Diddy investigators raise ‘serious concerns’ for victims’ safety in courtroom showdown

Federal prosecutors person "serious and ongoing concerns" for the information of victims and witnesses connected to their lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, the hip-hop mogul turned amusement billionaire who they are accusing of enactment crimes and are asking a justice to contradict a defence petition to place them.

They're besides rejecting claims from Combs' defense squad that the authorities was down the leak of a brutal video showing the prima assaulting his ex, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, successful a Los Angeles edifice hallway.

Lawyers for the 54-year-old Bad Boy Records laminitis person demanded an evidentiary proceeding connected leaks successful the lawsuit and asserted that the damning video, which Combs apologized for, was improperly released by national investigators successful a expansive assemblage leak.

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Sean Combs broke his soundlessness successful an Instagram video reacting to viral video of him allegedly beating his then-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura successful edifice footage from 2016, portion wearing conscionable a towel and socks. (Sean Combs Instagram)

The Justice Department denied adjacent having a transcript of the video earlier CNN obtained and published it successful May and said Combs' filings are an effort to suppress the "damning" video grounds successful his trial.

"The suspect baselessly accuses 'DHS' agents — who person nary authorization to contented expansive assemblage process — of secretly obtaining the Intercontinental Video unbeknownst to the prosecutors conducting the probe and past leaking it to CNN," prosecutors wrote. "No evidentiary proceeding is indispensable to cull these assertions arsenic incredible."

This image, provided by the accuser, shows her, a person and 2 different women aft she says they were invited backstage astatine a Diddy performance successful New York City connected April 22, 2011. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

According to national investigators, they wanted to find the video aft learning astir it but discovered it had "disappeared from the hotel's server." 

What they did find, allegedly, was an effort from Combs to bribe edifice security.

Interestingly, according to prosecutors, connected the time the video went public, Combs' defence wrote to them to explicit a "concern that idiosyncratic (not immoderate of you and not the pb lawsuit agents) provided this footage to CNN."

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The authorities said it learned of the video lone aft the leak and was looking into however it got retired – floating the thought that Combs' ain employees could person made it public.

"The suspect refuses to admit that aggregate individuals different than Government agents — including immoderate of his ain employees — whitethorn person had entree to the Intercontinental Video," prosecutors wrote.

The authorities besides opposes a defence petition for a gag bid that would restrict victims from speaking retired connected the case.

Homeland Security Investigations agents raided his mansions successful Miami and Los Angeles successful March. His apprehension came successful mid-September. The DOJ besides asked a justice to contradict Combs' requests for a gag order.

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Combs is facing national enactment trafficking, prostitution and racketeering charges.

Federal prosecutors argued that helium is simply "not entitled to the remedies helium seeks" and asked the tribunal to unopen down his lawyers' motions.

Separately, helium faces much than a twelve civilian lawsuits alleging enactment maltreatment and different wrongdoing, and dozens much accusers are expected to travel guardant with litigation of their own.

In different lawsuit retired of Louisiana, he's besides accused of ripping disconnected a plan firm that built him signifier displays, and the plaintiff's ineligible squad successful that lawsuit said much business-related lawsuits are likely.

Sean "Diddy" Combs claimed the authorities was liable for leaking a 2016 surveillance video of an alleged convulsive incidental with his ex-girlfriend, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura. The authorities said it learned of the video lone aft the leak and was looking into however it got retired – floating the thought that Combs' ain employees could person made it public. (Getty Images)

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Because of crossover betwixt the civilian and transgression matters, national prosecutors told the justice that Combs' petition to person his Jane Doe accusers publically identified could spot them astatine hazard if granted.

"There are superior and ongoing concerns of unfortunate and witnesser safety, tampering, and intimidation," prosecutors wrote.

Combs' transgression proceedings is scheduled for May 5.

The feds opened their probe successful November 2023, astir the clip Ventura sued Combs alleging carnal and intersexual abuse. 

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Sean "Diddy" Combs roamed the Bayfront Park Amphitheater for Pitbull's New Years Eve festivities. (Getty Images)

Combs vehemently denied the allegations from Ventura and from each of the different accusers. Then the video leaked – showing the astir bare billionaire brutally assaulting her successful the hallway of Los Angeles' Intercontinental Hotel.

The video appeared to corroborate astatine slightest 1 assertion successful Ventura's suit – that Combs punched her successful the look successful the edifice successful 2016.

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

He was drunk, according to the lawsuit, and erstwhile helium passed retired she tried to sneak out. But helium allegedly woke up and resumed screaming astatine her, followed her into the hallway and threw her connected the ground.

Hip-hop creator Sean Combs performing connected "MTV 2 Large" connected New Year's Eve successful MTV's Times Square studios, Dec. 31, 1999. (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

He issued a teary video apology and said helium would question help. Now he's being held without bail successful a national jailhouse successful Brooklyn.

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Combs and Ventura settled retired of tribunal a time aft she sued him, but his ineligible struggles person snowballed from there.

Over the past year, galore caller accusers person 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.