With family and friends nearby, Combs was sitting there Friday unshackled in the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse. The notoriously self-promoting rapper was denied bail twice before in quick succession by other judges just after his arrest on sex trafficking and other charges two months ago.

The beleaguered rapper-mogul will remain incarcerated for the weekend in Brooklyn as he awaits his trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which is set for May.