As Diddy stays behind the bars of Brooklyn’s infamous Metropolitan Detention Heart, the staff trying to lock him away for years is rising stronger.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, the daughter of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey, Maurene Comey, has dedicated herself to the case.
The docs, filed by United States Lawyer for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams on Monday (December 2), state: “The undersigned legal professional respectfully requests the Clerk to notice her look on this case and so as to add her as a Submitting Consumer to whom Notices of Digital Submitting will likely be transmitted on this case.”
The brand new addition follows a small victory for Diddy. In his combat in opposition to alleged leaks to the media, a federal decide ordered prosecutors to provide a sworn affidavit affirming they’re not the supply of leaked data. U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian set a December 4 deadline for compliance.
Diddy’s authorized staff has beforehand accused federal brokers and prosecutors of improperly disclosing particulars to the press. They claimed the alleged leaks have jumpstarted seemingly limitless prejudicial media protection, stopping Diddy from getting a good trial.
Among the many allegations is the declare {that a} 2016 surveillance video exhibiting Diddy brutally assault ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura was leaked by people tied to the case. Prosecutors firmly denied the allegations and insisted Diddy was doing nothing however “greedy at straws.”
They mentioned there’s zero proof to counsel improper disclosure of grand jury supplies and insisted that the 2016 video was sourced outdoors the federal investigation. Diddy’s request for an expansive gag order failed to achieve traction with Choose Subramanian, who dominated in opposition to the measure on October 25.
Though the Court docket imposed restrictions on the discharge of grand jury supplies and different delicate data, Subramanian stopped in need of discovering any credible proof of previous misconduct by prosecutors.
Diddy was arrested in September and is predicted to go to trial in Might 2025. He’s pleaded not responsible to racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
