Diddy's ex-girlfriend requests his release on bail: 'Mistakes were made'
Virginia "Gina" Huynh, an ex-girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs who reportedly dropped out at the last minute from testifying against him at trial, is now coming to his defense.
In a letter submitted Sunday, Aug. 3, to Combs' trial judge, Arun Subramanian, requesting his release on bail, Huynh writes that Combs embodies an "energy of love, patience and gentleness" despite his "mistakes."
Prosecutors said Combs was "violent toward" Huynh and was in a relationship with him at the same time as Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine. In her letter to the judge, Huynh says, "... mistakes were made but he was willing to acknowledge his mistakes and make better decisions in the future."
Huynh was initially identified anonymously in Combs' indictment as "Victim-3." She was occasionally referred to by name during his trial, including references to violent incidents between the two as well as mentions of Combs' overlapping relationships with Ventura Fine and an unidentified ex-girlfriend who testified as "Jane."
Huynh would have been one of a handful of witnesses referenced using pseudonyms to protect their identities. These included a former assistant of Combs who was identified only by the name "Mia." But in the case of "Mia," several outlets revealed her identity during the trial, a practice newspapers and magazines generally avoid at the urging of the courts.
In her letter, Hyunh pushed for his release despite his "past behavior."
"Over the years that followed, he made visible efforts to become a better person and to address the harm he had caused," she wrote. "To my knowledge, he has not been violent for many years, and he has been committed to being a father first."
In previous rulings denying Combs' request to be released on bail, Subramanian has cited Jane's testimony – in which she alleged Combs choked and dragged her during an argument in June 2024, even as the producer was aware of the active federal investigation into his conduct – as a factor in his decision.
The letter comes days after the embattled music mogul's team again asked Subramanian to release Combs on a $50 million bond and allow him to live in his Miami mansion – instead of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York – while he awaits sentencing in October.
His defense has also requested that the court either overturn his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution or grant him a new trial, nearly a month after being cleared of the most serious of his sex-crimes charges in a bombshell split decision.
Prosecutors have argued that Combs, 55, who has been jailed since September, should remain in custody until his sentencing. Subramanian has repeatedly denied his bail, saying "it is impossible" for him "to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he poses no danger."
Who is Gina Huynh?
Huynh is a model and influencer who reportedly dated Combs from 2014 to 2019. Hyunh has spoken publicly about the physical, emotional and mental abuse she endured from Combs publicly as early as 2019, before Cassie's 2023 lawsuit. Huynh has said the Bad Boy Records founder coerced her into terminating two pregnancies, but that she stayed because she loved him.
Contributing: Jay Stahl, Aysha Bagchi, KiMi Robinson and Anna Kaufman