Lawyers for famous rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion in court last night allegingn the US Government for leaking to the press a video of the hip-hop mogul beating his ex-girlfriend and others that could be used as evidence against him.
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According to CNN, the lawyers have asked the judge to prohibit the use of these videos as evidence in the future trial against Sean “Diddy.”
The initiative presented in the court of the Southern District of New York, which is handling the case, refers toThe video recorded by a hotel security camera in 2016 published by CNN that shows Combs dragging and kicking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Combs’ lawyers accused the government of leaking that video to CNNalthough according to the chain, they have not provided evidence of these claims.
Combs is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The 54-year-old singer, who is being investigated for human trafficking and sexual abuse, He was arrested on September 16 in New York and after the first hearing, the judge determined that he should continue in prison.
His arrest occurred after having received ten complaints of sexual abuse and rape from various women in the last year, complaints whose number has been growing.
This latest motion filed by Combs’ lawyers also alleges that authorities alerted the media about searches carried out in March at his mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.
The motion states that the leaks condition “the jury and deprive Mr. Combs of his right to a fair trial.”
The rapper’s lawyers asked the judge to impose a censorship order prohibiting the government from providing information about the evidence of the case to the media.
The lawyers, according to CNN, claim that the leaks came from agents of the Department of Homeland Security, whose Homeland Security Investigations division carried out the search, and not from the prosecutors in the case.
Combs initially denied allegations that he had hit Ventura, which were included in a November 2023 lawsuit he filed before the video became public.
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