A day after 4 John Does and two Jane Does filed the most recent assault lawsuits towards Sean “Diddy” Combs, the ‘Unhealthy Boy For Life’ performer now says “the federal government needs to be required to determine its alleged victims” in his intercourse trafficking case.
“This case is exclusive, partially due to the variety of people levying allegations towards Mr. Combs as a consequence of his superstar standing, wealth, and the publicity of his beforehand settled lawsuit and the grand jury leaks and false inflammatory statements by the DHS brokers, as outlined in our earlier movement,” wrote Combs’ Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos-led protection legal professionals Tuesday to US District Choose Arun Subramanian “This has had a pervasive ripple impact, leading to a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”
“These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a good trial, in the event that they haven’t already,” the duo added, probably poisoning the judicial effectively for later for the 54-year outdated Grammy winner.
“With out readability from the federal government, Mr. Combs has no method of realizing which allegations the federal government is counting on for functions of the Indictment,” the letter continues leaning in the direction of authorities over attain. “Apart from Sufferer-1, there isn’t a method for Mr. Combs to find out who the opposite unidentified alleged victims are. The variety of potential alleged victims and the size of time alleged within the Indictment each weigh in favor of a invoice of particulars.”
By “outright absurd,” the attorneys imply the six new lawsuits that had been put within the court docket docket on October 14 to hitch the now round 20 individuals, men and women, who’ve accused Sean Combs of drugging them, beating them, threatening them, forcing them to take part in his so-called “Freak Offs,” and raping them. As the September 15 arrested ‘All Concerning the Benjamins’ rapper sits in Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn dealing with life behind bars if discovered responsible at a trial set to begin on Might 5, 2025, Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee guarantees that he has over 100 extra Combs victims quickly to return ahead with lawsuits of their very own.
US Lawyer Damian Williams workplace had no touch upon as we speak’s protection submitting. Nevertheless, within the 4 web page missive, Agnifilo and Geragos say the opposite facet “opposes disclosure of alleged victims’ names at this stage.”
Unsurprisingly, the prosecutors are following the usual protocol of conserving alleged sexual assault victims names out of the general public document for his or her security. “That is all about shaming the alleged victims, it’s a part of the protection’ offense plan of action,” a regulation enforcement supply with information of the case instructed Deadline. “They’ll strive something.”
Moreover, what makes this newest transfer so distinctive, to place it politely, on one other stage by the Combs and his protection group is that they already know by their very own admission who a number of of the alleged victims are.
Particularly, as they admit, the protection know who “Sufferer-1,” is. Plus they know who “Particular person-1″ is, and who’s the recipient of a November 19, 20203 telephone name from Combs concerning the rising allegations towards him and in search of her “friendship.”
As was famous as we speak within the letter to the decide and in paperwork filed as not too long ago as October 9 by the protection, it’s clear that everyone is aware of “Sufferer-1” is. “
Sufferer-1” is the Infamous B.I.G. sideman’s’ former longtime girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
(L-R) Sean “Diddy” Combs & Cassie Ventura at LA’s Chateau Marmont in 2012
Ventura sued Combs final fall in a rapidly settled motion for years of assault and abuse. Hours after Ventura’s very vivid go well with landed within the court docket docket, Combs denied all the things — as he has in each case up to now. Then, he paid Ventura a reported $30 million to kill the case inside 24 hours. Ventura’s claims of the violence the ‘Me & U’ singer lived with from Combs over their greater than decade lengthy relationship got additional credence in Might when 2016 resort safety footage of a towel sporting Combs pummeling Ventura within the hall of an upmarket LA resort was made public.
The caller on the opposite finish of the road with Combs final November has come up in varied paperwork with each side arguing the validity of the feds’ witness tampering allegations over the character and intent of that individual name. Everybody clearly realizing who this individual is, the protection have accused the feds of concealing proof that will refute the obstruction claims.
If exploding automobiles are any trace, “Particular person-1” is rapper Child Cudi, who noticed one in every of his autos arsoned after a quick affair with Ventura in 2011/2012 “A number of witnesses would additionally testify to the defendant bragging about his position in destroying Particular person-1’s automobile,” states a September 17 letter to the then decide on the case from US Lawyer Damian Williams.
Calls of “a number of witness” make it sort of arduous to cover somebody’s id, particularly when it has been on the market or months already.
Just like their October 9 claims that Homeland Safety brokers this spring leaked that 2016 surveillance video (which Diddy purchased eight years in the past for $50,000), the protection seems to be in battle with their very own information. Within the case of the resort video leak, the defenses buried of their submitting’s footnotes that prosecutors instructed them they by no means had the vile video and neither did DHS, one thing they select to skid previous.
Having stated that, coming months after federal brokers raided Combs LA and Miami houses, final month’s indictment for racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution does cowl a large swath of time and actions. “This could possibly be interpreted as treating Mr. Combs’ whole sexual historical past over the previous sixteen years as a part of the alleged felony conspiracy,” the protection legal professionals stated in writing to the decide as we speak.
“Mr. Combs additionally anticipates that the invention will comprise voluminous proof of consensual sexual exercise – making it all of the tougher for Mr. Combs to determine which of his prior sexual companions now declare, years later, that they felt coerced,” they add, with no sense of grim irony.
As this matter and the felony case strikes alongside, Combs’ legal professionals are taking a 3rd swing at getting their incarcerated shopper out with their October 8 movement for pretrial launch to the US Court docket of Appeals for the Second District.
Oddly, Tuesday additionally noticed a posting on Combs’ Instagram account wishing his youngest daughter a Completely happy Birthday. In keeping with officers, Combs ought to have entry to such social media.So both he’s posting underneath the radar or giving another person his IG password to put up for him.