{"id":3165,"date":"2024-10-31T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/diddy-prosecutors-say-they-didnt-leak-cassie-video\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:25:02","slug":"diddy-prosecutors-say-they-didnt-leak-cassie-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/diddy-prosecutors-say-they-didnt-leak-cassie-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy Prosecutors Say They Didn’t Leak Cassie Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tThe infamous 2016 surveillance video showing Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs assaulting his former girlfriend wasn\u2019t illegally leaked to the media by prosecutors, government attorneys argue in a new filing that accuses the rapper\u2019s lawyers of trying to \u201csuppress a damning piece of evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a motion filed late Wednesday, federal prosecutors responded to leaking accusations made by Combs\u2019 lawyers earlier this month. They say it was impossible that they had leaked the video of Combs striking Cassie Venture to CNN because they didn\u2019t even have it at the time it was published in May.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe government says Diddy\u2019s attorneys know that, but that they\u2019re using the leak accusations as a way to prevent jurors from seeing Combs \u201cbrutally physically assaulting a victim\u201d \u2014 a crucial piece of evidence.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWithout any factual basis, the leak motion seeks to suppress highly probative evidence \u2026 by claiming that it was grand jury material leaked by government agents,\u201d prosecutors write. \u201cBut, as the defendant is fully aware, the video was not in the Government\u2019s possession at the time of CNN\u2019s publication and the Government has never, at any point, obtained the video through grand jury process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCombs, also known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, was once one of the most powerful men in the music industry. But last month, he was indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking over what the government says was a sprawling criminal operation aimed at satisfying his need for \u201csexual gratification.\u201d If convicted on all the charges, he faces potential life prison sentence.<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday\u2019s new filing came three weeks after Combs\u2019 attorneys demanded an investigation into the alleged leaks, claiming they had \u201cled to damaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr. Combs of his right to a fair trial.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDiddy\u2019s attorneys pointed specifically to the Cassie video, which showed Combs striking his then-girlfriend in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 and made headlines when CNN released it in May.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe videotape was leaked to CNN for one reason alone: to mortally wound the reputation and the prospect of Sean Combs successfully defending himself against these allegations,\u201d Agnifilo wrote. \u201cRather than using the videotape as trial evidence, alongside other evidence that gives it context and meaning, the agents misused it in the most prejudicial and damaging way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday\u2019s filing from prosecutors also addressed Diddy\u2019s recent demand that the government reveal the names of his alleged sexual abuse victims. In a motion earlier this month, his lawyers arguing he cannot fairly defend himself without knowing their identities.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the response, the government argued that such disclosures \u201cposes serious risks\u201d to the safety of the victims, citing Diddy\u2019s \u201csignificant history of violence and obstruction\u201d that resulted in him being denied release on bail last month.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDue to the defendant\u2019s history, the Government has serious concerns about victim safety and the possibly of witness tampering if a list of victim names were provided to the defendant,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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