Diddy reportedly pleads not responsible to fees in his new indictment as his intercourse crimes trial is pushed again.
Diddy Sits for Pre-Trial Convention
On Friday (March 14), Puff was in court docket for a pre-trial convention forward of his upcoming felony trial. In the course of the listening to, the decide agreed to delay the trial by every week to permit house for each side to iron out points that might take further time, Deadline studies. Diddy was additionally arraigned on the fees in his newest superseding indictment filed final week, which accuses him of pressured labor and forcing workers to have interaction in intercourse acts. Puff pleaded not responsible to the fees.
Diddy’s trial for intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution was initially supposed to begin on Could 5. It’s now set to start on Could 12, with jury choice anticipated to begin on the finish of April.
XXL has reached out to Diddy’s group and the U.S. Courtroom for the Southern District of New York for remark.
Because the trial attracts nearer, Diddy’s authorized group has been pulling out all of the stops. On Feb. 18, Diddy’s attorneys filed a movement requesting his prostitution cost be dismissed, citing racial bias. On Feb. 23, Diddy’s attorneys challenged the legality of search warrants executed on Diddy’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles final March. Most lately, they claimed the unique video of Cassie being assaulted by Diddy in 2016 was altered earlier than it was launched to the press and later destroyed by CNN. CNN has refuted these claims.
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