Diddy Secures Authorized Victory As Choose Orders Prosecution To Destroy Notes From Jail Raid

Diddy earned a minor victory in courtroom on Tuesday as Choose Arun Subramanian dominated that he will not take into account any proof obtained through the latest raid on the Dangerous Boy mogul’s jail cell for his subsequent bail listening to. He additionally ordered the prosecution to destroy the alleged trial notes authorities had been accused of seizing. The state denied deliberately taking the 19 pages of authorized notes, claiming that they handed them off to a “filter workforce” to find out whether or not the content material was privileged.

“After we go to him in jail, we have now lists,” Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo stated in courtroom Tuesday, as caught by PEOPLE. “All the pieces in these pads are issues we talk about. Trial technique, who we must always communicate to, to undermine a witness’ credibility. We talk about all the pieces with Mr. Combs.” After making his ruling, Subramanian remarked to the prosecution, “Do away with them.”

The ruling wasn’t the one optimistic information for Diddy from Tuesday. Choose Subramanian additionally granted him the flexibility to attend his hearings with the restraint of shackles. His authorized workforce had argued that showing in shackles was a nasty look within the media and will affect potential jurors. “Given the press consideration on the pretrial proceedings on this case, there’s a substantial danger that potential jurors will study in regards to the shackling by way of the media and develop such a bias,” Diddy’s workforce wrote in a letter to Subramanian the day earlier than the listening to.

Authorities arrested Diddy on fees of alleged intercourse trafficking and racketeering again in September. He is already pleaded not responsible and denied the entire allegations towards him. His trial will kick off on Could 5 of subsequent 12 months.