Diddy gained courtroom approval to entry early drafts of Cassie Ventura’s memoir as he prepares to problem abuse allegations in his Could 5 federal trial.
Diddy scored a restricted courtroom win when a federal choose dominated that he may acquire prior drafts of an unpublished memoir believed to have been written by Cassie Ventura, a key witness anticipated to testify towards him in his upcoming prison trial.
U.S. District Decide Arun Subramanian denied a movement to dam the discharge of earlier variations of the manuscript that had already been turned over to the federal government, ordering that they be produced to Diddy’s authorized group by April 25.
Diddy, who faces a sweeping federal indictment that features intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices, has maintained his relationship with Ventura was consensual and disputes her claims of abuse.
His authorized group argues the memoir accommodates inconsistencies that might assist discredit her testimony.
Legal professional Anna Estevao, representing Diddy, stated the draft manuscript contradicts Ventura’s present statements and is essential to the protection.
Ventura’s attorneys, backed by federal prosecutors, tried to dam the subpoena, arguing it was invasive and irrelevant. However the courtroom sided partially with Diddy, permitting entry solely to the variations already within the authorities’s possession.
The choose denied Diddy’s try to get associated supplies, together with diaries, notes, emails and monetary data.
The case gained nationwide consideration after surveillance footage surfaced displaying him bodily assaulting Ventura in a Los Angeles resort hallway.
The video, launched earlier this yr, prompted widespread backlash and a public apology from Combs, who stated, “I take full accountability for my actions in that video. I used to be disgusted then once I did it. I’m disgusted now.”
A separate battle over the admissibility of the video is raging, with Diddy’s freedom within the arms of Decide Subramanian, who has but to rule on the significantly damning piece of proof.
Diddy’s prison trial is about to start Could 5 in federal courtroom.
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