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.

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.

Jessie J found herself unexpectedly back in the hospital recently after surgery to treat breast cancer. According to E! News, in an Instagram Story on Saturday (Aug. 2), the 37-year-old singer born Jessie Ellen Cornish revealed that six weeks after surgery she was back in the hospital due to an unexplained health issue.

“How I spent the last 24 hours,” Jessie wrote on her Story along with photo in which she had an IV in her arm. “6 weeks post surgery and I was back in the same ward I was after my surgery. Not expected or planned. I had and still have symptoms that pointed towards a blood clot on the lung. IT IS NOT A BLOOD CLOT THANK GOD.”

Noting that her doctors were able to identify the infection, Jessie said she decided to finish her recovery at home. “They ran a lot of tests which ended up showing I have an infection (still trying to figure out what) and a little fluid on my lungs,” she said. “Finding it hard to breathe in, but I discharged myself last night (I hate being in hospital) and will continue the investigation as an outpatient.”

In a Story on Sunday (Aug. 3), the “Bang Bang” singer provided an update, writing, “I finally got a diagnosis of what’s been going on. Lots of people have been asking, apparently it’s called… Dramatic? I think that’s the spelling. My symptoms are the same and no idea what’s wrong yet. But my sarcasm and sense of humour are holding on.”

The singer also shared a selfie video from bed, noting that it was the first “real time” clip she’d posted since surgery, as she’s not been thinking about making content, but rather taking it easy. “I think people think that I’m like hanging on by a thread… which in some moments has felt that way,” she said. “Like two or three days ago when I woke up and I couldn’t breathe. I still have pain in my chest when I breathe, but it’s not as bad.”

She added that she has “very few other symptoms” now, which makes her hopeful that it was just a “viral p–s take.” The good news was that she was feeling a lot stronger and, as counseled by so many, she is resting. She also thanked her mom for being her rock, as well as friends and family who’ve come over to play with her two-year-old son, Sky, or who’ve popped in to do a load of laundry for her.

“I’m very grateful for my little gang,” she said.

In early July, Jessie was also sharing some gratitude after test results revealed no evidence of cancer spread a month after her breast cancer diagnosis in June. “AND. I AM OK. Results = I have NO cancer spread. Happy tears are real. Thank YOU for the prayers, the love, the well wishes, the joy and all the positive energy,” she said in the caption to an Instagram video.

Jessie initially underwent surgery on June 23, initially telling fans her cancer was “all gone” post-operation, then later clarifying that she was awaiting test results to confirm. “Lots of healing to go and one more surgery to make these cousins look more like sisters, but for now it’s gratitude time,” she added in a latest post about her mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery. “I am changing my name to The LopJess monster.”

Katy Perry’s Lifetimes Tour stop in Detroit turned a bit more dramatic than planned on Sunday night.

A young girl collapsed mid-show during Perry’s nightly ritual of bringing a few fans on stage to help her perform her 2011 single “The One That Got Away.” 

The fan, named McKenna, was spotted by Perry sitting in the very top corner of Little Caesars Arena, via a bright blue sequined skirt she was wearing. Perry even waited for her and a friend who came with her to make the long trip down to the floor level and embraced both as they came on stage, McKenna clearly overcome with emotion for being chosen.

She fainted as Perry prepared to start the song and was immediately attended to by members of the singer’s crew and venue medical staff; a visibly concerned Perry knelt alongside her as the crowd of about 13,000 chanted McKenna’s name in support. 

She was taken from the stage, after which Katy pulled the other three young fans into a group hug and led a prayer, saying, “Dear God, we pray for McKenna, that she will come back fully and brighter and better than ever. Amen.” 

Perry also remarked that, “It’s so much. Sometimes you’re so brave and you can get on stage, and it’s overwhelming. I understand that feeling.”

Perry then performed “The One That Got Away” and ushered the other three fans back off the stage. A short time later, while riding a giant butterfly prop above the crowd, she reported that, “McKenna’s doing great, by the way,” which was also confirmed to Billboard by backstage sources. Perry also shouted the fan’s name at the end of the song.

Sunday’s show was the 13th in the latest North American Leg of the Lifetimes Tour, which Perry kicked off during late April in Mexico City. The tour next stops Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 5-6, in Toronto and will run through Dec. 7 in Abu Dhabi.

Indie-rock veteran Conor Oberst has become the latest musician to be the focus of a lookalike contest, with the Bright Eyes frontman going so far as to show up at the event.

Taking place on Friday (Aug. 1) at Omaha, NE community space Floors, Floors, Floors, the event was first announced in early July as a fundraiser for youth music organization Omaha Girls Rock.

Having initially “started as a joke,” attendees were invited to attend dressed as Oberst as part of the lookalike competition, with the indie-rock motif being underlined by the promise of the first 40 people to show up being given a single American Spirit cigarette.

Playing into the humor of the event on social media, one commenter had previously asked what the contingency plan would be if the real Oberst attended the festivities, with organizers noting that “he can play but he can’t win.”

However, in a recap of the evening, the winner of the competition revealed that despite a limited number of entrants, both Oberst and his Bright Eyes bandmate Mike Nogis attended the event, with Oberst bestowing the victor with a “giant trash bag” full of his old clothes.

“I was cleaning out my closet so you get a big bag of my clothing,” Oberst can be heard saying in a video from the night.

The competition took place just weeks after Bright Eyes wrapped up the European leg of their ongoing tour in support of 2024 album Five Dice, All Threes, and days after the release of their new song “1st World Blues.” The band will be hitting the road later this month for a run of North American dates, with further shows in Asia scheduled for November and December.

The concept of lookalike competitions being recognized by their subjects is far from a new one. In October, a Manhattan Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest featured the actor making a guest appearance, while December saw Drake donating $10,000 to the prize pot of a competition focused on him.

Famously, Dolly Parton also attended her own lookalike contest, though rather than simply show up, the country icon decided to compete – ultimately failing to take home the grand prize.

“All of these other beautiful drag queens had worked for months and weeks getting their clothes and all that, and they were dressed like me,” Parton recalled to ABC’s Nightline in 2012. 

“So, I just got in the line and I just walked across [the stage] and they just thought I was some little, short gay guy. And I got the least applause but I was just dying laughing inside. I say it’s a good thing I was a girl or I’d be a drag queen.”

“Is It a Crime,” the new duet from Mariah The Scientist and Kali Uchis, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 1) on Billboard, choosing the pair’s fresh collaboration as their favorite new release of the past week.

“Is It a Crime” rose above a plethora of new releases — among them, songs from hitmakers like Demi Lovato, Chappell Roan, Reneé Rapp and more. Mariah and Kali’s collab track topped the poll by a landslide, bringing in more than 57% of the vote.

“Is It a Crime,” a slow jam that has the two artists singing about the return of a past love — and defending the relationship if anyone’s got anything to say about it — dropped on July 31, with spicy, jail-themed single art. (“very intentional, very grown woman,” Uchis commented of their shoot on Instagram.)

The chorus of the song says it all: “And so what? I fell, you fell in love a couple times/ Tell me, what’s it to ya? Tell me, is it a crime/ To fall, to fall in love, in love a couple times?/ Tell me, what’s it to ya? Tell me, is it a crime to fall?”

Among the new releases trailing behind “Is It a Crime” on this week’s poll are Demi Lovato’s “Fast,” with 17% of the vote; Chappell Roan’s “The Subway,” with 16% of the vote, and Reneé Rapp’s “Bite Me,” with 2% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.