Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday accused the Federal Reserve of leaking explosive 2016 footage showing the disgraced hip hop mogul. beat him brutally Then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway.
Combs’ legal camp claims in a new filing that Department of Homeland Security agents undermined the Bad Boy Records founder for seven months, leading to a bomb attack on him over sex trafficking and racketeering charges — and a judge. Are being asked to take action.
Footage of Combs – who had a towel wrapped around his waist – attacking Ventura inside the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, was obtained by CNN in May, sparking an outcry against the music star.
Defense attorneys Mark Agnifilo and Tenny Geragos alleged that the government was the only institution that could have been the source of this devastating revelation.
He wrote, “The videotape was leaked to CNN for one reason only: to fatally damage Sean Combs’s reputation and his chances of successfully defending himself against these allegations.”
Ventura sued Combs last November The pair settled down after a day.
Combs is accused of using his record label as a “criminal enterprise” for more than a decade, while abusing women and intimidating witnesses to cover up his alleged crimes.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Combs is currently in federal custody, But his lawyers are also fighting to get him out of jail Leading to his high-profile trial.
Combs’ legal team cautioned that she was blaming DHS for the alleged leak and not pointing the finger at the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office.
His lawyers argued that federal officials allegedly provided false and prejudicial statements to news outlets and illegally disseminated grand jury information, including the 2016 videotape.
Combs’ lawyers also complained in the new filing that DHS agents “engaged in particularly brutal and public searches of Mr. Combs’s homes” that included handcuffing his two sons in front of the press.
The raids on Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami attracted widespread media attention in March and led to a mountain of evidence against the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer.
Agnifilo and Geragos want the federal court to hold an evidentiary hearing on the alleged misconduct and ensure that government lawyers and agents will not reveal more information to the press.
Depending on what the evidentiary hearing turns out to be, lawyers called on the court to potentially suppress evidence, including the 2016 tape, or even dismiss the case, according to a legal briefing.
Combs’ attorneys’ stance on Wednesday Similar action was taken New York City Mayor Eric Adams also accused the feds of leaking grand jury materials in his criminal case.
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