Diddy is ending 2024 with explosive allegations that the Feds have blatantly violated his constitutional rights in an try and get the higher hand as his trial for intercourse trafficking and RICO expenses loom.
AllHipHop.com has discovered {that a} Bureau of Prisons investigator based mostly in West Virginia allegedly copied and shared Diddy’s privileged jailhouse notes with federal prosecutors, probably jeopardizing his protection technique.
“It’s indeniable {that a} BOP investigator based mostly in West Virginia has been feeding Mr. Combs’s jail communications to the prosecutors,” his lawyer, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, stated. “[The investigator] inspected and copied Mr. Combs’s privileged notes.”
These notes, they argue, included protection methods and confidential trial preparation plans.
Diddy’s authorized staff has decried the actions as a flagrant Fourth Modification violation, stating that the federal government has failed to elucidate why the notes had been focused throughout a Bureau of Prisons sweep on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn.
The sweep, allegedly a part of a broader effort to uncover corruption and contraband, resulted within the investigator photographing Diddy’s notes—actions the protection asserts had been clearly supposed to help the prosecution.
“The federal government refuses to inform the Courtroom what [the investigator] has to say about his motivations or pondering,” Shapiro snapped.
Shapiro additional accused the prosecution of profiting from the scenario, alleging that the improperly obtained supplies had already influenced their case.
“The notes, on their face, reference the way to discredit explicit allegations and witness testimony; acquiring particular kinds of specialists for trial; and amassing cross-examination materials on explicit witnesses,” the protection acknowledged.,” Shapiro revealed.
In keeping with the protection, such entry might give the federal government an insurmountable edge within the courtroom. Including to the controversy, Shapiro highlighted inconsistencies within the authorities’s explanations.
At one level, prosecutors claimed the search was for “institutional security,” however additionally they admitted the notes had been shared as a part of a covert investigation into alleged obstruction and witness tampering.
“The federal government’s bald assertion that there was a reliable penological objective contradicts its personal admissions about [the investigators] position in aiding the prosecutors to develop proof in opposition to Mr. Combs for this case and, notably, is unsupported by any affirmation or declaration by the prosecutors, [the investigator], or every other BOP official,” Shapiro stated.
Because the Might 2025 trial date approaches, Diddy’s attorneys demand a particular grasp to supervise the dealing with of privileged supplies, arguing that “authorities attorneys can’t be trusted to guard the [Diddy’s] privileges.”
The memorandum requires a Kastigar Listening to to find out whether or not proof derived from the notes was improperly used.
If the Decide sides with Diddy, all the data might be suppressed, dealing a heavy blow to prosecutors.
