216"></div>We'll get a preview of one new growth opportunity for Netflix this quarter.The NFL is coming to the streamer this Christmas, with Netflix showing two games on the holiday. It's part of a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-nfl-football-streaming-deal-explained-peter-kafka-2024-5">three-year deal it inked with the NFL</a>, joining rival streamers in buying the rights to show America's new favorite pastime.Football games can come with an initial boost in users — Peacock reportedly nabbed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peacock-nfl-playoff-stream-drew-millions-subscribers-report-2024-1">2.8 million subscribers for its NFL playoff game</a> last season — but they <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peacock-subscriber-loss-first-comcast-churn-olympics-nfl-2024-7">don't always stick around</a>, as BI's Peter Kafka has previously covered.There's also a touch of reputational risk among fans who complain about needing to subscribe to yet another streamer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-new-nfl-deal-some-sports-fans-crying-foul-2024-5">to watch their beloved football</a>.The NFL isn't really about adding more subscribers for Netflix, though. The games, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-netflix-pro-wrestling-wwe-deal-makes-sense-2024-1">along with its $5 billion pro wrestling deal</a>, are about building out its ads business.Netflix has already tested the waters with live events with varying degrees of success. (Remember the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-love-is-blind-live-reunion-delayed-apology-technical-2023-4">"Love Is Blind" reunion debacle</a>?)But games featuring the league's biggest stars (Patrick Mahomes, reigning MVP Lamar Jackson) meant to help the NFL overtake a holiday dominated by the NBA mean the stakes are higher than ever.Then again, Netflix is used to the spotlight.<h3 id="77f31a4c-8462-4e3d-a71f-838cb79493fb">News brief</h3><h2 id="1fcd294b-3f53-425f-9f20-4093e8623b59">Top headlines</h2><ul><li>Liam Payne, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/one-direction-liam-payne-dead-buenos-aires-2024-10">former One Direction star, dead at 31</a> in Buenos Aires.</li><li>Kamala Harris defends her economic plan and insists she won't be more of Joe Biden in a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-fox-news-interview-economic-plan-donald-trump-2024-10">tense interview with Fox News</a>.</li><li>Apple's chief people officer, who reports directly to Tim Cook, is<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-chief-people-officer-leaving-carol-surface-executive-2024-10"> leaving the company after less than 2 years</a>.</li><li>A quant research leader from Two Sigma's vaunted 'techniques' squad <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/two-sigma-exec-kan-huang-techniques-unit-joins-cubist-2024-10">is leaving for Cubist</a>.</li><li>Elon Musk hits the campaign trail in a key swing state <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-campaign-trail-pennsylvania-donald-trump-key-swing-state-2024-10">after donating $75 million to a pro-Trump super PAC</a>.</li><li>AI sales startup Clay is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-sales-startup-clay-raising-new-vc-round-2024-10">raising a new funding round at a $1.3 billion valuation</a>, sources say.</li><li>What's next in Diddy sex-trafficking case: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/diddy-case-sean-combs-next-court-date-2024-10">possible gun and drug charges, a gag order, and a bail decision</a>.</li></ul><h2 id="8120060b-ae66-48dc-b149-f0489a30ffa2">3 things in markets</h2><div type="image" title="A Louis Vuitton store" height="683" width="1024" msid="114320004" hostid="261" sizebytes="62718"></div><ol><li>Luxury stocks are looking like knockoffs. LVMH, the French luxury conglomerate that includes Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, reported a Q3 sales decline that <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/lvmh-stock-price-earnings-lucury-sales-china-economy-demand-stimulus-2024-10">sent its stock tumbling</a> along with competitors. The main culprit: China's recent stimulus won't be enough to boost the country's waning consumer demand.</li><li>AI mania latest: Taiwanese chip giant TSMC <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tsmc-earnings-taiwan-semiconductor-chip-ai-chip-demand-asml-china-2024-10">posted blockbuster Q3 results</a> Thursday. It comes after one of its suppliers, Dutch chip equipment maker ASML, posted a downbeat earnings report that triggered a sell-off. TSMC's CEO insisted demand for AI "is real" during the earnings call.</li><li>Buy now, pay later, trade whenever. BNPL giant Klarna is exploring building a tool for users to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/klarna-stock-trading-robinhood-bnpl-app-ipo-2024-10">buy and sell stocks through its app</a> and compete with Robinhood, according to an internal Slack message seen by BI. The Swedish company is building out its product offerings as it reportedly looks to IPO in the US.</li></ol><h2 id="f4b54806-7f81-450c-ba32-92560d4fae9b">3 things in tech</h2><div type="image" title="semiconductor chips" height="1500" width="2000" msid="114320001" hostid="261" sizebytes="251438"></div><ol><li>Trump or Harris? For chip investment, it doesn't matter. The US's push into semiconductors will prevail, regardless of who wins the White House in November. Both candidates think chip production is key for economic and national security reasons — but their stances on other issues, like taxes and immigration, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-semiconductor-chip-production-continue-harris-trump-presidency-arizona-jobs-2024-10">could still affect the semiconductor industry</a>.</li><li>Help wanted: Elon Musk's xAI is looking for "AI tutors." <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-hiring-spree-ai-tutors-2024-10">The startup is on a hiring spree</a>, having recently opened a spate of AI tutor roles. The job pays between $35 and $65 an hour and is focused on helping train language algorithms.</li><li>What SpaceX needs to win its lawsuit against a California commission. Elon Musk's company sued the California Coastal Commission after it denied a request for more frequent SpaceX flights. Musk's lawyers accuse the commission of regulatory overreach because commissioners have criticized Musk's politics. To win their case, they'll have to show the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-free-speech-lawsuit-california-coastal-commission-spacex-2024-10">flights would've been approved otherwise</a>.</li></ol><h2 id="9260fa45-d397-4b3c-b4f8-4bb193976216">3 things in business</h2><div type="image" title="The Statue of Liberty torch with an Airbnb logo in the flame" height="1000" width="2000" msid="114320005" hostid="261" sizebytes="428036"></div><ol><li>NYC banned short-term rentals last year. It's unclear if it's helped the city's housing crisis. The ban was supposed to make housing cheaper. So far, the results are mixed: While rent-price growth has slowed and home inventory has increased modestly, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-short-term-rental-airbnb-ban-housing-market-impact-data-2024-10">it's not clear how much of that is directly correlated to the ban</a>.</li><li>Amazon goes Hollywood. Under the leadership of former Paramount exec Amy Powell, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazon-branded-entertainment-playbook-amy-powell-2024-10">Amazon is looking for ways to market itself</a> outside the traditional TV spot. Part of that includes a new show with the creator of the hit social-media series "Recess Therapy," which Amazon hopes will help portray it as a force for good.</li><li>Inside the LinkedIn laugh factory. America's favorite social media app for humblebragging and exaggerated corporate enthusiasm has become a surprise source of corporate trolling. Comedians are satirizing workaholism so well that it can be hard to tell what's ironic and what's not. But while LinkedIn comedy might be refreshing new content, <a target="_blank" href="https://businessinsider.com/americas-hottest-comedy-club-linkedin-satire-unhinged-ceos-2024-10">it's unlikely to change the platform's culture</a>.</li></ol><h2 id="9f5d80ac-3466-429f-a50a-2ffbb70c65ff">What's happening today</h2><ul><li>Netflix and other companies report Q3 earnings.</li><li>NATO defense ministers meet.</li><li>"El Mayo," head of the Sinaloa cartel, is charged in US court with conspiracy and money laundering.</li></ul>The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York. Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York. Hallam Bullock, senior editor, in London. Milan Sehmbi, fellow, in London. Amanda Yen, fellow, in New York.

Netflix airing NFL games on Christmas will be the streaming giant's biggest test for its next area of growth

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Julian Assange spent over 5 years in a 2x3 meter cell before his release, according to WikiLeaks.</li><li>He was isolated for 23 hours a day before a London court granted him bail on Monday, it said.</li></ul>Julian Assange spent more than five years in a 2x3 meter cell, isolated 23 hours a day before his release on bail, WikiLeaks said in a <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805390138945528183">statement</a> on Tuesday.The WikiLeaks cofounder was released on Monday after being detained for 1901 days, from April 2019 until June 2024, in the UK's Belmarsh maximum-security prison during a yearslong legal fight over his potential extradition to the US.Assange was arrested in the UK in 2019 for breaching bail conditions after seeking asylum in Ecuador's London Embassy to avoid extradition.He was facing various charges, including those related to his role in publishing classified US documents provided by Chelsea Manning.On Monday, the High Court of London granted Assange bail, the WikiLeaks statement said, allowing him to board a plane at 5 p.m. local time and leave the UK.Assange's release was the result of a global campaign that "created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalized," the statement continued.According to <a target="_blank" href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474.1.0.pdf">court documents</a> published on Tuesday by the United States District Court For The Northern Mariana Islands, Assange was charged under the Espionage Act with conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defense documents.US prosecutors anticipate that he will enter a guilty plea during a court hearing in the Northern Mariana Islands scheduled for Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474.3.0_1.pdf">letter</a> from Justice Department official Matthew McKenzie.<h2 id="020d6a93-46ac-4121-a23b-4dee4bcb9744">Britain's 'Guantánamo Bay'</h2>Before his release, Assange spent half a decade detained in a prison once dubbed the UK's "Guantánamo Bay."<div type="image" title="Belmarsh prison" height="1333" width="2000" msid="111264501" hostid="261" sizebytes="389714"></div>Belmarsh Prison, located in southeast London, gained prominence in the early 2000s for detaining terror suspects without charge or trial.Nine foreign nationals were detained in December 2001 and held in prison without knowing why under post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation, according to a <a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714864.stm">2004 BBC News article</a>.The nine men were kept in their cells for up to 22 hours a day without access to the evidence collected against them, the outlet reported.As a result, the prison earned the epithet 'Britain's Guantánamo Bay.'Judges <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2004/56.html">ruled</a> in 2004 that the indefinite detention of foreign prisoners in Belmarsh without trial under anti-terrorism legislation was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/prisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/03/belmarsh-2011.pdf">Annual</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/prisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/03/Belmarsh_2009_rps.pdf">independent</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/prisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/03/belmarsh-health-check-2011.pdf">inspections</a> of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/prisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/04/belmarsh-2013.pdf">Belmarsh</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f759ee5274a2e8ab4c504/hmip-annual-report-print.pdf">prison</a> have been <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/prisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/03/belmarsh-2007-full_report-rps.pdf">conducted</a> since <a target="_blank" href="https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/872163">2003</a>.In 2022, inspectors returning to the prison <a target="_blank" href="https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/hmp-belmarsh-a-safer-prison-but-more-work-to-be-done-on-purposeful-activity/">said</a> they were "encouraged" to see progress had been made since their last <a target="_blank" href="https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_reports/hmp-belmarsh-2/">inspection</a> in 2021, with reduced levels of violence and more time out of cell for prisoners.However, the latest <a target="_blank" href="https://imb.org.uk/document/belmarsh-2022-23-annual-report/">report</a> by the Independent Monitoring Boards in 2023 found that a quarter of prisoners spent up to 22 hours a day locked in their cells.As part of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Order-by-Judge-Other-Order.pdf">plea agreement</a>, Assange is expected to plead guilty to one count, with a proposed sentence of time served. The US will then withdraw its extradition request, and he will be able to return home to Australia a free man.

Julian Assange spent 5 years in a 2x3 meter cell, isolated 23 hours a day before his release on bail, WikiLeaks says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Lawyers for Sean Combs filed his bail appeal on Tuesday night.</li><li>Combs is hoping to be freed to home detention pending trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.</li></ul>Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs filed his bail appeal on Tuesday night — citing Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere as examples of sex offenders whose denials of bail were clearly explained and justified, unlike his own.Combs <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-appeal-jail-conditions-trial-prep-2024-9">has remained jailed in Brooklyn</a> since his September 16 arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges. His lawyers have argued since then that he should be allowed to serve home detention on a $50 million bond while awaiting trial.Combs has also offered to comply with weekly drug testing, to have no access to phones or the internet, and to restrict those who visit him to family and friends not involved in the case.The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25196850-us-v-combs-appeal-motion-information-20241008">31-page motion for pretrial release</a> was filed with the US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in Manhattan.It argues that while judges gave a lengthy and detailed explanation for denying bail for Epstein, Maxwell, and Raniere — as required <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-26-release-and-detention-pending-judicial-proceedings-18-usc-3141-et">under federal law section 3142(g)</a> — no such detailed explanation has been made for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-bond-court-jail-trial-2024-9">keeping Combs confined pretrial.</a>According to Combs' lawyers, the district court has made a "legal error by failing to make any factual findings or weigh the required factors."In US v Epstein, US v Maxwell, and US v Raniere, "the detention orders were supported by detailed factual findings and explicit weighing of the 3142(g) factors," the appeal read."This Court has reversed similarly defective detention orders," the appeal added, citing a Second Circuit reversal of a bail denial from 1988.Combs has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers have attacked the DOJ's case strenuously in prior court appearances, describing the charged conduct as consensual and the primary witness against him as not credible.Tuesday night's appellate filing reinforces these two themes. It describes the DOJ's trafficking case as based on sexual conduct by willing participants — specifically what the government described in its indictment as "freak offs," or "elaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded.""Mr. Combs believes the evidence will show that to the extent such activities occurred, all individuals who participated were adults voluntarily engaged in consensual sex," Combs lawyers wrote Tuesday.The government's case, the lawyers argue, is also overly reliant on a single "widely publicized March 5, 2016 video of Mr. Combs depicting a domestic violence incident with a former girlfriend." This point in the appeal was a reference to footage showing Combs <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-apologizes-video-cassie-ventura-assault-2024-5">punching and kicking R&amp;B singer Cassie Ventura</a> at a California hotel.Combs issued an apology when CNN first published the video in May, but his lawyers have since adopted an<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-attack-cassie-sex-trafficking-case-could-backfire-2024-9"> attack-the-accuser strategy</a>.Combs and Ventura shared "a long-term loving relationship that became strained by mutual infidelity and jealousy" and which was "often mutually toxic," his lawyers wrote Tuesday.Combs is described in the appeal as "a 54-y-o father of seven, a US citizen, an extraordinarily successful artist, businessman, and philanthropist, and one of the most recognizable people on earth."The appeal, signed by newly-retained attorney Alexandra A. E. Shapiro, additionally promises that Combs will not attempt to flee, obstruct justice, or intimidate witnesses, three major concerns cited by prosecutors."He traveled to New York to surrender because he knew he was going to be indicted. He took extraordinary steps to demonstrate that he intended to face and contest the charges, not flee," the filing read.Those steps, per Combs' lawyers, included relocating from Miami to a New York hotel so he could be on hand to surrender, putting his private airplane up for sale, paying off the $18 million debt on his $48 million home in Miami in August "so it could provide unencumbered security for any future bail package."Prosecutors will reply to Combs' appeal before a decision is made.Combs, meanwhile, is scheduled to next appear in court on Thursday, for a status conference scheduled before US District Court<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-new-judge-sex-trafficking-ticketmaster-2024-10"> Judge Arun Subramanian,</a> who has already stated he will not hear further bail arguments.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sean Combs isn't scheduled to leave his Brooklyn jail until his next court date in two months. </li><li>Meanwhile, teams of lawyers and prosecutors, plus a trio of judges, are working on the case.</li></ul>Sean "Diddy" Combs isn't due back in court on <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-grand-jury-indictment-2024-9">his Manhattan sex-trafficking indictment</a> until December 18.Meanwhile, Combs' future is being charted behind the scenes by federal prosecutors, defense lawyers, and a trio of judges tasked over the coming days with drafting possible new charges, a gag order, and a bail decision.Here's what's expected next in the case, which alleges that since 2009, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-business-income-dried-up-ciroc-music-deleon-2024-10">millionaire rap entrepreneur</a> used force and threats to sexually abuse "women and others around him," including at drug-fueled <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-indictment-allegations-freak-off-sex-performances-2024-9">parties called "freak-offs."</a>An attorney for Combs declined to comment on the pending matters. The US Attorney's office in Manhattan did not respond to a request for comment.<div type="image" title="An evidence photo from the Sean Combs sex-trafficking case shows a magazine for an AR-15 loaded with large caliber .233 ammunition. Federal prosecutors allege it was found in Combs' Miami bedroom closet." height="302" width="334" msid="114292368" hostid="261" sizebytes="4698"></div><h2 id="ff8cdb75-43ba-49bb-89a1-227ee1fff66c">Possible new charges: weapons and drugs</h2>Combs maintains his innocence and pleaded not guilty to three federal charges: racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution (for allegedly causing female victims and commercial sex workers to cross state lines). The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison, and the top possible sentence is life.Twice denied bail on a defense offer of home confinement and a $50 million bond, Combs remains for now in a federal jail in Brooklyn, where he can strategize with his lawyers about <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-judge-gag-order-trial-date-2024-10">his scheduled May 5 criminal trial</a> and a growing number of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-new-allegations-lawsuits-2024-10">sexual abuse lawsuits</a>.Last week, at his third and most recent court appearance, prosecutor Emily Anne Johnson hinted that Combs could be summoned out of jail and back to court at any time before his next date — for a second arraignment."Our investigation is continuing," Johnson told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-new-judge-sex-trafficking-ticketmaster-2024-10">US District Judge Arun Subramanian</a>. "There is a possibility that there will be a superseding indictment."Johnson did not say if a grand jury is hearing new evidence, and she gave no specifics on the potential new charges. Federal prosecutors have signaled they are looking at weapons and drug charges.<div type="image" title="This evidence photo from the Sean Combs sex-trafficking case shows a drum magazine loaded with 59 rounds of large capacity .223 caliber ammunition. Federal prosecutors say it was seized from Combs' Los Angeles home." height="344" width="386" msid="114292369" hostid="261" sizebytes="9802"></div>Prosecutors alleged at a bail hearing last month that federal agents seized three AR-15 rifles with defaced serial numbers when search warrants were executed at Combs' homes and a Florida airport back in March. Two of the weapons were found broken down into parts in the bedroom closet of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/p-diddy-miami-mansion-on-star-island-paid-off-mortgage-2024-9#:~:text=Combs'%20legal%20team%20cited%20a,Island%20Drive%2C%20at%20%2448.5%20million.">Combs' $48.5 million Miami mansion,</a> they said. Two magazines with a total of 29 rounds of high-caliber ammo were also in the closet, they allege.When <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-lawyer-nyc-sex-trafficking-charges-2024-7">defense attorney Marc Agnifilo</a> suggested during bail arguments that the weapons belonged to Combs' security, Johnson, the prosecutor, had this to say:"I don't dispute that Mr. Combs has used armed security," she said. "But it is incredulous that armed security in a professional security company would use defaced AR-15s and store them in pieces in the defendant's personal closet.""That," she added, "is absurd."During the same September 17 bail hearing, Johnson also told the judge that when Combs was arrested at his Manhattan hotel on the previous night — "at a time when he should be on his very, very best behavior" because he knew he was under investigation — agents recovered from his room "bags of pink powder that are visually similar to bags of pink powder that we have seized before from the defendant that have tested positive for ecstasy and other drugs."Combs' indictment alleges he gave ecstasy, ketamine, GHB, and other so-called party drugs to his victims "to keep them obedient and compliant."Agnifilo suggested the drugs were for Combs' personal use, telling the judge that his client had previously checked himself into rehab for drug treatment and, at the time of his arrest, was undergoing "therapy for things that, most respectfully, he needs treatment and therapy for."<div type="image" title="This evidence photo from the Sean Combs sex-trafficking case shows a defaced serial number on an AR-15 rifle. Federal prosecutors say this is one of three defaced weapons seized from Combs in March." height="316" width="476" msid="114292366" hostid="261" sizebytes="9012"></div><h2 id="bec9a333-2f01-4a2a-bcc4-8af66309c481">Possible new defendants: Combs' "associates"</h2>A new, or superseding, indictment, if one comes, could name new defendants, a possibility that prosecutors have also alluded to in court filings and bail arguments.The indictment's racketeering charge alleges the Bad Boy Records founder ran a conspiracy prosecutors call "The Combs Enterprise.""The defendant arranged Freak Offs with the assistance of members and associates of the Enterprise, including employees of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-business-income-dried-up-ciroc-music-deleon-2024-10">his business,</a>" prosecutors wrote in a September 17 bail memo.Over the years, these unnamed assistants used bribes, violence, and threats to keep victims and potential witnesses in line, including "resorting to kidnapping and arson when the defendant's power and control were threatened," the bail memo alleges.Prosecutors say these associates also purchased and distributed drugs, made sure the freak-offs were stocked with lubricants and extra linens, and then cleaned up afterward.Ample supplies were stocked away for future freak-offs, prosecutors allege."Over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and personal lubricant" were seized at one search warrant location, federal prosecutors said in one of the bail memo's most memorable details.<h2 id="a27d9dab-78a9-43e4-b5fe-23973061c2f0">A gag order</h2>Prosecutors and defense lawyers <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-judge-gag-order-trial-date-2024-10">have accused each other </a>of making or condoning potentially jury-tainting public statements. One of the few things they now agree on is that a gag order is a good idea.The judge last month ordered the sides to work together on the wording of such an order for his consideration.In a related matter, the defense has accused prosecutors of looking the other way as Department of Homeland Security agents involved in executing the Combs search warrants in March <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-accuses-doj-grand-jury-leaks-2024-10">leaked explicit and prejudicial details to the press.</a>Prosecutors have countered that they are not involved in any leaks and that Agnifilo has himself made prejudicial statements to the press, including by telling TMZ last month that the Combs prosecution is "the takedown of a successful Black man."The judge has ordered the sides to file briefs on the defense's demand for an evidentiary hearing on the leaks.Agnifilo wants the hearing so that allegedly "leaked" evidence can be excluded from trial. That would include hallway surveillance footage from the Intercontinental Hotel in LA revealed by CNN in May. The footage shows <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-apologizes-video-cassie-ventura-assault-2024-5">Combs punching and kicking his then-girlfriend, singer Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura,</a> after a freak-off in March 2016.<h2 id="6bc431cd-51df-4e23-b890-2330f1a7bc97">A bail decision</h2>On October 2, Combs filed a sealed motion with a federal appellate court in Manhattan seeking to overturn his two lower-court bail denials.Agnifilo argued that Combs and his family members preemptively gave him their passports and that Combs cooperated with prosecutors pending his arrest. He has also <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-attack-cassie-sex-trafficking-case-could-backfire-2024-9">challenged the credibility</a> of key witnesses and argued that the conduct charged in the indictment was consensual."There's 30 million reasons for this to be depicted as a one-sided thing — one for each dollar that he was being sued for," Agnifilo told a magistrate judge at Combs' first court appearance, referring to<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-combs-diddy-sex-trafficking-rape-abuse-lawsuit-cassie-venutura-2023-11#:~:text=The%20lawsuit%2C%20which%20was%20reviewed,to%20The%20New%20York%20Times."> a quickly-settled lawsuit</a> filed against him by Ventura in November.In fighting pretrial release, prosecutors have countered that Combs is a flight risk due to his wealth and his access to his private plane. They have also argued that he is a danger to the community due to his volatile temper and past violence, and that he has a history of contacting witnesses. They have yet to file a response to Combs' bail appeal.The appellate court has already denied Combs' request to remain free while a three-judge panel decides the appeal.

What's next in Diddy sex-trafficking case: possible gun and drug charges, a gag order, and a bail decision

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A new US district judge was announced Thursday in the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex-trafficking case.</li><li>Judge Arun Subramanian is now in charge of Combs' case and a potential third bid for bail.</li></ul>A new federal judge has been assigned to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-arrested-grand-jury-indictment-2024-9">the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex-trafficking case</a>, and it's the same judge currently overseeing the Department of Justice <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-fiasco-doj-lawsuit-2024-5">antitrust case against Ticketmaster</a>.US District Judge Arun Subramanian has been refereeing the Ticketmaster civil lawsuit since the DOJ first sued to break up the concert giant in May. Subramanian was assigned to the Combs case on Thursday, according to court documents.Having a new judge may help Combs, at least in the short term, as he remains <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/diddy-sbf-dorm-style-room-brooklyn-jail-crypto-ftx-2024-9">held in a notorious Brooklyn jail</a> and continues to seek bail.In the nearly three weeks since his arrest in mid-September, Combs has remained in custody and has twice been denied bail on the charges, which allege he used violence, threats, and drugs to coerce women into sexual performances over the past decade.With Subramanian now helming the case, Combs' lawyers can argue for bail a third time, before a fresh set of ears and robes.In his two previous bail bids, Combs offered his Miami mansion as collateral for a $50 million bail bond.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-bond-court-jail-trial-2024-9">A magistrate judge said no</a> to bail during a court hearing the day after Combs' arrest.US District Court Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr., turned Combs down on his second court appearance. Both judges cited what federal prosecutors described as a serious risk that Combs could intimidate witnesses.Combs, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, is already appealing these bail denials. Court records do not offer a reason for the change in judge.A Combs attorney, Anthony Ricco, declined to comment on whether the defense team would attempt a third try at bail when they address Subramian at a court hearing scheduled for next week. The parties will be in court on Thursday afternoon, Ricco said.Subramanian is already a busy judge. The Ticketmaster case is not expected to go to trial until sometime in 2026, but between now and then, the judge is presiding over a complex pretrial process.A total of 29 state attorneys general have joined the DOJ as plaintiffs in the case, and federal prosecutors said at a hearing over the summer that they hope to take pretrial depositions from as many as 80 witnesses.

Diddy now has a 3rd chance to seek bail, this time from the same judge overseeing Ticketmaster antitrust lawsuit

Delhi Chief Minister <keyword id="19901384" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arvind-Kejriwal" source="keywords">Arvind Kejriwal</keyword> will return to <keyword id="56350" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tihar-jail" source="Orion">Tihar jail</keyword> on Sunday as his interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam ends on Saturday (June 1). Kejriwal was given interim bail by the <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="supreme-court" source="keywords">Supreme Court</keyword> to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections on May 10 and was asked to surrender to Tihar jail on June 2. The Delhi CM had earlier moved the Supreme Court for an extension of interim bail. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected his plea, stating that since he was given liberty to move the trial court for regular bail, the plea here is not maintainable. Meanwhile, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday reserved the order on the interim bail plea moved by Kejriwal, citing medical reasons in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The court fixed June 5 for the pronouncement of the order on the plea seeking 7-day bail, while refused to pass the order today itself as requested by Kejriwal's Lawyer. Senior Advocate N Hariharan, who appeared for Kejriwal, submitted that the interim bail was to campaign for his party (the Am Aadmi Party), which is a national party. "I am out for 20 days and had I not done it, you would've said see he didn't campaign and fell ill. It was a lot of stress due to the campaigning and you know that stress is a aggrevator of diabetes. What was alarming was that keto levels rose in the urine. The aspect of concern is the high level of sugar and the keto numbers," Kejriwal's advocate submitted in the plea. Appearing for the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted that Arvind Kejriwal suppressed facts including about his health conditions. During preliminary arguments, ED lawyers stated that they have objections to filing interim bail as well. This court cannot modify the Supreme Court order. He's on interim bail because the SC granted it, what he is asking here is an extension of the Supreme Court order," the ED lawyers submitted. "This interim bail plea is required to be dismissed as it is full of suppression of facts. The Supreme Court had granted Liberty to him that he can file regular bail but the liberty to seek an extension of interim bail was not granted to him. He has said that these tests require 7 days, but the nature of the test has been suppressed," they further stated. ED also raised maintainability issues on interim bail plea and submitted that instead of getting a medical test done, he was travelling across. Medical tests would take more than one hour. ED further submitted that the applicant in fact has gained 1 kg weight and falsely claimed that he has lost 7 kg weight. The Registrar of the Supreme Court has passed a speaking order and the same has been suppressed by them. There is a reason for suppression and it is because he had been travelling for campaigning purposes, but he didn't get the tests done then, ED said. Recently Kejriwal through his legal team filed two different bail applications before the concerned court. His regular bail plea is listed for a hearing on June 7, 2024. Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal posted an emotional message on Friday and said that he is proud that he is going to jail to save the country from dictatorship. In his video message, Kejriwal said, "Tomorrow the 21 days are getting over, the day after tomorrow I have to surrender. I don't know how long they will keep me in jail this time. But my spirits are high. I am going to jail to save the country from dictatorship. I am proud of this. They tried to break me many times, tried to make me bow down but I didn't." Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe relating to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled <keyword id="20106989" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Excise-Policy" source="keywords">Delhi excise policy</keyword> 2021-22.

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