Combs is due to appear at 1 p.m. MST before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan
New developments in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs case
The saga continues….
A letter asking US District Judge Arun Subramanian to set an immediate hearing date for Diddy has been sent and received.
On Monday, Combs' lawyers countered that the prosecutors' 30-page bail memorandum showed the filter team didn't do its job."The prosecutors are currently in possession of privileged material and are actively using this material to detain the defendant." They wrote in asking for an evidentiary hearing. Combs' defense team said prosecutors should be asked to explain who authorized "a search of Mr. Combs' sleeping area, personal effects, and paperwork" at his federal jail in Brooklyn.
The desired outcome was successfully achieved. Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to appear in court on Tuesday for a hearing over how prosecutors came to possess his handwritten notes following a search of the jail cell where the rapper and producer is being held ahead of his sex trafficking trial.
The legal representatives of Mr. Combs, who maintains his innocence, submitted a court filing on Monday asserting that the notes in question pertain to defense witnesses and strategies. As such, they fall under the purview of attorney-client privilege, a legal principle that ensures the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients.
The defense lawyers called the seizure of the notes a violation of Combs' 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments. This statement further emphasizes their prior objections to the federal raids conducted on Mr. Combs' properties in March, which were characterized as an excessive application of force resembling military operations.
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said the notes discussed Combs paying a potential witness, demonstrating he was trying to obstruct justice after an investigator took photos of the notes during a broad, pre-planned search on Oct. 28 by various federal agencies of the Metropolitan Detention Center. The investigation could lead to more charges against Combs, making the photographs fair game as evidence, according to prosecutors.
Combs is due to appear at 1 p.m. MST before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan.
Combs, 55, was arrested in September on charges accusing him of using his business empire including record label Bad Boy Entertainment to transport women and male sex workers across state lines to take part in recorded performances called "Freak Offs."
The music mogul is scheduled to go on trial starting on May 5 on three felony counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prosecution. Combs' lawyers have said the sexual activity described in the indictment was consensual.
Separately, Combs is seeking to be released on $50 million bail backed by his $48 million Florida mansion and co-signed by several family members, based on what he deemed "changed circumstances and new evidence." He has been denied bail three times, with multiple judges citing a risk that he might tamper with witnesses.
Combs has also been accused of misconduct by An increasing number of individuals, including being named in a lawsuit along with his son, Christian, in April for an alleged assault on a young women.
Will this new development stop prosecutors from keeping Diddy in jail?
Read the Docket here-
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25337983-us-v-combs-opposition-to-bail-20241118