With lower than two weeks till Sean “Diddy” Combs is ready to face trial, the disgraced rapper is pulling a number of extra methods out his bag. This time round, Diddy is hoping a jury will purchase his new protection…and also you received’t imagine what he cooked up.
And because the days inch nearer to the trial’s begin, many are questioning what Diddy’s protection will presumably be. A Friday (April 25) pre-trial listening to revealed among the plan, and it apparently contains Combs’ declare that he’s not a legal, however as an alternative, he merely engaged in consensual group intercourse actions — together with swapping companions.
In widespread phrases, Diddy mentioned he’s a swinger.
Information of the revelation was revealed shortly after he was provided a plea deal from the prosecution, in accordance to Rolling Stone. The rapper declined the supply, though his authorized workforce has made a number of makes an attempt to delay the trial’s begin date of Could 12. Up to now, they’ve been unsuccessful.
Legal professional Marc Agnifilo from Diddy’s authorized workforce advised the court docket Diddy participated in a daily “way of life.” He continued saying, “Name it swingers or no matter you’ll— that he thought was acceptable as a result of it was widespread.” He added, “Many individuals suppose it’s acceptable as a result of it’s widespread.” In response, prosecutors claimed a lot of Diddy’s alleged actions— as documented within the federal court docket filings and different pending civil lawsuits towards the rapper— have been past consensual interactions.
Curiously sufficient, this isn’t the one protection possibility for Combs’ workforce. On Sunday (April 27), prosecutors filed a movement to stop any future testimony suggesting Combs wasn’t in the precise psychological state to commit his alleged crimes, in keeping with PEOPLE. This was filed in reference to redacted testimony from Dr. Elie Aoun, a psychiatrist who testified for the protection.
In response to Diddy’s workforce, his psychological capability was overshadowed by his extreme drug use. With that, there’s no means he might’ve dedicated the heinous crimes towards him. Information of Diddy’s protection comes simply as he received some unhealthy information from a choose.
Combs’ workforce has been working exhausting to attempt to get the 2016 resort footage of him bodily attacking his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, thrown out of court docket. However in the course of the listening to, Choose Arun Subramanian dominated the surprising video will actually be proven to a jury as soon as the trial is underway, in keeping with CNN.
The rapper beforehand admitted to attacking Ventura within the resort footage. He even apologized to her after the video leaked, as The Root beforehand reported. “We will get rid of at the very least most of the protection’s issues by way of expertise,” Subramanian mentioned Friday.
Jury choice is scheduled to begin Monday (Could 5). Diddy’s trial on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan courthouse in New York Metropolis will start one week afterward Could 12. The trial is not going to be livestreamed, however it’s open to the general public. If convicted, Combs is going through at the very least 15 years in a federal jail for racketeering and human trafficking.