Sean "Diddy" Combs is being accused of trying to sway potential witnesses as he awaits trial on sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution charges from jail. In a motion filed on Nov. 15 and obtained by E! News, federal prosecutors claim the rapper—who has pleaded not guilty to his charges —made "relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses" by using telephone access codes (known as PAC numbers) belonging to other inmates to make calls to individuals who are not on his approved contact list.
Combs' alleged actions not only violates Bureau of Prisons regulations, according to the prosecution, but "corruptly influence witness testimony." Prosecutors also claim that the 55-year-old used a third-party communication service called ContactMeASAP and three-way calling with people on his approved contact list to "obscure his communications." The prosecution listed an Oct.
4 call between Combs and one of his adult sons —the details of which were redacted in court documents—as an example that "provides the clear inference that the defendant's goal is to blackmail victims and witnesses either into silence or providing testimony helpful to his defense." Through these alleged unauthorized methods of communications, prosecutors believe that Combs is instructing individuals outside of prison to do his bidding, including launching an alleged social media campaign around his birthday "with the intention of influencing the potential jury in this cri.