by Daniel Johnson
April 26, 2025
Combs’ attorneys are anticipated to make use of an alleged swinging way of life to show his innocence.
In line with federal prosecutors, throughout an April 25 listening to in New York Metropolis, attorneys representing Sean Combs rejected a plea deal for the entertainer’s intercourse trafficking lawsuit, and of their denial of the plea discount additionally argued that Combs participates in a “swinging” way of life. Each Combs and his attorneys have beforehand argued that the sexual exercise described within the allegations was consensual.
In line with Reuters, federal prosecutor Madison Smyser, who disclosed the plea supply and Combs’ rejection of it, didn’t give any particulars concerning the supply that the federal prosecution prolonged to the mogul.
In an look in entrance of U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian, Marc Agnifilo, Combs’ lead lawyer, made his argument that Combs’ perception in polyamourous relationships and his willingness to rent escorts meant that it was not his intention to commit unlawful acts.
“It’s related to the defendant’s intent that there’s a way of life referred to as swingers, name it no matter you’ll, that he was in, that he may need thought was acceptable,” Agnifilo mentioned throughout his remarks. “A part of the rationale individuals assume it’s acceptable is as a result of it’s widespread.”
As Selection reported, Combs beforehand pled not responsible to the 5 counts outlined within the case in opposition to him, some accusing him of utilizing threats of violence and intimidation in an effort to drive girls to take part in what Combs described as “freak-offs.”
Combs’ attorneys requested that video of him violently attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a lodge in 2016 be excluded from the trial, echoing earlier arguments that they believed that the footage had been edited by information shops, specifically CNN.
Earlier than his attorneys made that argument, Combs, nevertheless, apologized after footage of the incident went viral and the multi-hypenate assured that he was not begging for forgiveness whereas additionally invoking the forgiveness and mercy of God in a video he made addressing the footage.
Ventura is predicted to testifyon the report on the trial, which is slated to start on Might 12 and run for about eight to 10 weeks.
Cassie, as she is thought professionally, was confirmed by Individuals Journal by their sources to be the “Sufferer-1” referred to in a movement filed by federal prosecutors on April 4.
In line with the movement, “She (Sufferer-1) is ready to testify underneath her personal identify. Sufferer-2, Sufferer-3, and Sufferer-4 have requested that their identities not be revealed to the press or the general public,” the submitting said.
The prosecution additionally requested that the nameless victims be referred to utilizing pseudonyms and that the protection not share any particulars about them as a result of public nature of the trial.
“This case has already obtained an distinctive quantity of media protection, which is able to presumably solely improve as trial proceeds,” prosecutors argued on the time. “Allowing these measures will stop pointless public disclosure of the victims’ identities, and the harassment from the media and others, undue embarrassment, and different adversarial penalties that will nearly definitely observe if these girls had been pressured to disclose their true names publicly at trial.”
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