Sean "Diddy" Combs denied bail again ahead of federal sex trafficking trial

A judge has denied rapper and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs' request to be released on bail ahead of his trial for federal sex trafficking charges.

Combs' lawyers had asked he be released on $50 million bond, saying he would stay in a three-bedroom apartment on New York's Upper East Side and pay the cost to have private security monitor him around the clock.

District Judge Arun Subramanian denied the request, ruling, "The Court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community."