Diddy Wants Alleged Victims' Names Released Before Trial Begins
Diddy Wants Alleged Victims’ Names Released So He’s Not Forced “To Play A Guessing Game” In Sex Trafficking Case
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As denied bail hearings and sexual assault accounts mount, Diddy‘s legal journey continues to take winding turns.
His lawyers continue to fight back, and their latest plea is that Diddy needs to know the names of all his alleged victims so his legal team knows how to properly defend him in court once his trial begins on May 5.
The attorneys —Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos, Anthony Ricco, Alexandra Shapiro, and Anna Estevao— want the government to release the identities because the sheer number of alleged victims who have come forward because of Diddy’s fame and riches makes his case abnormal.
“This case is unique, in part because of the number of individuals levying allegations against Mr. Combs due to his celebrity status, wealth, and the publicity of his previously settled lawsuit and the grand jury leaks and false inflammatory statements by the DHS agents,” Agnifilo and Geragos wrote. “This has had a pervasive ripple effect, resulting in a torrent of allegations by unidentified complainants, spanning from the false to outright absurd.”
Agnifilio contuens that the feds are “forcing him, unfairly, to play a guessing game” because of so many “baseless allegations.”
Represented by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee, there are now over 120 cases and growing accusing Diddy of abusing his power and sexually assaulting them. Earlier this week, more cases came to light, including men who were forced to perform sexual acts and others who were drugged and taken advantage of.
His defense sees the cases mounting and argues that Diddy is unable to determine which allegations are being used in the indictment because other than Victim-1—whose account points to it being his ex Cassie Ventura —there’s “no way for Mr. Combs to determine who the other unidentified alleged victims are.”
Prosecutors believe that there are more victims of Diddy’s sexual deviances, and his actions from at least 2008 should uncover evidence to back up his current charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
However, Diddy has pleaded not guilty and has been held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center for the last month.
