Sean 'Diddy' Combs will stay in jail after judge refuses bail appeal

The musician has been denied bail twice after being charged with racketeering and sex trafficking.

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A New York federal judge remanded the musician into custody on Tuesday after prosecutors argued he was a "serious flight risk".

Mr Combs, 54, was arrested this week, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to "fulfil his sexual desires", according to prosecutors.

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Instead of jail, Mr Combs's lawyers were proposing a bail package that included a $50 million bond co-signed by Mr Combs, his mother and other family members, as well as home detention, surrender of his passport, weekly drug test and a visitor log that would be submitted to pre-trial services each night.

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