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    Prosecutors Slam Team Diddy’s ‘Baseless’ Claim About Leaked Cassie Video

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    American lawyers responded in court to the claims of Sean “Diddy” Combs“the lawyers who government agents leaked informationincluding images of Combs physically assault his ex-girlfriend Cassie Venturato the media.

    In a filing filed Wednesday evening in Manhattan federal court and obtained Thursday by USA TODAY, prosecutors said Combs’ defense attorneys failed to provide adequate evidence showing information was leaked by the grand jury federal investigating him, adding that Combs and his team knew the video had been transmitted. Besides.

    The video referenced was hotel surveillance footage from 2016. CNN released in May showing Combs kicking, hitting and dragging Cassie near a hotel elevators.

    “The defendant baselessly accuses ‘(Department of Homeland Security)’ agents – who have no authority to initiate grand jury proceedings – of secretly obtaining the intercontinental video without the knowledge of prosecutors.” , says the file.

    Additionally, the government says it “failed to obtain any video of the assault” and that investigators did not have footage of the hotel attack until CNN published the video.

    Prosecutors also called his request for names of accusers a “thinly veiled” attempt to hijack the government’s case and help it publicly defend itself against more than two dozen men and women filing lawsuits civil rights for his alleged sexual misconduct.

    “This inappropriate request should be rejected in its entirety, particularly here, where there are serious and ongoing concerns regarding victim and witness safety, tampering and intimidation,” prosecutors wrote.

    However, Combs’ efforts to unmask his accusers received a boost on Wednesdaywhen U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan said a woman suing Combs for an alleged 2004 rape could not remain anonymous. Vyskocil cited Combs’ interest in investigating the woman’s credibility and the public interest in publicity of legal proceedings.

    Diddy’s lawyers say government agents are violating his right to a fair trial

    Combs’ team believes that since March, the government has “strategically leaked confidential grand jury documents and information, including the 2016 Intercontinental videotape, in order to prejudice the public and potential jurors against Mr. Combs.” .

    In the filing Wednesday, prosecutors said the defense made the “baseless” claim that government agents were the source of the information reported by the media. The attorneys wrote: “It strains credulity to suggest that law enforcement officers independently obtained the intercontinental video with a grand jury subpoena that they had no authority over. to transmit. »

    In its papers filed Oct. 9, the defense asked the judge for relief “concerning what it believes to be a series of illegal government leaks, which have led to damaging and prejudicial pretrial publicity that can only taint the group of jurors and deprive Mr. . Sound combs right to a fair trial“.

    His lawyers, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, said there should be a hearing to investigate allegations of government misconduct and that government agencies involved in the matter should reveal to the media communications and records related to the so-called “leaks”.

    Combs’ team’s request for an evidentiary hearing to examine allegations of government misconduct is still pending.

    They also asked the judge to issue an order prohibiting federal employees from disclosing evidence to the media as well as “deleting any evidence disclosed by government employees.”

    However, on October 25, Justice Arun Subramanian denied imposing an order of silence. Instead, he wrote, both sides should follow existing laws prohibiting lawyers, investigators and government agents from revealing grand jury proceedings and disclosing nonpublic information that could harm a fair trial.

    What are the complaints against Sean “Diddy” Combs?

    Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said that “around November 2023” they began working with Homeland Security Investigations’ Human Trafficking Squad and “began to investigate Combs and others for violations of federal criminal law.”

    That same month, Cassie made accusations of rape, abuse and sex trafficking in a civil lawsuit against the music mogul. Combs and Cassie settled his civil suit a day later. Combs’ lawyers revealed in their filing that she “received a substantial eight-figure settlement.”

    The hip-hop superstar was arrested in a Manhattan hotel on September 16 and arrested on sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution charges the next day. Investigators say the 54-year-old carefully planned of using his finances and status in the entertainment industry to “gratify his sexual desires” as part of a “recurring and widely known” pattern of abuse.

    He was incarcerated in Special Housing Unit at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Centersince then, he has maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to all federal criminal charges and denying wrongdoing alleged in file civil suits against him over the past year.

    So far, all of Combs’ attempts to have him released from prison until his May 5 trial have been rejected. They are seeking a judgment from the court of appeal that would overturn a September 18 decision to reject his request be released from prison on conditions, including a $50 million bond.

    Contributor: Jonathan Stempel/Reuters

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