Diddy
Ex-Legal professional Stop Over Protection Technique Battle
Revealed
Diddy has one much less lawyer preventing for him heading into his federal trial, as a result of his authorized group could not get on the identical web page concerning the perfect protection for him … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct data of Anthony Ricco‘s exit from Diddy’s camp inform us there had been an influence battle happening between lead lawyer Marc Agnifilo and him for a number of months, and it lastly got here to a head.
As we reported, Ricco shook up Diddy’s group Friday morning by informing the choose he might now not “successfully” defend his consumer — however his submitting lacked element about why he was leaping ship.
We’re informed the battle inside group Diddy centered across the intercourse trafficking allegations, and there was disagreement on learn how to deal with that a part of the federal indictment once they go to trial.
For his half, Agnifilo has repeatedly denied the trafficking cost, and as an alternative says the so-called freak offs at all times concerned consensual intercourse between Diddy, a girlfriend and a 3rd get together. As we reported, Agnifilo filed a movement to dismiss depend 3 of the indictment, which is all concerning the Mann Act … the transportation of people to “interact in prostitution.”
Our sources say Ricco grew annoyed when his efforts to talk on to Diddy about authorized methods had been thwarted by co-counsel, and that is why he felt he could not correctly defend the hip hop mogul.
We’re additionally informed Ricco strongly believed they would not be able to go to trial by Could 5 — the scheduled begin date — and thought they need to ask the choose for extra time. His co-counsel strongly disagreed, push got here to shove and Ricco peace’d out.
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Our sources related to Diddy informed us Ricco’s departure is way ado about nothing, saying lead protection attorneys Agnifilo and Teny Geragos have been rock strong for nearly a yr now.
We reached out to Diddy’s reps for remark, however no phrase again but.
Agnifilo made it clear in TMZ’s “Downfall of Diddy” documentary, he needs to go to trial “as quickly as attainable” — and, in at present’s submitting, Ricco informed the choose his departure wouldn’t delay Diddy’s protection.