{"id":33494,"date":"2024-10-15T22:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T03:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33494"},"modified":"2024-10-31T22:41:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:41:30","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-attorneys-ask-judge-to-publicly-identify-his-accusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33494","title":{"rendered":"Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ attorneys ask judge to publicly identify his accusers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Attorneys for Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs filed a motion Tuesday requesting that his accusers in a federal sex trafficking case <\/strong>be publicly identified so he can prepare a proper defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion requests that federal judge Arun Subramanian identify Combs’ accusers because, his lawyers argue, the torrent of anonymous allegations against him are damaging his reputation, leading to a \u201cmedia circus” and depriving him of a fair trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identifying anonymous accusers would allow Combs to adequately prepare for his trial, prevent any surprises and protect him from double jeopardy should he be prosecuted again for the same offense, according to the filing from Combs\u2019 team of lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis case is unique, in part because of the number of individuals levying allegations against Mr. Combs due to his celebrity status, wealth, and the publicity of his previously settled lawsuit,\u201d the motion reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also alleges grand jury leaks and false inflammatory statements by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents tied to the release of surveillance video showing Combs beating his ex-girlfriend, singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. (Combs apologized<\/a> for the incident, saying it was a one-off instance and that he had sought therapy and had changed, and he settled a lawsuit in which Ventura had accused him of rape and physical abuse.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combs\u2019 legal team filed a petition<\/a> claiming the government had provided the video to CNN and had been responsible for leaking other information to the media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetween the grand jury leaks and the incendiary public statements, the agents all but ensured that the grand jury would be tainted as well as the general public from which we will soon select a jury,\u201d the filing stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd. Yesterday alone, anonymous accusers filed an additional six lawsuits<\/a>,\u201d Tuesday’s motion argues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion also mentioned a recent press conference in which Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee said he is representing 120 accusers<\/a> in a series of lawsuits against Combs, with allegations including sexual abuse of minors. The filing called the press conference a “publicity stunt” and the allegations “outrageous and deeply prejudicial.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These accusations came on the heels of more than a dozen lawsuits previously filed and currently pending, several of which have already been discredited but only after irreparably damaging Mr. Combs\u2019 character and reputation,” the motion says. “These swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a fair trial, if they haven\u2019t already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, six complaints were\u2002<\/a>filed by Buzbee\u2002<\/a>in the Southern District of New York on behalf of four males and two females<\/a>, none of whom are named in the filings. The incidents alleged in the complaints span from 1995 to 2021 and include accusations of sexual assault and rape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buzbee announced at an Oct. 1 news conference that he was representing accusers with allegations against Combs<\/a> \u2014 under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act. Under the law, victims have a two-year window ending in March 2025 to file older claims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to just try to file cases that we feel are credible and legitimate,\u201d Buzbee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawsuits name Combs and his various businesses as defendants, and the accusers are seeking unspecified damages. Lawyers for Combs denied the allegations in the suits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News has not independently corroborated any of the allegations in the complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The filings come as the embattled music mogul is fighting his pre-trial detention<\/a> on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, for which Subramanian set a May 5 trial date<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attorneys for Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs filed a motion Tuesday requesting that his accusers in a federal sex trafficking case be publicly identified so he can prepare a proper defense. The motion requests that federal judge Arun Subramanian identify Combs’ accusers because, his lawyers argue, the torrent of anonymous allegations against him are damaging his reputation, leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[2299,1705,30837,30836],"class_list":["post-33494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-attorney","tag-defense","tag-federal-sex-trafficking-case","tag-sean-diddy-combs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33496,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions\/33496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}