Sean “Diddy” Combs is making an attempt to maintain his authorized mess underneath tight wraps, however his household and lawyer may need ruined his plans.
Cassie’s lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, known as out Diddy’s try to silence witnesses and different attorneys with a gag order, slamming it as pure hypocrisy.
In accordance with Wigdor, whereas the disgraced mogul’s household and authorized group are out right here talking their minds, Diddy’s making an attempt to dam others from doing the identical.
Wigdor filed a letter with the courtroom at present (November 1) and known as out Diddy’s household.
He identified how Diddy’s son Quincy lately took to Instagram, calling the accusations “devastating” for the household and promising that the “fact will prevail.”
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Diddy’s mother, by means of her personal lawyer, additionally went public, saying the fees have been a part of a “public lynching” and a “narrative created out of lies.”
Wigdor says these statements present Diddy’s try to muzzle everybody else is past ironic.
If Diddy’s household can inform their facet of the story, Wigdor argued, then Cassie and different accusers deserve the identical proper.
“It isn’t clear precisely whom Mr. Combs seeks to silence along with his requested reduction, however his submission means that anybody who has claimed to have been a sufferer of Mr. Combs—no matter whether or not their expertise is related or related to the felony case at hand—have to be prevented from talking out about their allegations,” Wigdor stated.
He claimed Diddy’s group desires to maintain a lid on any damaging statements whereas his family will get free rein to talk out.
Wigdor didn’t cease there and known as out Diddy’s lead lawyer, Mark Agnifilo, who’s publicly described the case as a “racially motivated prosecution.”
Agnifilo made bizarre statements about Diddy’s notorious stash of child oil and even appeared in a documentary concerning the case, a transfer Wigdor stated is fueling the media fireplace.
Wigdor’s courtroom submitting painted an image of a high-stakes sport the place Diddy’s household and authorized group set the foundations, however just for themselves.
He argued that the alleged victims and their attorneys ought to get the identical likelihood if Diddy’s facet can converse.
“Mr. Combs and his brokers’ abuse of extrajudicial statements alone undermines the legitimacy of the reduction he now requests and is one more foundation for denying his request for a gag order,” Wigdor stated.
A choose has but to rule on the gag order request.
