Diddy and his legal team made a last gasp effort to get certain pieces of evidence relating to his sex trafficking charges excluded from his upcoming trial.
According to legal documents, the mogul is claiming that prosecutors turned over evidence too late and did not give he nor his attorneys enough time to prepare a defense.
In the filing, Diddy’s attorneys claimed that “It is impossible for the defense to investigate and respond to those new allegations in the next two weeks,” and that the prosecution also “conceded” that “many” of the alleged sex acts were “consensual”.
Prosecutors hit back by saying that Diddy has had months to go over the evidence and that the move is an attempt to delay the trial.
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They say his request is “a transparent attempt to narrow the scope of the proof against him at trial by any means necessary, and to yet again make a last-ditch effort to secure an adjournment of trial.”
Despite Diddy’s request, the judge ruled against the Bad Boy Records founder.
However, the record executive did score a small win during proceedings as the judge ruled that prosecutors could not argue forced labor as it related to employees of Diddy’s.
Diddy and his legal team are yet to comment on the ruling.
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It was recently revealed that Diddy had rejected a plea deal from prosecutors.
During a hearing just weeks before his trial is due to begin, Judge Arun Subramanian was asked by prosecutors to check with Diddy if he understood the terms of the offered plea deal on the record.
The judge said that he would address the plea deal at a future hearing on May 1.
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The terms of the plea deal are currently unknown and Diddy and his legal team are yet to comment on their decision to reject it.
Diddy is facing trial for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, all charges that he vehemently denies.
His trial for sex trafficking is currently scheduled to begin on May 12 and while it will be open to the public, will not be livestreamed like some other recent high profile cases.
