>>> SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS IS NOW
UNDER PROCEDURAL SUICIDE WATCH
IN A NEW YORK CITY JAIL, AS HE
AWAITS TRIAL ON THREE FELONY
COUNTS TIED TO YEARS OF ALLEGED
SEXUAL ABUSE AND RACKETEERING.
IT’S A GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING
CASE THAT HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’VE ALREADY
TALKED TO DOZENS OF VICTIMS AND
WITNESSES.
COMBS HAS BEEN IN JAIL SINCE
MONDAY, AS YOU KNOW.
JUST 48 HOURS AGO HE LOST HIS
APPEAL FOR BAIL.
HIS LAWYERS COULD TRY AGAIN TO
GET HIM OUT BEFORE HIS TRIAL
LET’S BRING IN NBC’S CHLOE MA
LAJ.
SORRY.
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, CHLOE.
>> KELLY IS NICE THOUGH, TOO
>> WE DON’T TYPICALLY ASK THIS
OF SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF THESE
KINDS OF CRIMES, BUT HE IS A
CELEBRITY.
HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT THE JAIL
CONDITIONS ARE FOR HIM RIGHT
NOW?
>> THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION
CENTER IN BROOKLYN IS NOTORIOUS.
AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HIS
LEGAL TEAM IS HAVING
THEY’RE SAYING IT’S NOT FIT FOR
SOMEONE TO BE HELD FOR
PRE-DETENTION AHEAD OF TRIAL
I JUST WANT TO READ YOU SOME OF
THE REPORTING THAT NBC NEWS HAS
DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
ON THIS JAIL
IT HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF TWO
FATAL STABBINGS IN TWO MONTHS
OVER THE SUMMER.
AND IN APRIL, MS-13 GANG MEMBERS
STABBED AN INMATE 44 TIMES IN A
SHOCKING ATTACK THAT WAS CAUGHT
ON CAMERA.
SO, WE KNOW THAT HE’S UNDER
PROCEDURAL SUICIDE WATCH
HIS TEAM JUST RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE IS
STRONG AND HE’S LOOKING FORWARD
TO HIS DEFENSE
WE DO KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO
MOVE HIM TO NEW JERSEY TO A
DIFFERENT JAIL THERE, AS HE
AWAITS TRIAL
THIS COULD ALL TAKE UP TO A
YEAR
SO, THIS DETENTION CTER HAS
ALSO HOUSED ANOTHER FAMOUS
CELEBRITY INMATES, MICHAEL
COHEN, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, R.
KELLY.
AND IT’S GOTTEN CRITICISM FOR
OVERCROWDING, FOOD
CONTAMINATION, OUTSIDE OF JUST
THE VIOLENCE
SO, CLEARLY THIS IS A JAIL
THAT’S COME UNDER A MICROSCOPE
AND A LOT OF SCRUTINY.
>> AND WHEN IS HE SCHEDULED TO
NEXT APPEAR IN COURT
>> SO, NOT UNTIL OCTOBER 9th
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE
GOING TO BE A LOT OF PRE-TRIAL
MOTIONS, DISCOVERY, AND HEARINGS
LEADING UP TO TRIAL.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS ONE SEX
TRAFFICKING ACCUSER IN THE
INDICTMENT
AND WE KNOW THAT THE U.S.
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, TOM, HAS SAID
THAT THEY ARE LEAVING THE DOOR
OPEN FOR MORE POTENTIAL ARRESTS
AND THAT THEY URGED EVERYONE IN
A PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS
WEEK TO PLEASE COME FORWARD IF
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION
SO, I COULD SEE THIS GETTING
EVEN BIGGER AND THEN PERHAPS
MAYBE BRINGING ANOTHER
INDICTMENT ALONG THE WAY
BUT COMBS SAYS, THROUGH HIS
ATTORNEY, THAT HE IS INNOCENT OF
THESE ALLEGATIONS AND HE’S READY
TO FIGHT IT ALL.
>> CHLOE, THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL SUICIDE
WATCH.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS
STRUGGLING AND THEY NEED HELP,