Diddy’s legal team is appealing a judge’s decision to require the rapper to remain in a Brooklyn jail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial on October 9.

Sean Diddy Combs is appealing a judge’s decision to keep the rapper in jail while he awaits trial on charges of sexual assault and battery. The hip hop mogul’s attorney filed the petition with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Diddy has been detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, USA since September 17. The male rapper has pleaded not guilty after being accused by the investigating agency of using his power to seduce female victims, using illegal substances, and hiring prostitutes at debauched parties.

Previously, Diddy’s legal representative asked the court to overturn Judge Andrew L Carter’s ruling and release his client. This person proposed that the rapper be placed under house arrest at his Florida mansion, with GPS monitoring and strictly limited visitors. However, Judge Carter rejected the proposal.

Judge Andrew L Carter said the $50 million bail was “insufficient” to keep the community safe from Diddy’s case. “There is no reasonable basis for our release of Diddy. We cannot prevent the risk of him intimidating or harming witnesses,” the judge said.

The legal team is trying to get Diddy out of prison.

Diddy’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, proposed transferring Diddy from the Brooklyn jail – where violence and poor living conditions were rampant – to a prison in Essex County, New Jersey. However, this proposal was not approved. Diddy remains in custody in the Brooklyn jail, awaiting a court appearance on October 9.

Diddy’s attorney, Meesha Moulton, said he had to think carefully before deciding to appear at the hearing. “There is a reason why counsel would advise his client not to take the stand. Giving testimony in his own court opens him up to cross-examination by the prosecution,” she said.

The lawyer also added that the interrogation process is mentally tiring, the defendant can easily give unreasonable statements and cause disadvantages in the defense, easily putting Diddy “in the trap”.

“If Diddy is confused, testifying in court will do him more harm than good. The level of scrutiny is emotionally taxing. He struggles to keep his composure under pressure, which negatively affects the jury’s perception of him,” the attorney added.

According to Mirror , the 14-page indictment against Diddy paints a harsh picture, in which the hip hop mogul is accused of “abusing, threatening, coercing women and others to satisfy his sexual desires, and using his power to conceal his crimes” for decades.

Prosecutors also accused the hip hop mogul of “creating a criminal enterprise” where members and associates continued to commit crimes such as “sex trafficking, coercion, bribery and obstruction of justice.”