Sean “Diddy” Combs has ripped the “hysterical media circus” over his sex trafficking case — as he demands the names of the ever-increasing number of accusers, new court documents show.
Lawyers for Combs, 54, argued in a letter to a Manhattan federal court judge on Tuesday that federal prosecutors were “unfairly” keeping the identities of his accusers under wraps as the “swirling” allegations against him only continue to pile up.
“This 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,” the court filing states.
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs argued in a letter to a Manhattan federal court judge on Tuesday that federal prosecutors were “unfairly” keeping the identifies of his alleged victims under wraps.WireImage
“This has had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”
The request to unveil the names of the alleged victims came just one day after Combs was hit with a fresh wave of explosive sexual assault lawsuits by six people — including four men listed as “John Does” and two women identified as “Jane Does.”
Combs’ lawyers noted in the fresh filing that the attorney representing the latest accusers had recently claimed at a press conference that he was repping 120 alleged victims and a toll-free number he’d set up to deal with additional cases had been inundated with 12,000 calls in a day.
“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’s character and reputation,” Combs’ lawyers argued in the filing.
“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’t already,” they continued, adding that the allegations were “outrageous and deeply prejudicial.”
In the letter to Judge Arun Subramanian, Combs’ lawyers argued they needed to know the names of his accusers to properly prepare for his criminal trial, slated for May 5.
Members of the media gather as they listen to a press conference with Diddy’s lawer Marc Agnifilo outside federal court after Combs’ arraignment hearing on September 17, 2024, in New York.AFP via Getty Images
The lawyers argued that allegations leveled against Combs had created a “hysterical media circus” that could prevent him from getting a fair trial.REUTERS
They noted that without the names, the Bad Boy Records founder “will be unable to tell which of his prior sexual partners now claim, years later, that they felt coerced.”
“The government is thus forcing him, unfairly, to play a guessing game — one made all the more challenging by the slew of baseless allegations that desperate plaintiffs are lodging at him (for the most part anonymously) in opportunistic civil suits,” the filing added.
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Combs, who is being held without bail in federal custody in Brooklyn following his arrest last month, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The federal indictment against him detailed troubling allegations that Combs manipulated women and plied them with drugs to participate in “Freak Offs” — violent sex sessions that were sometimes recorded against their will.
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