Diddy and his legal team are taking aim at the highly-publicized raids undertook by Homeland Security last year.
In a new court motion, the embattled music mogul claims that the raids on his properties in Miami and Los Angeles were unconstitutional.
The filing states that the warrants used to secure the raids on the two properties were overbroad and included his iCloud account, mobile phones and hotel room.
The filing claims that the warrant applications “presented a grossly distorted picture of reality,” and excluded facts that would have been favorable to Diddy.
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The motion, which is heavily redacted, does not reveal what evidence was allegedly excluded from the warrants but that the applications deliberately excluded information that the overseeing judge should have seen, specifically about a witness Diddy’s team claims was fabricating evidence.
The filing states: “The government got its warrants, leaked damaging information, and then executed its military-style raids at Combs’s residences. Here, rather than giving the reviewing magistrate a fair summary, the government hid exculpatory evidence to bolster its case.”
Prosecutors are also accused of engaging in “systemic deception” in order to obtain the warrants.
The motion states that evidence for the warrants came from a person only referred to as “Producer-1” who made allegations against Diddy that were “never credible”.
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It is also claimed that “Producer-1” is not set to testify against Diddy in his upcoming sex trafficking trial.
The filing also repeats Diddy’s defense that “Victim-1” who is known to be his ex-girlfriend Cassie, was a voluntary participant in all sexual activity with the currently incarcerated record label boss.
Diddy wants all evidence obtained through the raids on his property via the warrant to be suppressed or for the judge to hold a hearing to discuss how the government obtained the warrants.
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The prosecution has not responded to the filing but will give a formal reply through court papers.
Diddy has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and prostitution charges.
He has been held in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest last September despite numerous attempts to secure his release on bail.
