Diddy’s Ex, ‘Victim 3’ In Indictment, Asks Judge to Release Him On Bail: ‘Hasn’t Been Violent For Years’
Virginia Huynh, a key prosecution witness who went AWOL before the trial, says the star isn't "a danger to me or to the community."
An ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs — and one of the alleged victims cited by prosecutors in his indictment — is now urging a federal judge to release him from jail.
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Virginia Huynh, who was listed as “Victim-3” but never showed up at Diddy’s blockbuster racketeering and sex trafficking trial, filed court documents Sunday in support of the star’s recent efforts to secure release on bail until he’s sentenced in October.
Prosecutors have argued that Diddy must remain in jail because he’s dangerous and has an “extensive history of violence,” but Huynh said she does not “view Mr. Combs as a danger to me or to the community.”
“I want to assure the court that if released, I believe Mr. Combs will adhere to all conditions imposed and will not jeopardize his freedom or the well-being of his family,” Huynh wrote. “Allowing him to be at home will also support the healing process for all involved.”
Combs was acquitted last month on the most serious charges he faced over drug-fueled sex marathons called “freak-offs,” but was convicted on two lesser prostitution counts. His lawyers are currently pushing to throw out those convictions — or at the very least get him out of jail ahead of sentencing.
Huynh (who goes by “Gina”) was supposed to be a key part of the government’s case against Diddy. But days before the trial was set to start, prosecutors told the judge that they could not locate Victim-3, and she never ended up testifying before the jury.
Now, Huynh is frustrating prosecutors once again. In her letter to the judge, she identified herself as Victim-3 and directly asked the judge to release the star on bond ahead of sentencing — arguing that Combs is not the dangerous criminal portrayed by the feds.
“To my knowledge, he has not been violent for many years, and he has been committed to being a father first,” she wrote.
Huynh, who publicly alleged in a 2019 podcast interview that Diddy had stomped on her stomach and punched her in the head during their relationship, painted a different picture in her new letter to the judge.
“Our relationship, like many, was not always perfect, we experienced ups and downs, and mistakes were made but he was willing to acknowledge his mistakes and make better decisions in the future,” Huynh wrote. “Over the years that followed he made visible efforts to become a better person and to address the harm he had caused. By the time our relationship ended, he embodied an energy of love, patience and gentleness that was markedly different from his past behavior.”
Allowing Diddy to be released on bail ahead of sentencing will “allow him to continue caring for his family and fulfilling his responsibilities while still subject to the Court’s supervision,” Huynh said.
A spokesman for prosecutors did not immediately return a request for comment on Huynh’s letter.
Combs was arrested and charged last year with racketeering (RICO) and sex trafficking violations over accusations that he ran a sprawling criminal operation aimed at facilitating the freak-offs — elaborate events which he allegedly forced his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and other women to have sex with male escorts while he watched and masturbated.
But following a blockbuster trial in May and June, a jury cleared Combs on the RICO and sex trafficking charges. The mogul was found guilty on two other counts for transporting Ventura, another woman and various sex workers across state lines for the purposes of prostitution.
Combs will face sentencing on those convictions in October; sentencing guidelines suggest he’ll likely receive between two and five years in prison.
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