A federal judge denied the request for Sean “Diddy” combs of a delay of two months in his case of sex trafficking.
Judge Arun Subramanian decided to maintain the planned start date in place, leaving the combs legal team approximately three weeks to complete the rapper defense against accusations of sexual trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping and more.
Diddy’s Friday’s audience attended his son, Justin Combs, and his mother, Janice combs.
Janice has appeared in most appearances in the court of the music tycoon while waiting for his judgment on May 5.
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Diddy’s request for a two -month delay in his case of sex traffic was denied. (Getty images)
Diddy’s legal team requested a postponement of two months, or a pause, in the case of sex trafficking in a letter presented to the court on Wednesday.
The defense said that combs lawyers have not had “the necessary time to prepare” after the presentation of the government of the third accusation of overcoming. The latest version of the accusation appeared against Diddy on April 3, and the rapper was prosecuted on April 14.
Sean ‘Diddy’ combs, Janice Comink, arrives for the audience prior to the rapper’s trial. (Leonardo Muñoz/AFP through Getty Images)
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Justin Dior Combs (right), son of Sean ‘Diddy’ combs, arrives at an audience on April 18. (Adam Gray/Getty images)
The legal team focused on a new position against the rapper that could take him after bars for a minimum of 15 years. Diddy’s lawyers did not begin to recite the relationship of evidence with the last positions, which were in possession of the government before the updated accusation was presented, until April 4 and have not yet resorted to everything they need before the start date of the trial of May 5. The team said that 3,500 evidentiary materials still expect along with a list of witnesses and other exhibitions related to the mandatory minimum position of 15 years.
“In thesis circumstances, with the seemingly incomplete discovery in a minimum mandatory count of 15 years, we cannot, in good awareness, judge to the scheduled date,” Agnifilo wrote. “This is a problem that the government has created, but opposes our reasonable request …” “
Diddy wore a roasted shirt and pants for the court on Monday. (Jane Rosenberg)
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Sean “Diddy” officials were raided by national security officials in March 2024. (Getty images)
Diddy position reading duration on Monday, their lawyers argued that the United States prosecutor’s office for the New York Southern District He has been retaining more than 200,000 documents related to the case.
Lawyer Tey Geragos acknowledged that his “question is unusual” by requesting the government that Turn on the witness informationbut that there was -e -CAILS and texts that were not entirely provided to the defense. Prosecutor Christine Slavik opposed a postponement and accused Diddy’s “Game Games” team for requesting 200,000 government documents with respect to witness’s communications.
Slavik said that the witness’s lawyer provided documents to the Diddy team about a keyword search, to which the judge suggested that the prosecutors comply with the complete documents through Thumb Drive or possible postponement or citation.
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Sean “Diddy” combs appears in court on March 14 for a reading of charges. (Reuters)
Diddy was beaten with two new positions in an accusation of replacement of April 3, since federal prosecutors said that the rapper participated in the sexual trap to a female victim as recently as 2024. He was accused of transferring the woman, known as “victim 2”, together with sex workers in the state lines to participate in prostitution between 2021 and 2024.
When the “Last night” rapper On March 14 he appeared in the Court on March 14, he declared himself innocent of the first version of the government of a super discharge. That version extended the timeline of his alleged behavior of sexual trafficking and extortion and added two more victims.
Sean “Diddy” combs was accused of conspiracy of extortion, sex trafficking, fraud or coercion and transport to participate in prostitution in the accusation revealed in September. (Munawar Hosain)
The Prosecutor’s Office also accused the music tycoon of forcing employees to work long hours threatening them with physical or reputation damage and forcing an employee to participate in a sexual encounter with the musician.
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Tracy Wright and Kirill Clark of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.