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Sean 'Diddy' Combs seeks two-month delay of May 5 trial

Sean 'Diddy' Combs seeks two-month delay of May 5 trial
The newly unsealed federal indictment charges Sean Diddy Combs with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution. Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct. Graphic details. In the indictment accused Combs and his associates of allegedly forcing female victims to engage in sex acts with commercial sex workers. Combs allegedly planned and controlled the sex performances which he called freak offs and he often electronically recorded them. Combs is accused of using drugs to keep his victims compliant among other tactics. He was violent and he subjected victims of physical emotional and verbal abuse so that they would participate in the freak offs earlier this year. Law enforcement raided homes owned by combs in Miami and L *** seizing *** cache of weapons and digital recordings along with other evidence. He's not guilty. He's innocent of these charges. Combs defense attorney firm in his client's innocence to his great credit. He voluntarily came to New York. Not *** lot of defendants do that. The rapper appeared in court Tuesday afternoon and joined by family members seen arriving earlier if he's convicted. Prosecutors say he faces up to life in prison. He's going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might and the full confidence of his lawyers. I'm Laura Aguirre reporting.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs seeks two-month delay of May 5 trial
Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense.The lawyers said in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that prosecutors have been slow to turn over some potential evidence for review, making it difficult to be ready in three weeks.Prosecutors oppose the request, the lawyers said. A spokesperson for prosecutors declined comment.Subramanian wrote in an order responding to the delayed-trial request that he will address the issue during a hearing scheduled for Friday.Pending the conference, the judge wrote, both sides should proceed as if the early May trial remains in place.Combs, 55, has been held without bail since his September arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to multiple crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a two-decade period.In their letter, defense lawyers cited a failure by prosecutors to turn over potential trial evidence in a timely matter, including materials relating to a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury earlier this month.For instance, the lawyers wrote, prosecutors have said they will not meet a Wednesday deadline to turn over exhibits and a witness list.Some evidence yet to be turned over includes materials related to a count in the indictment that carries a 15-year mandatory minimum prison sentence if a conviction is secured, the lawyers said.As a result, they wrote: "We cannot, in good conscience, go to trial on the scheduled date."They added: "This is a problem that the government has created, yet it opposes our reasonable request."Prosecutors say Combs coerced and abused women for years as he used his "power and prestige" as a music star to enlist a network of associates and employees to help him while he silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.

Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense.

The lawyers said in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that prosecutors have been slow to turn over some potential evidence for review, making it difficult to be ready in three weeks.

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Prosecutors oppose the request, the lawyers said. A spokesperson for prosecutors declined comment.

Subramanian wrote in an order responding to the delayed-trial request that he will address the issue during a hearing scheduled for Friday.

Pending the conference, the judge wrote, both sides should proceed as if the early May trial remains in place.

Combs, 55, has been held without bail since his September arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to multiple crimes that prosecutors say occurred over a two-decade period.

In their letter, defense lawyers cited a failure by prosecutors to turn over potential trial evidence in a timely matter, including materials relating to a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury earlier this month.

For instance, the lawyers wrote, prosecutors have said they will not meet a Wednesday deadline to turn over exhibits and a witness list.

Some evidence yet to be turned over includes materials related to a count in the indictment that carries a 15-year mandatory minimum prison sentence if a conviction is secured, the lawyers said.

As a result, they wrote: "We cannot, in good conscience, go to trial on the scheduled date."

They added: "This is a problem that the government has created, yet it opposes our reasonable request."

Prosecutors say Combs coerced and abused women for years as he used his "power and prestige" as a music star to enlist a network of associates and employees to help him while he silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.