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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Attorney Shares Insight Into “Roughest Part” of Prison Life
U.S. prosecutors are pushing backmost connected claims they leaked the now-infamous video of Sean "Diddy" Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Weeks aft the rap mogul's attorneys said successful a filing that the release of the 2016 clip connected CNN successful May was the effect of "a bid of unlawful authorities leaks,” prosecutors successful the lawsuit person filed a question refuting the allegation.
In the Oct. 30 filing obtained by E! News, prosecutors authorities that the video, which was recorded successful the hallway of the since-closed Intercontinental Hotel successful Los Angeles, "was not successful the Government's possession astatine the clip of CNN’s work and the Government has never, astatine immoderate point, obtained the video done expansive assemblage process."
The documents add, "Without immoderate factual basis, the Leak Motion seeks to suppress highly probative evidence—a video of Combs brutally physically assaulting a unfortunate successful March 2016 that was published by a media outlet successful May 2024—by claiming that it was expansive assemblage worldly leaked by Government agents to CNN."
The prosecutors alternatively clarified erstwhile they had entree to the video. They said the U.S. authorities "ultimately obtained the Intercontinental Video astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic the wide nationalist connected May 17, 2024, erstwhile CNN publically released the footage."
They besides allege that Combs "refuses to admit that aggregate individuals different than Government agents—including immoderate of his ain employees—may person had entree to the Intercontinental video."
In their Oct. 9 motion, filed weeks aft Combs was arrested successful New York and much than six months aft Department of Homeland Security agents raided his homes successful Los Angeles and Miami, Combs' ineligible squad wrote that it "seems wholly tenable that the video was leaked by 1 oregon much DHS agents" and called for a "full suppression of the videotape."
The "unlawful authorities leaks," they alleged, person "led to damaging, highly prejudicial pretrial publicity that tin lone taint the assemblage excavation and deprive Mr. Combs of his close to a just trial."
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CNN declined to remark connected the allegations by the 54-year-old's ineligible team, which travel much than a period aft helium pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. Combs is accused of utilizing his companies to transport women and antheral enactment workers to enactment successful recorded sex performances, oregon "Freak Offs."
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In a national criminal indictment filed against him successful September, the 2016 battle video is mentioned, without naming Ventura, arsenic an illustration of his alleged recurrent carnal maltreatment of women.
The singer, who dated Combs connected and disconnected for 10 years until 2018, had accused the euphony shaper of rape and abuse successful a November 2023 civilian suit that the 2 settled 1 time aft it was filed, without an admittance of wrongdoing from her ex.
Combs had commented connected the surveillance video, which shows him grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking Ventura successful a hallway, 2 days aft it was posted.
"It's truthful hard to bespeak connected the darkest times successful your life, but sometimes you got to bash that," Combs said successful an Instagram video shared May 19. "I was f--ked up. I deed stone bottom. But I marque nary excuses. My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video."
Ventura is 1 of much than 2 twelve radical who person filed civilian lawsuits against Combs implicit the past twelvemonth for alleged intersexual misconduct. The producer, who has for decades been known for throwing large, star-studded parties, has denied immoderate wrongdoing.
Combs is presently successful jail, awaiting a May 2025 trial for his national case. Read connected for much accusation astir the matter...
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Sean "Diddy" Combs Remanded
After Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty to enactment trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges connected Sept. 17, his ineligible squad projected a $50 cardinal enslaved bundle that included equity successful his Miami location and his mother's house, arsenic good arsenic constricted his question to wrong definite parts of Florida, New York and New Jersey.
The defence besides offered, per a missive obtained by E! News, to "walk the Court done a bid of actions taken by Mr. Combs implicit the past six months that beryllium that helium is not a hazard of formation oregon a information to anyone successful the community."
U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky rejected the bundle and ordered that Combs beryllium remanded without bail. He remains successful custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn.
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Combs' Lawyer Says Rapper Is Getting Treatment and Therapy
"He is not a cleanable person," Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo told the court, per NBC New York. "There has been cause use. He has been successful toxic relationships."
Therefore, helium added, his lawsuit was getting "treatment and therapy for things that helium needs attraction and therapy for."
Overall, though, Combs' "spirits are good," the lawyer told reporters aft tribunal Sept. 17. "He's confident."
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Combs Creates a Slippery Situation
More than 1,000 bottles of babe lipid and idiosyncratic lubricant were seized during the March 2024 raids connected Combs' L.A. and Miami homes, according to the 14-page indictment unsealed Sept. 17.
Per the indictment, the lipid and lube were stockpiled for usage successful alleged "freak-offs," the word Combs utilized for gatherings successful which helium allegedly orchestrated intersexual encounters betwixt women helium coerced and threatened into doing his bidding and antheral enactment workers.
"I don't cognize wherever the fig 1,000 came," his lawyer Agnifilo said successful the TMZ documentary The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment, which premiered Sept. 27. Pondering retired loud wherefore anyone would request truthful much, the lawyer added, "He has a large house, helium buys successful bulk. I deliberation they person Costcos successful each spot wherever helium has a home."
Costco, meanwhile, wanted nary portion of it, telling TMZ successful a statement that "none" of its U.S. stores transportation babe oil.
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Alleged Combs Texts Read successful Court
In May 2024, CNN published a clip of edifice surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to amusement Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, calved Cassandra Ventura. (The battle matched up with an alleged incidental elaborate successful the suit she filed against Combs connected Nov. 16, 2023; some parties announced a colony the adjacent day.)
"I was f--ked up. I deed stone bottom," Combs said successful a video posted to Instagram successful effect to the footage. "But I marque nary excuses. My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video." He had gone to therapy and rehab since, helium added, and was "committed to beryllium a amended antheral each and each day."
During a Sept. 18 proceeding connected Combs' 2nd petition for bail, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said, per NBC News, that Combs allegedly sent a substance successful the days pursuing the assault that read, "Call me, the cops are here." Another read, "I person six kids. Call, I’m surrounded."
Johnson did not accidental Cassie's sanction successful court. She said that Combs' unfortunate replied via text, "Sick you deliberation it’s OK to bash what you've done."
Bail was erstwhile again denied, this clip by U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.
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The Combs Case Is Set for Trial
On Oct. 3, the Combs lawsuit was reassigned to Judge Arun Subramanian because Carter was incapable to accommodate a proceedings date.
During an Oct. 10 presumption hearing, Subramanian acceptable a proceedings day of May 5, 2025.
Prosecutor Johnson told the justice she expected the proceedings to past astir 3 weeks, but said determination was inactive the anticipation that a superseding indictment could pb to much charges against Combs.
Agnifilo said successful tribunal they'd request astir a week to enactment connected their case.
Meanwhile, the lawyer said successful the TMZ doc that Combs was looking guardant to testifying successful his ain defense.
“I don’t cognize that I could support him disconnected the stand," Agnifilo said. "I deliberation helium is precise anxious to archer his story."
For free, confidential help, telephone the National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-4673 oregon sojourn rainn.org.
