Diddy’s attorneys tried to throw out key piece of proof earlier than trial
Warning: this text discusses sexual assault and home abuse which some readers could discover distressing.
The trial of Sean Combs, higher generally known as P. Diddy, begins in the present day, in New York however the musician’s attorneys reportedly tried to get one piece of proof thrown out earlier than the proceedings started.
The 55-year-old has been hit with three costs by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) in a 14-page authorized indictment.
The indictment alleges Combs ‘engaged in a persistent and pervasive sample of abuse towards girls and different people,’ which have been ‘verbal, emotional, bodily, and sexual’.
A variety of celebrities have spoken out, or dissed in Eminem’s case, concerning the I am going to Be Lacking You singer, with a number of making reference to the ‘freak off’ intercourse events that the American rapper used to host.
He was arrested in September 2024 and has been charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by power, fraud, or coercion and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
Ought to he be discovered responsible of those crimes, it’s anticipated that he could be handed a life sentence in jail, given that’s the minimal sentence for intercourse trafficking.
Attorneys representing Combs have reportedly tried to throw one piece of proof out of court docket – a video which exhibits the superstar kicking and dragging his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura in a lodge again in 2016.
CNN initially obtained and printed the footage final yr after the general public allegations first arose.
Ventura accused her former companion of rape and bodily abuse in November 2023, however the case was settled the day after it was filed, with the lawsuit additionally alleging that he had paid the lodge $50,000 in an effort to purchase the safety footage.
The footage may now function a key piece of proof in opposition to the rapper, whose attorneys requested for it to be eliminated on the premise that it occurred throughout one in all their consumer’s ‘freak offs’ and that this was solely a ‘glimpse into a fancy however decade-long consensual relationship.’
Nonetheless, U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian stated Combs’ attorneys did not persuade him that the footage ought to be excluded. ‘Its relevance to the case outweighs any potential prejudice to Combs’, the decide stated.
His attorneys additionally failed in a bid to delay the trial by one other two months to present them extra time to arrange.
Combs has denied all the fees in opposition to him and has rejected a plea deal, with opening statements set to be given on 12 Might.
The trial, which regardless of the huge public curiosity can’t be proven on TV, continues.
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