Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: Lawyers representing rapper make new request for bail while he awaits trial for sex trafficking

Sean “Diddy” Combs has made a new request for bail.

The 55-year-old rapper is currently behind bars in New York City after he was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution - but earlier in November, his lawyers filed a new motion requesting bail, arguing new evidence justified him being released before his trial.

In the latest motion for bail - which has been seen by People - Combs’ legal team describe the prosecution’s case as “thin”.

What’s more, the legal team have questioned the relevance of a 2016 CCTV video in which the music mogul appears to violently assault a woman in a Los Angeles hotel.

In the filing, Combs’ legal team explain: “The video is not evidence of a coerced ‘freak off’, but rather a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship between Mr Combs and Victim 1.”

Combs - who has pleaded not guilty to the charges - has already been denied bail by two federal judges.

But his lawyers insist their latest proposal is “far more robust than the previous” one.

Combs’ lawyers previously requested that the rapper be freed on bond, pending trial, after paying $US50 million ($A76 million).

However, following a lengthy debate between legal teams on whether Combs represented a flight risk, Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky announced that the rap star will remain in detention until his trial begins.

Marc Agnifilo, his lawyer, later explained that the music star was determined to “establish his innocence”.

“He’s going to fight this. He’s innocent. He came to New York to establish his innocence,” Agnifilo told reporters.

“We believe in him wholeheartedly. He didn’t do these things. There’s no coercion and no crime.”