Diddy has scored himself a rare legal win as he has been allowed to access to draft copies of Cassie‘s as-yet unreleased memoir.
The Bad Boy Records founder had served his former girlfriend with a subpoena ordering that she turn over “all draft memoirs, autobiographies, narratives, diaries, journals or notes … and any communications about plans to publish or threaten to publish such a document.”
While Cassie attempted to block Diddy from obtaining access, Judge Arun Subramanian has ruled that early versions of the book’s manuscript be handed over to the mogul’s legal team ahead of his trial for sex trafficking.
Diddy’s team have claimed that the book drafts could feature discrepancies that could contradict statements made by Cassie about the nature of her relationship with the record executive.
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Cassie and her attorneys claimed that the documents were irrelevant to the case but the judge has allowed Diddy and his lawyers to view versions of the memoir that are already in possession of prosecutors.
The judge denied Diddy’s request for access to Cassie’s diaries, notes and emails as well as her bank records.
Neither Diddy nor Cassie have commented on the ruling.
According to Diddy’s legal team, Cassie previously told the mogul that she had written a book about their relationship and that he could purchase it for $30 million to prevent it from being published.
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Diddy apparently rejected the deal, which led to Cassie filing her civil lawsuit in November 2023 accusing her ex of sexual assault and sex trafficking, which he settled a day later.
Puffy’s legal team are also attempting to cast doubt on the security footage showing him assaulting Cassie in a hotel corridor in 2016.
According to an expert brought on board by the rap legend’s legal team, the CCTV footage is not “accurate” or “reliable.”
TMZ reports that Diddy’s counsel has entered a sworn deposition for his upcoming trial from forensic expert Conor McCourt, who has issues with both the surveillance footage that CNN published as well as an iPhone video that recorded the footage from a playback.
Federal prosecutors have yet to respond to the claims, but previously said they had possession of the original video.
