Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Embattled music executive, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ has accused the US government of leaking the explosive 2016 footage that showed him brutally beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway.
Combs’ lawyers claimed in a new filing that Department of
Homeland Security agents undermined the Bad Boy Records founder for seven
months leading up to his indictment on sex trafficking and racketeering charges
asking a federal judge to take action.
The footage of Combs, with a towel wrapped around his waist
attacking Ventura inside the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los
Angeles was obtained by CNN in May, resulting in public outrage against the
music star.
His Defense lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos allege
the government was the only entity that could have revealed the damning
disclosure.
“The videotape was leaked to
CNN for one reason alone: to mortally wound the reputation and the prospect of
Sean Combs successfully defending himself against these allegations,” they
wrote.
Ventura sued Combs last November before the pair settled a
day later.
Combs is facing accusations he used his record label as a
“criminal enterprise” for more than a decade while abusing women and bullying
witnesses to cover up alleged crimes.
He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges. Combs is currently
in prison, but his lawyers are also fighting to get him out of jail leading up
to his high-profile trial.
Combs’ legal team cautioned it was blaming DHS for the
alleged leaks and was not pointing the finger at the Manhattan US Attorney’s
Office.
His lawyers also allege Federal authorities also allegedly
provided news outlets with false and prejudicial statements, and illegally
disseminated grand jury information, including the 2016 videotape.
Combs’ lawyers also complained in the new filing that DHS
agents “engaged in a particularly brutal and public search of Mr. Combs's
homes” that included slapping handcuffs on two of his sons in front of the
press.
The raid on Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami
received widespread media attention in March and turned up troves of evidence
against the embattled singer.
Agnifilo and Geragos want the federal court to set an
evidentiary hearing over the alleged misconduct and ensure that government
attorneys and agents won’t divulge further information to the press.
The lawyers also called on the court to potentially suppress
evidence, including the 2016 tape, or even dismiss the case, according to the
legal briefing.
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