In the ongoing case against Sean “Diddy” Combs , his legal team has filed for an evidentiary hearing earlier today that accuses the government of orchestrating a smear campaign by colluding with the media to undermine a fair trial. According to the memorandum, reviewed by Variety , counsel for Combs claims that there have been numerous attempts in the “government’s scheme” to undermine his right to a fair trial. In the detailed document, they ask that appropriate remedies — including the potential disqualification of witnesses or dismissal of all charges in his indictment — be considered.
In the memorandum, they point to four different tactics of government misconduct, with the most egregious being the the CNN leak of Combs allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016. His lawyers state that neither Ventura or a third party were likely sources of the leak, as Ventura would have described it more in detail in her sexual assault lawsuit and a third party would have tried to sell it. Thus, they point to the government as the most viable culprit given the timing of the tape’s release.
They state that federal agents must have known in advance that there would be a break in Donald Trump’s hush money trial for the former president to attend his son Barron Trump’s graduation and that the timing of May 17 was “a perfect time, as it was a slow news day.” After CNN broke the video, counsel claims that the government took no further action, an.