Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are once more asking the court supervising his sex trafficking test to state a mistrial based upon claimed prosecutorial transgression.
In a letter submitted on Saturday, defense lawyer Alexandra Shapiro declared that government district attorneys offered “demonstrably incorrect” proof pertaining to the claims that Combs hung Bryana Bongolan– a long time close friend of Combs’ ex-girlfriend and celebrity witness Cassie Ventura– off a 17th flooring home veranda in Los Angeles in 2016.
Combs’ attorneys are implicating Bongolan of perjury.
While Bongolan indicated that she had the ability to record her injuries from the strike on September 26, defense lawyer revealed the court resort invoices to confirm that Combs remained in New York City in between Sept. 24 and 29, 2016.
” The federal government understood or ought to have understood this statement was perjured, which Ms. Bongolan might not potentially have actually been hurt by Mr. Combs on a Los Angeles veranda in the morning hours of September 26, or perhaps the day prior to that,” Shapiro composed.
After being revealed the resort documents positioning Combs in New york city around the moment of the event, Bongolan waited her accusations, and district attorneys said that the event might have taken place prior to Sept. 24. They said that the episode of unusual physical violence recommended to the court that the rap magnate was “a mad and unsafe male that frightened Ms. Ventura and her good friends.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs pays attention as Nicole Westmoreland go across analyzes Bryana Bongolan throughout Combs’ sex trafficking test in New york city City, June 5, 2025 in this court illustration.
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Defense attorney last month unsuccessfully promoted a mistrial after district attorneys attempted to inquire about the devastation of finger print proof pertaining to the arson examination right into Scott Mescudi’s torched cars.
District attorneys affirm that Combs collaborated the firebombing of the vehicle after Medscudi– well-known expertly as the rap artist Youngster Cudi– started dating Ventura. Defense lawyer said that the line of examining might recommend that Combs incorrectly damaged the examination right into the arson, yet Court Arun Subramanian right away rejected the demand.
In Saturday’s letter, defense lawyer additionally said that district attorneys proceeded their “inappropriate line of examining” by asking Combs’ previous aide exactly how she had the ability to prevent speeding tickets by discussing his name.
Affirming under the pseudonym “Mia,” the lady is a previous aide of Combs that has actually charged the magnate of sexual offense.
” It emerged soon afterwards, throughout the wondering about of Mia the extremely following day, that as a matter of fact the federal government’s objective the whole time should have been to recommend that Mr. Combs had corrupt impact over the LA authorities when it attempted to produce the perception that he was in charge of the devastation of the finger prints,” defense attorney said.
Combs is billed with racketeering conspiracy theory, sex trafficking, and hooking. His test is set up to enter its 5th week of statement on Monday. Combs has actually begged blameless to all matters. If founded guilty, he encounters the opportunity of life behind bars.
District attorneys have not yet replied to Saturday’s ask for a mistrial. They are anticipated to submit a reaction in advance of court on Monday.
