Federal prosecutors requested a choose to approve an October 30 deadline to answer two motions filed by Diddy’s attorneys in his intercourse trafficking case. In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, the prosecution argued it didn’t have to urgently reply to Diddy’s request for particulars omitted from the indictment towards him.
“The events conferred relating to the Authorities’s proposed deadline,” prosecutors wrote. “The Authorities understands the protection’s place is that the movement is ‘uncommon and an emergency’ and the Authorities ought to be required to reply by Monday, October 21, 2024—lower than one week from when the movement was filed … The Authorities is at present scheduled to answer a special protection movement—the movement regarding purported grand jury leaks—by [October 30] and consolidating the Authorities’s oppositions to those two motions would promote ‘simplicity in process and equity in administration.’”
Diddy, whose actual title is Sean Combs, filed his movement for a invoice of particulars below Federal Rule of Felony Process Rule 7(f) on Tuesday (October 15). Prosecutors famous the default deadline for a response was October 29.
“The Rule 7(f) Movement doesn’t require a faster response,” they contended. “In reality, because the Authorities will extra absolutely handle in its opposition, the movement can’t meaningfully be evaluated at this stage, previous to the completion of discovery, and the Authorities ought to be permitted to answer any remaining disputes following the shut of discovery … Accordingly, the Authorities respectfully requests that the Courtroom allow the Authorities to oppose the Rule 7(f) Movement by October 30, 2024, when its opposition to the defendant’s prior movement is due.”
Diddy stays in jail following his arrest on racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution costs. An appeals courtroom will hear arguments in his bid for bail on November 4. His trial is scheduled to start in Might 2025.