NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs is because of plead not responsible Friday to the allegations contained in two superseding indictments that broaden the scope of the legal case that’s scheduled for trial Might 5.
One of many new indictments expands the timeframe of allegedly legal conduct and provides two alleged victims.
The second new indictment mentioned Combs compelled workers to work lengthy hours beneath risk of bodily and reputational hurt and compelled at the least one worker to interact in intercourse acts with him.
Federal prosecutors on Friday plan to ask the choose to begin the trial in earnest Might 5 and conduct jury choice beforehand. In any other case, “the trial will seemingly final past the July 4th vacation, creating pointless further challenges in seating a jury,” prosecutors mentioned.
It is anticipated to take two weeks to seat a jury. The protection prefers beginning jury choice on Might 5 with opening statements Might 13, in response to a letter filed with the court docket Thursday.
Prosecutors are additionally anticipated to ask the choose to power protection attorneys to show over proof, saying “the Authorities has but to obtain any discovery from the protection pursuant to its obligations.”
Protection attorneys mentioned they intend to conform, simply not but.
“As a result of the federal government has the burden of proof, the protection has not made any choices about what proof it’d introduce ought to it placed on a case-in-chief, and thus shouldn’t be compelled to reveal supplies to be admitted as a part of the defendant’s case-in-chief at this stage,” the letter mentioned.
The protection mentioned it intends to show over gadgets associated to the video depicting Combs kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in 2016 that had first been obtained by CNN. The protection has insisted the video just isn’t all it appears.
“The protection has confirmed, via a forensic video evaluation of the CNN footage that the federal government offered to this Courtroom and of the footage offered by CNN in response to the protection subpoena, that every one CNN video footage was considerably altered in vital respects. This consists of masking the time stamp after which altering the video sequence. It additionally consists of rushing up the video to make it falsely seem that the actions within the video are happening sooner than they’re. Because of this, the CNN movies don’t pretty and precisely depict the occasions in query,” the protection mentioned.
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