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Diddy’s lawyers deny the existence of a second sex trafficking victim and claim prosecutors ‘concealed’ the facts
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Diddy’s lawyers deny the existence of a second sex trafficking victim and claim prosecutors ‘concealed’ the facts

NEW YORK – Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are dismissing allegations about a possible second victim at the imprisoned rapper’s home. alleged sex trafficking operationsaying federal prosecutors “misled the court and concealed the true facts.”

The disgraced hip-hop mogul who was arrested on September 16 accused of sex trafficking and extortion, filed another bail request on Friday, citing “new evidence,” “changed circumstances” and a“Proposed bail package significantly updated”.

The Grammy winner, 55, has been spending his days at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits release. start of his trial on May 5.

In court papers filed Friday in Manhattan federal court, Combs’ legal team requested his immediate release from jail so he can properly assist in his own defense and prepare for trial.

According to the 27-page document, reviewed by the Daily News, Combs’ attorneys say the defense has received more than 23 terabytes of new material over the past six weeks. The discovery not only includes evidence that “refutes” the main allegations of sex trafficking, but “denies the government’s claim at the initial detention hearing that a possible second victim exists,” they say.

Regarding his charge of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, the original accusation mentioned only one anonymous victim, who is believed Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, 38.. But prosecutors later made allegations about a second sex trafficking victim and said Combs’ contact with her was evidence of obstruction.

In the motion filed Friday, the rapper’s legal team disputed those claims and said the woman in question “is not a victim at all.”

“Despite the government’s claim … that this woman is a victim of sex trafficking, the defense has learned that the government has not even spoken to her,” her attorneys state in the motion.

They claim prosecutors knew she was never the target of the rapper’s alleged obstruction, saying “the government clearly misled the court and concealed the true facts during the initial bail hearing.”

combs has been He was denied bail several times since his arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

His attorneys had no comment on Friday’s filing.

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