Disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has issued a new demand from prison via his representatives as he awaits trial.
Combs, 55, has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution and is currently scheduled to face trial in May 2025.
The musician has since denied all of the charges brought against him and pleaded not guilty to the three felony charges.
He has also made four applications to be released on bail, the most recent of which was in late November, but they have all been denied, according to ABC 7.
Combs is likely to remain in federal custody until his trial next year and has now made a new demand through his representatives regarding his access to screen time.
Combs is currently facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)
According to a report from Deadline, Combs made a complaint to a federal judge on yesterday (4 December) regarding not being allowed a laptop in his cell.
“We write on behalf of Mr. Combs to request that the Court direct the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) to provide Mr. Combs with the laptop prepared for him by the government, and allow him to use that laptop on his unit, consistent with the way other inmates on his unit are permitted to use their laptops,” reads a letter submitted to District Court Judge Arun Subramanian by defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo, who is currently representing Combs.
The letter continued: “Two months after he was charged and detained, on November 25, 2024, the government provided the MDC with a laptop that Mr. Combs can use to review discovery, take notes related to his case, and otherwise assist in his defence.
“In the nine days since then, Mr. Combs has still not been provided with the laptop despite numerous inquiries by defence counsel.”
The musician is now scheduled to face trial next year (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)
The District Attorney’s office is yet to respond to the letter, however, Agnifilo has noted in the letter that the government intends to file a response.
Elsewhere in the letter, Combs’ lawyer Agnifilo highlighted that the musician had been presented with a choice in how he could use his laptop, which is either ‘unit’s video-teleconference room during select times when legal staff is available’ or that he will only be provided with access to the laptop during ‘legal visiting room between the hours of 8-3:30pm’ but not both options.
“These restrictions are untenable and from what we understand, not required of any other inmate on Mr. Combs’ unit,” Agnifilo’s letter added.
“They significantly limit the time available for Mr. Combs to use the laptop and force Mr. Combs to choose between using the laptop and meeting with his attorneys.”
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An attorney running a ‘Diddy hotline’ has claimed he has received around 12,000 calls about the disgraced rapper.
The music executive was arrested last month and has been held behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York, since pleading not guilty after being charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recently issued a statement from jail after news broke that attorney Tony Buzbee would be representing 120 alleged victims who have come forward with accusations of sexual assault against the producer.
The crimes are said to span over 25 years, with men and women – some of whom were underage at the time of the alleged incidents – coming forward against Diddy.
Diddy has been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)
Following this news, an attorney for Combs told LADbible Group on Tuesday (1 October): “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.
“He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”
After consistent denial of all charges against him and being denied bail twice, the case against the 54-year-old is continuing to build as Buzbee spoke to Law&Crime on Wednesday (2 October), the day after the press conference, where he announced that he will be representing the alleged victims in court.
The attorney revealed that he had opened a ‘Diddy hotline’ that was run by ‘almost 100 people’ working on receiving calls, for people to report any crimes or abuse they may have experienced.
Buzbee said that they received ‘12,000 calls in about 24 hours’ on the hotline, adding: “Our Herculean task is to try to sift through every one of these calls and make sure that we’re identifying those who are victims and those who are witnesses and collect evidence.”
The executive will be taken to court by Buzbee (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)
Having revealed that the cases they built with the 120 accusers have been filed against Diddy, they are still ‘trying to make sure that when we file the cases’ and ‘that we include every potentially liable party’.
It is said that this alleged abuse took place over a 25-year period, as Buzbee explained: “This is an important matter that we intend to aggressively pursue.
“We will leave no stone unturned to find all potentially liable parties, to include any individual or entity who participated in or benefited from this egregious behaviour.”
In addition to all of this, the attorney claimed that the assaults will involve ‘many powerful people’ and reveal ‘many dirty secrets’, as previous attendees of Diddy parties have recently spoken about what they witnessed.
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