Prosecutors scoff at Diddy’s ’emergency’ pleas from prison

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to approve an Oct. 30 deadline to respond to two motions filed by Diddy’s attorneys in his sex trafficking case. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, the prosecutor argued that it did not need to urgently respond to Diddy’s request to omit details from the charges against him.

“The parties discussed the government’s proposed deadline,” prosecutors wrote. “The government understands that the defense’s position is that the motion is ‘unusual and an emergency’ and that the government should be required to respond no later than Monday, October 21, 2024 – less than a week after the motion was filed… The government is currently scheduled to respond to another defense motion — the one related to alleged grand jury leaks — by October 30, and consolidating the government’s opposition to these two motions would “simplify the proceedings and honesty in governance’.”

Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, filed his motion for a bill under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 7(f) on Tuesday (October 15). Prosecutors noted that the standard deadline for a response was Oct. 29.

“The Article 7(f) motion does not require a faster response,” they argued. “In fact, as the government will move more fully into its opposition, the motion cannot be meaningfully evaluated at this stage, prior to the completion of discovery, and the government should be able to respond to any remaining disputes after the conclusion of the discovery…Accordingly, the Government respectfully requests that the Court allow the Government to object to the Rule 7(f) motion before October 30, 2024, when its opposition to Defendant’s prior motion is due.”

Diddy remains in jail following his arrest for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. An appeals court will hear arguments in his bid for bail on November 4. His trial is expected to begin in May 2025.