Diddy defense doubles down on 'racially motivated' prosecution claim in bail fight

Lawyers for the embattled hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs defended their client's close to picture the national enactment trafficking lawsuit against him arsenic "racist" successful tribunal filings Monday arsenic they inquire a tribunal to assistance him bail truthful helium tin spell location from jailhouse portion awaiting trial.

"He has a close to a just proceedings and a law close to talk retired connected his ain behalf," Combs' defence wrote successful a missive to Judge Arun Subramanian. "The government’s arguments that asking his children to station day wishes connected Instagram and that helium is not entitled to publically explicit his sentiment that this prosecution is racially motivated are, rather simply, an unconstitutional effort to soundlessness him."

The lawsuit against Combs has been overseen by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams, a Biden-Harris medication appointee who is resigning connected Dec. 13 up of his expected replacement nether the incoming Trump administration.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the ceremonial honoring him with a prima connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame connected May 2, 2008 connected Hollywood Boulevard successful Hollywood, California.   (Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Prosecutors took contented with Combs' usage of a banned app from wrong bars to pass with the extracurricular world. He allegedly utilized different inmates' phones to interaction friends and household successful an alleged power run and staged a blessed day video connected his ain Instagram account, present controlled by his sons, successful which helium spoke to them implicit the telephone from lockup.

They allege helium has a agelong past of obstruction, of encouraging witnesses and subordinates to screen for him, and of abusing some intersexual partners and idiosyncratic staff, according to tribunal documents.

"Former unit members person described the suspect threatening to termination them, throwing objects astatine them, and being struck, punched, and shoved by the defendant, and seeing him bash the aforesaid to others," prosecutors alleged. "This important past of unit indispensable beryllium taken into relationship erstwhile viewing the suspect obstructive activity. Taken together, determination tin beryllium nary uncertainty that the Government has proven the defendant’s dangerousness by wide and convincing evidence."

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Combs and his supporters person played the contention paper before. When Homeland Security agents raided his mansions successful Miami and Los Angeles successful March, his ex Misa Hylton posted a since-deleted Instagram station that included home surveillance video showing equipped agents apprehending her son, who is not charged with a crime.

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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams speaks to the media extracurricular of Manhattan national tribunal connected July 16, 2024 successful New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

"The implicit zealous (sic) and overtly militarized unit utilized against my sons Justin and Christian is deplorable," Hylton wrote. "If these were the sons of a non-Black celebrity, they would not person been handled with the aforesaid aggression."

In a messy breakup with the liquor elephantine Diageo, which took afloat ownership of Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila, Combs accused the institution of racism and claimed that it marketed those brands to "urban" consumers due to the fact that Combs is Black.

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Diageo dismissed his allegations arsenic "false and reckless," and helium yet dropped his suit against the institution successful January. The sides besides severed each concern ties.

The contention paper came up earlier successful his national transgression lawsuit erstwhile his lawyers accused national investigators of leaking sealed details of the probe to reporters. Prosecutors countered that Combs' lawyer, Mark Agnifilo, told TMZ successful a televised interrogation that it was his sentiment that Williams' bureau was moving connected "the takedown of a palmy Black man."

Sean Combs holds a vessel of Ciroc vodka portion attending "Sean Combs' 50th Birthday Bash presented by Ciroc Vodka" connected Dec. 14, 2019 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)

Combs' spokesperson did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Tuesday.

Williams, who was already slated to permission bureau successful January, announced his resignation Monday, effectual successful mid-December.

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President-elect Donald Trump has already nominated Williams' successor, the erstwhile Securities and Exchange Commission president Jay Clayton.

Combs' proceedings connected enactment trafficking and racketeering charges is expected to statesman connected May 5, 2025.

He presently has a 3rd effort astatine being granted bail pending earlier the court. Federal prosecutors are asking the justice to support Combs down bars, arguing helium would beryllium a menace to witnesses and victims if released successful the interim.

They judge he's already trying to power witnesses from down bars, allegedly contacting them done third-parties.

Both sides were successful tribunal Friday for Combs' 3rd bail hearing, but the justice did not render a decision. He asked lawyers for the authorities and for Combs to taxable "short letters" successful enactment of their positions by noon Monday. Combs' lawyers aboriginal complained that the government's 13-page missive was excessively agelong and rehashed aged claims. Their missive was 8 pages.

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The trafficking probe into Combs launched successful November 2023, aft his ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura filed a suit alleging maltreatment and different wrongdoing.

They settled a time later, and helium denied the accusations, but earlier this twelvemonth a video emerged that appeared to backmost up a convulsive assertion successful her suit – that helium attacked her successful a edifice hallway.

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"Mr. Combs became highly intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura successful the face, giving her a achromatic eye," her lawyers alleged.

Over the past year, caller accusers person continued to travel forward, and Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee said successful October helium present represents much than 100 radical looking to writer the rapper.

He has been accused of doling retired day rape drugs and victimizing adults and children astatine parties, immoderate of which allegedly progressive unnamed "celebrity" accomplices.

If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize has been sexually assaulted, delight interaction the National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) oregon spell to rainn.org.