Nationwide — Sean “Diddy” Combs requested for a mistrial once more, claiming prosecutors used false testimony about an alleged balcony incident involving a pal of Cassie, and knew it wasn’t true. Nonetheless, for the second time, the decide turned down his request.
In response to TMZ, Diddy’s authorized group filed the movement on Saturday, difficult key claims from Bryana Bongolan, a pal of Cassie. Bongolan testified that Diddy as soon as held her over the sting of a 17-story balcony. Cassie supported the story in courtroom, saying she noticed it occur.
Nonetheless, Diddy’s legal professionals say Cassie wasn’t truly there. They cited textual content messages she despatched to Kristina Khorram, certainly one of Diddy’s staff, saying, “I simply discovered some loopy s***,” suggesting she solely heard about it later.
The protection additionally disputed the timeline of Bongolan’s alleged accidents. Prosecutors confirmed pictures of bruises they mentioned had been taken on September 26, 2016, the identical day the balcony incident supposedly occurred. However Diddy’s group claims he was on the East Coast that day and couldn’t have been concerned.
Prosecutors later admitted the incident might have occurred later that week, presumably round September 29 or 30, based mostly on extra messages from Cassie.
That is Diddy’s second mistrial request that has been denied. The primary one got here after his legal professionals accused prosecutors of destroying fingerprint proof tied to a Molotov cocktail assault on Child Cudi’s automotive. That request was denied.