Diddy’s legal professionals say his trial is on the verge of chaos after prosecutors blindsided his workforce with what he calls a calculated smear job.
His legal professionals declare the feds plan to make use of a listing of decades-old, uncharged sexual assault allegations simply 60 days earlier than the courtroom showdown.
“These incendiary allegations are considerably extra critical than the charged offenses and if admitted, would make it inconceivable for Mr. Combs to obtain a good trial,” his legal professionals wrote in a movement filed this week
The transfer caught Diddy’s protection off guard.
Prosecutors waited till the final doable second to roll out the accusations—many from unknown accusers, with no witnesses, no corroboration, and a few courting again to the Eighties.
Final week, the feds additionally rolled out a 3rd superseding indictment with no new victims – however new prison expenses stemming from the alleged abuse of his ex’s.
“These are fully new, untested, uncorroborated, and uninvestigated allegations,” the submitting states. “Some are actually unknown to the protection… and a few of the key witnesses… are lifeless.”
Till now, Diddy had been making ready to struggle expenses centered on alleged abuse or manipulation inside long-term relationships. Then got here what his legal professionals say is a complete curveball.
“Collectively, these new allegations require many months if not years to analyze,” the movement states, including that the trial—initially estimated to final three weeks—may now balloon far past that.
Making issues worse, Diddy isn’t even allowed to see who a few of his accusers are till April 18. That leaves barely a month to analyze claims that, in some instances, are older than a few of the jurors probably will likely be.
His authorized workforce slammed the federal government’s proof as “scant,” accusing prosecutors of recycling claims from civil lawsuits geared toward pressuring him in different venues.
“Not one of many alleged assaults resulted in any prison criticism or prison expenses,” they wrote.
The protection insists these claims had been deliberately timed to throw off preparation.
His legal professionals need the courtroom to toss the accusations fully, warning that if jurors hear them, it will likely be inconceivable to un-hear them.
“No limiting instruction may treatment such prejudice,” they wrote, including that “a mistrial can be required” if the proof slips in.
Additionally they requested the decide to carry a particular listening to to see if any of the claims will be backed up.
“The Court docket ought to require the federal government to attempt the case it charged and show that case to the jury past an affordable doubt. The federal government shouldn’t be permitted to pollute the trial with many years of dust and invite a conviction based mostly on propensity proof with no correct function by portray Mr. Combs as a nasty man who will need to have dedicated the charged crimes,” Diddy’s legal professionals fumed.
The trial remains to be scheduled for Might.
