In the end, the judge denied Diddy's attempt at posting a bond of $50 million in order to wait for the forthcoming trial at home on house arrest. The rapper's own attorney Marc Agnifilo issues his own statement about trying to get him released, which reads:

Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected Wednesday afternoon to appeal a federal judge’s decision to hold the hip-hop artist and music mogul without bail after he pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering conspiracy,