Gina Huynh is once more talking out about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his conviction. Somewhat than take her ideas to social media, she appealed to a decide, sharing why she thinks he deserves bail. Combs is on his second attraction for bail. He needs to be dwelling whereas ready for the legislation to determine his sentencing on two responsible fees of transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Gina, actual title Virginia Huynh, was presupposed to take the stand as Sufferer-3 in opposition to Diddy, however dropped out. Now, she’s made it clear she thinks he’s modified for the higher.
For context, 55-year-old Diddy was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and intercourse trafficking fees. With these on the desk, he was dealing with the potential for life sentences. In the meantime, every prostitution-related cost carries a possible most of 10 years in jail.
RELATED: Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend Gina Huynh Is Noticed & Breaks Silence Amid His Ongoing Trial (WATCH)
Gina Huynh Tells Decide She’s Not Scared Of Diddy
TMZ first reported that Gina penned a letter asking the decide to let Sean Combs go dwelling together with his kids. His protection submitted the letter from Hunyh as an exhibit of their newest submitting. In response to a photograph scan of the assertion, she described him as a father, household and businessman “who has not been violent in a few years.” Although not particular, she stated their relationship has “not all the time been good.” Nonetheless, Gina Hunyh stated that Diddy had acknowledged his errors and pledged to “make higher selections sooner or later.”
“I’m writing as a result of I don’t view Mr. Combs as a hazard to me or to the neighborhood. That is his first felony case. All through the investigation and proceedings he has been cooperative, respectful and compliant. He has substantial ties to his household and neighborhood, together with kids who rely on him for emotional and monetary help. Granting him bond would permit him to proceed caring for his household and fulfilling his obligations whereas nonetheless topic to the Courtroom’s supervision,” Gina wrote, including that she will be able to guarantee the courtroom Diddy will adhere to any launch circumstances.”
Gina Huynh closed her letter by saying that permitting Diddy to be dwelling “may even help the therapeutic course of for all concerned.” On the high of the fourth paragraph, she additionally claimed it was Diddy’s first felony case, which isn’t essentially true. Combs has confronted felony fees up to now and was even acquitted of gun possession fees in 2001.
RELATED: A Timeline Of Diddy’s Previous Prices & The One Time He Was Acquitted In 2001
FACT CHECK: Gina Dropped Out Of Trial As Sufferer-3
It’s a reality, and the courtroom paperwork say so. And so did Gina herself. Her assertion supporting Combs’ launch is the primary time she’s self-identified because the thriller witness.
In the meantime, Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura testified below her title, however the second sufferer used the pseudonym “Jane.” Throughout the trial, Cassie described a brutal cycle of affection bombing, monetary and social isolation, and bodily, verbal, and sexual abuse. That was an on-and-off once more state of affairs that started two years after they met in 2005. It lasted till 2018, the identical 12 months that she testified he raped her. “Jane” described comparable circumstances and incidents involving “freak-offs” and personal sexual encounters with male intercourse employees below the supervision, path, and cash of Combs.
Supportive courtroom assertion and trial witness dropout apart. Gina Huynh has not all the time been silent about her personal alleged abusive experiences with Diddy. For instance, in 2019, she informed Tasha Ok that Sean Combs “stomped on [her] abdomen actually laborious.” She stated she saved telling him she couldn’t breathe, and after she began combating again, he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and punched her at the back of the top.
“He was mentally, emotionally and bodily abusing me. He would all the time evaluate me to Cassie and inform me that I’m the dangerous one, she’s an excellent one,” Gina stated. And folks round him allowed it to occur, she added.
These are the kind of particulars Virginia Huynh was possible anticipated to offer on the witness stand in Diddy’s eight-week trial. However days earlier than it started, she modified her tune on prosecutors. The explanations for her withdrawal are nonetheless unclear.
Legal professionals Need Diddy Out, However Prosecutors Need YEARS Behind Bars
In response to the Related Press, prosecutors stated they now count on music mogul Sean Combs may face a jail sentence “considerably greater” than the 4 to 5 years they as soon as thought.
Diddy’s legal professionals are petitioning for him to be launched on $50 million bail whereas he awaits an Oct. 3 sentencing. Nonetheless, on Thursday (July 31), they shared the sentencing prediction in a written assertion opposing Combs’ launch. Prosecutors claimed there’s a better threat that Sean will flee. However Decide Arun Subramanian could have the ultimate say in his sentence. Additionally, he can ignore the prosecution’s pointers as they’re not obligatory. Combs’ legal professionals have stated they imagine the rules, if correctly calculated, will name for 21 to 27 months in jail.
On the day of the decision, prosecutors gained a bail battle after protection lawyer Marc Agnifilo argued the decide ought to instantly free Diddy on bail. Subramanian denied the protection request. He stated Combs had not met the burden of displaying by clear and convincing proof a “lack of hazard to any particular person or the neighborhood.”
Within the newest attraction for bail, Agnifilo cited different circumstances he stated had been similar to Combs’ conviction by which defendants acquired bail. And he cited extreme circumstances on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn. Combs has been in custody since his September arrest at a New York resort. He additionally stated Combs was being handled unfairly for participating in a “swingers” way of life.
“Sean Combs won’t be violent to anybody. As we stated in courtroom, this jury gave him his life again, and he won’t squander his second probability at life, nor would he do something to additional jeopardize his seven kids not having a father, and 4 of his kids not having a dad or mum in any respect,” Agnifilo wrote.
Prosecutors stated of their submitting Thursday that Combs’ conviction on the prostitution-related counts carried a compulsory requirement that he stay in jail earlier than sentencing, until he may show distinctive circumstances. They stated he can not. Prosecutors additionally stated the circumstances Agniflo cited are irrelevant due to Diddy’s patterned historical past of violence.
“The defendant’s intensive historical past of violence — and his continued try to attenuate his latest violent conduct — demonstrates his dangerousness and that he’s not amendable to supervision,” they wrote. “The defendant totally fails to determine by clear and convincing proof, as required, that he doesn’t pose a hazard to the neighborhood.”
RELATED: King Combs Particulars His Household’s Ideas On Diddy’s Trial, The Verdict & Upcoming Sentencing
Related Press author Larry Neumeister contributed to this report through AP Newsroom.
What Do You Suppose Roomies?