{"id":5372,"date":"2025-04-18T22:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/diddy-trial-wont-be-delayed-judge-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T22:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:26:58","slug":"diddy-trial-wont-be-delayed-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/diddy-trial-wont-be-delayed-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy Trial Won’t Be Delayed, Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tA<\/span> Manhattan federal judge on Friday denied a bid by Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs to delay his sex trafficking and racketeering trial by two months, ruling that the request was made too close to his trial date.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe star\u2019s lawyers asked for the delay on Wednesday (April 16), arguing they didn\u2019t have enough time to prepare for trial after prosecutors added new charges earlier this month. But according to Reuters<\/em>, Judge Arun Subramanian denied that motion<\/a> at a court hearing on Friday (April 18).<\/p>\n

\n\tEndorsing an argument made by the prosecutors, Subramanian said that the new indictment largely overlapped with earlier charging papers. According to CNN<\/em>, the judge told Combs\u2019 lawyers<\/a> that it was \u201cunclear why there isn\u2019t sufficient time to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFriday\u2019s ruling means that, barring any last-minute disruptions, jury selection will begin on May 5 and testimony will begin on May 12. Representatives for Combs\u2019 legal team did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tCombs was indicted in September, charged with running a sprawling criminal operation that aimed to \u201cfulfill his sexual desires\u201d by subjecting numerous women to abuse. The case centers on elaborate \u201cfreak off\u201d parties in which Combs and others would allegedly ply victims with drugs and then coerce them into having sex, as well as on alleged acts of violence to keep victims silent.<\/p>\n

\n\tA trial has long been set to start in May. If convicted on all of the charges, which include sex trafficking and racketeering, Combs faces a potential life prison sentence.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a letter to the judge filed Wednesday, the star\u2019s lawyers claimed the feds were dragging their feet on turning over crucial evidence, and that the extra two months would give them \u201cthe necessary time to prepare his defense\u201d for a new superseding indictment filed April 3.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe request \u2014 far longer than the two-week delay Diddy\u2019s lawyers had hinted they might seek \u2014 was opposed by prosecutors, who said the new charges were not sufficiently different to require any delay at all, and that Combs was not entitled to the evidence he claimed he was owed.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to denying the delay, Subramanian made another important ruling Friday. According to Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press<\/em>, the judge granted a request<\/a> from prosecutors to allow three alleged victims to testify under Jane Doe pseudonyms. Diddy\u2019s lawyers had called the move \u201ca blatant violation of Mr. Combs\u2019s Sixth Amendment rights to confront witnesses,\u201d but prosecutors said it was necessary to protect them from harassment and embarrassment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe judge seemingly left at least one big pretrial issue unresolved: a motion filed by Combs on Thursday seeking to ban prosecutors from showing jurors the infamous 2016 surveillance video of him assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Combs says the clips has been edited and will \u201cconfuse and mislead the jury\u201d; prosecutors says it\u2019s a \u201cdamning piece of evidence\u201d that must be admitted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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