Diddy’s attorneys are accusing prosecutors of enhancing the 2016 Cassie assault video with a purpose to make Puff look extra menacing to the decide deciding whether or not to grant him bail.
Diddy’s Authorized Workforce Recordsdata Movement Forward of Detention Listening to
Diddy authorized workforce is pulling out all stops forward of his bail listening to on Friday (Nov. 22). On Thursday (Nov. 21), they filed a movement accusing the federal government of displaying the decide at his earlier bond listening to a doctored model of the Cassie battle video that leaked again in March.
“The energy of the first proof relied upon by the Authorities to show … hazard … has been undermined by new info,” the movement reads.
Diddy’s authorized workforce claims prosecutors had the unique video however “selected to not share it with the Courtroom. As a substitute, it provided its edited model of the CNN video as its strongest proof of hazard and obstruction.”
The video, Diddy’s attorneys declare, doesn’t present the results of a “freak off” celebration gone mistaken just like the prosecution beforehand alleged however as a substitute exhibits a easy home dispute.
“The extra full footage of the incident—in distinction to the federal government’s sensationalized CNN lower—contradicts the federal government’s representations,” the authorized submitting reads. “The video demonstrates that Mr. Combs in reality ran down the corridor to retrieve a bag of garments and a cellphone, he didn’t ‘drag [Victim-1] again down the corridor to the room’ as the federal government and its re-sequenced exhibit falsely recommend, he didn’t throw a vase at Sufferer-1 however solely its contents (presumably flowers), and she or he was not ‘solely … capable of depart’ as soon as ‘safety employees intervened.'”
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Diddy Hopes to Get Bail After A number of Tries
Diddy’s upcoming detention listening to comes after he has been unsuccessful at getting a bond earlier than his felony trial on a number of events. All thrice, a decide shot down Diddy’s attraction for bond after the prosecution efficiently argued that Diddy is able to tampering with witnesses. Diddy’s legal professional initially proposed a $50 million bond bundle. The protection submitting comes three days after the federal government accused Diddy of trying to contact potential witnesses from behind bars.
Diddy has been at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Heart since his arrest on Sept. 16 on fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. His trial date has been set for Might 25, 2025.
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