Sean “Diddy” Combs officially asked the court managing his prosecution on Thursday to omit among the extra significant items of proof from his future test: a March 2016 video clip from the Intercontinental Resort in Los Angeles that illustrates Combs kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
The protection insisted CNN, which initially gotten and broadcast the video clip, “transformed, controlled, sped-up, and modified” the video footage such that it is “entirely incorrect” and inadmissible.
CNN has claimed it never ever changed the video clip and did not damage the initial duplicate of the video footage, as the protection affirmed.
” The even more total video footage of the occurrence– as opposed to the federal government’s sensationalized CNN cut– negates the federal government’s depictions,” defense lawyer Alexandra Shapiro created in a court declaring last November initially declaring the adjustment.
Combs asked forgiveness after the video clip appeared openly and claimed, “I take complete duty for my activities because video clip.”
In a video clip published to Instagram in Might 2024, quickly after the video clip was launched, Diddy recognized the video clip and asked forgiveness, claiming, “It’s so tough to review the darkest times in your life, yet occasionally you reached do that.”
” I strike rock base– yet I make no reasons,” he proceeded, including, “My actions on that particular video clip is untenable.”
Sean Combs comes to the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Market Symbols at the Beverly Hilton Resort on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Currently, the protection asked the court to hold a hearing at which a forensic video clip expert would certainly affirm the video clip is “not a reasonable and exact representation of the activities illustrated.”
Federal district attorneys have yet to react in court documents. They have actually formerly indicated the video clip as proof of sex-trafficking Cassie for a “freak off” in which she was required to take part in sex acts with male woman of the streets. District attorneys additionally formerly affirmed the video clip was proof of the risk Combs can present to females if launched on bond.
Combs has actually begged innocent to 5 government matters and is arranged to take place test following month. His lawyers have actually individually requested a two-month hold-up to fix various other evidentiary conflicts.
