Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Attorneys Make One other Mistrial Request, Their Second in 2 Weeks

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have moved for a mistrial in his intercourse trafficking case — their second such request inside two weeks.

The 55-year-old music mogul’s protection crew made the most recent request after claiming “prosecutorial misconduct” in a June 7 letter to Choose Arun Subramanian.

The protection claimed within the letter, obtained by PEOPLE, that “the federal government has offered testimony that it knew or ought to have recognized was materially false associated to its allegation that Mr. Combs dangled Bryana Bongolan from the balcony of Cassie Ventura’s condo in September 2016.”

“Accordingly, to keep away from an unfair conviction on this case the Courtroom ought to grant a mistrial,” the protection crew continued.

Combs’ authorized crew then claimed that testimony from Ventura, 38 —  during which she said that she noticed Combs dangle Bongolan from a balcony — couldn’t have been true, as textual content information allegedly present that Ventura realized of the alleged incident after the very fact.

“The incident, as alleged, is disturbing and highly effective proof, and the federal government has used it to depict Mr. Combs in a particularly adverse mild, as an offended and harmful man who terrified Ms. Ventura and her associates,” the protection crew continued, whereas additionally stating that Ventura’s account of the incident is “demonstrably false.”

The protection crew additionally claimed that the prosecution then offered photographs of the accidents sustained by Bongolan on account of the balcony incident that have been allegedly taken on Sept. 26, 2016, in Los Angeles. 

The protection said that the prosecution knew “or ought to have recognized that this testimony was perjured,” as “the federal government has lengthy recognized” that Combs was in New York Metropolis between Sept. 24 to Sept. 29 of that 12 months. 

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The protection crew additional claimed that the prosecution “repeatedly tried to disrupt” the protection’s line of questioning when the protection tried to “expose the perjury upon cross-examination.”

“All of this was extremely improper and exacerbated the hurt attributable to […] the perjured testimony,” Combs’ authorized crew said, earlier than including that “the balcony incident is only one instance of prosecutorial misconduct throughout this trial.”

The primary transfer for a mistrial from Combs’ authorized crew occurred on the finish of Could, after prosecutors requested Los Angeles Fireplace Division arson investigator Lance Jimenez if fingerprint proof associated to the bombing of Kid Cudi’s car had been destroyed. Prosecutors additionally requested about who may need licensed the destruction.

Combs’ legal professionals argued that the road of questioning may doubtlessly suggest the concept that Combs may purchase his means out of hassle.

“They have been attempting to plant this concept to the these jurors that Mr. Combs licensed this,” protection lawyer Alexandra Shapiro stated on the time.

Choose Subramanian denied the protection’s first movement, ruling that the questions weren’t prejudicial.