( NewsNation) — The judge in music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial is expected to issue a ruling Monday on bail after Combs appeared in court for a pretrial hearing Friday. Combs has been detained for more than two months after being charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution.

A judge says he’ll rule next week on Sean “Diddy" Combs’ third request to be released from jail on bail while he awaits his sex trafficking trial.

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.