It would be difficult to imagine Diddy digging himself in a deeper hole given all that has come out these last few years, especially in his current sex trafficking trial. However, an anonymous testimony claims that the 55-year-old artist continued hosting “freak-offs” even after Homeland Security raided his homes.
An unnamed witness, who went by the name Jane, told the court that she participated in the group activity with male sex workers in May, July, and August 2024. This would mean that the controversial mogul continued hosting these events, despite his life being under a microscope following his Los Angeles and Miami homes being raided in March 2024.
Jane also claimed that she was in a relationship with the Bad Boy co-founder until he was arrested for racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in September 2024. Time will tell how this testimony affects the trial, but Puff and his legal team have been working tirelessly to get a mistrial ruling.
Sean Combs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit
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Diddy and his attorneys have accused the prosecution of “prosecutorial misconduct” for presenting evidence to the court that they know is false. “In this trial the government has presented testimony that it knew or should have known was materially false related to its allegation that Mr. Combs dangled Bryana Bongolan from the balcony of Cassie Ventura’s apartment in September 2016,” his defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro wrote to Judge Arun Subramanian.
“Accordingly, to avoid an unfair conviction in this case the Court should grant a mistrial […] The government knew or should have known this testimony was perjured, and that Ms. Bongolan could not possibly have been injured by Mr. Combs on a Los Angeles balcony in the early morning hours of September 26, or even the day before that.” She also cited the dates he stayed at Trump Hotel in New York in 2016, and how he then couldn’t have been elsewhere to dangle Cassie’s designer over a balcony, as he has been accused of.
Judge Subramanian has yet to give a decision on the mistrial motion, and is reportedly expected to do so on Tuesday (June 10). This marks the “Last Night” artist’s third attempt to be granted a mistrial, which have all been unsuccessful, much like his attempts to get bail in the fall of 2024.
Sean Combs on ‘The Four: Battle for Stardom’
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