Diddy has simply obtained his first piece of excellent information in a very long time. A decide has dominated that prosecutors can’t use supplies seized from his jail cell.
As noticed on Deadline, the now embattled mogul is likely to be feeling extra assured heading into his upcoming bail listening to. On Tuesday (November 19), Decide Arun Subramanian denied the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District the power to leverage any info seized from an October raid in Diddy’s jail cell. U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams submitted a submitting final week alleging that the Dangerous Boy Leisure founder had written notes detailing plans to “blackmail” witnesses, make unauthorized calls, and extra.
“Whereas trying to evade regulation enforcement monitoring, the defendant has, amongst different issues, orchestrated social media campaigns which might be, in his personal phrases, geared toward tainting the jury pool; made efforts to publicly leak supplies he views as useful to his case; and contacted witnesses via third events,” the memo learn.
Moreover, prosecutors additionally submitted a transcript of a name Diddy made to certainly one of his sons that exhibits “the defendant’s purpose is to blackmail victims and witnesses both into silence or offering testimony useful to his protection.”
A number of the gadgets seized within the raid embody “intact pages from two totally different authorized pads, (ii) pages of an tackle e-book, (iii) a ripped-out, folded-over web page of a 3rd authorized pad, (iv) a ripped-out web page of one other authorized pad and (v) a ripped-out web page of but a distinct authorized pad.”
Diddy’s authorized staff pushed again citing the raid violated a number of of their consumer’s Amendments rights. Diddy’s third bail listening to is scheduled for November 22. He has beforehand supplied a $50 million bond and agreed to solely keep up a correspondence together with his household and authorized staff.
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