Diddy appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday (October 10) as he attempted his third request for bail. As the hearing began, the judge offered him a trial date of May 5, 2025, which Diddy’s lawyers accepted.

“Judge: on May 5, the trial will begin. Or I’ll give you April if you want,” Inner City Press tweeted. “(Lawyer Marc) Agnifilo: We will take May 5 – there are a lot of discoveries. Judge: How long will the government’s case last? AUSA Emily Johnson: Three weeks, but…”

Judge: On May 5, the trial will begin. Or I’ll give you April if you want.
Agnifilo: We will take May 5 – there are a lot of discoveries.
Judge: How long will the government’s case last?
AUSA Emily Johnson: Three weeks, but…

– Downtown Press (@innercitypress) October 10, 2024

The judge also set the pre-hearing for December 18, while Agnifilo asked for silence.

“Judge: Let’s organize a next conference (discovery) on December 18 at 2 p.m. Let’s move on to defendant’s motion,” Inner City Press tweeted. “Agnifilo: We ask for silence. The problem is that the officers leaked information to the grand jury and made other damaging statements.

Federal prosecutors revealed that their investigation is ongoing and that they are considering possibly adding other criminal charges to the original indictment.

The disgraced Bad Boy Records mogul was arrested at a posh Manhattan hotel on September 16 after a months-long investigation and charged with three felonies: sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting individuals for prostitution. Diddy has been denied bail multiple times, but on Wednesday (Oct. 9), his team accused the feds of leaking Cassie Ventura’s 2016 tape to CNN. They released a lengthy statement, available below.

Defendant Sean Combs is seeking four forms of relief related to what the defense says was a series of illegal government leaks that led to prejudicial and prejudicial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr. Combs of his right. to a fair trial. Mr. Combs requests: (1) an evidentiary hearing to examine government misconduct in connection with the leaks; (2) discovery of emails, documents, and records in the possession of the government (including DHS) related to these leaks; (3) a warrant of silence prohibiting government personnel from disclosing any evidence or investigative materials related to this matter to any member of the media; and (4) suppression of any evidence disclosed by government employees in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) or any other law, rule, or regulation.

The available evidence shows on its face that the government, primarily through DHS, engaged in a seven-month campaign with three objectives: (i) to prevent Mr. Combs from receiving fair consideration by the grand jury ; (ii) prevent him from obtaining a fair trial; and (iii) the strategic leaking of confidential grand jury documents and information, including the 2016 Intercontinental videotape, to prejudice the public and potential jurors against Mr. Combs.
The government’s plan to undermine Mr. Combs’ due process rights involves several methods and means. First, there has been a steady stream of false and damaging statements made by DHS agents to various news outlets over the past seven months. Second, the agents engaged in a particularly brutal, public search of Mr. Combs’ homes, during which they handcuffed Mr. Combs’s innocent sons and then led them in front of a news helicopter and the press. This was an apparent effort to make it clear that they had damning evidence against Mr. Combs, justifying the public and brutal treatment of even his children, who were handcuffed and manhandled by federal agents armed with shotguns. assault. Third, government employees repeatedly leaked grand jury information and documents to the press to incite public hostility against Mr. Combs before the trial.

The most egregious example is the leak to CNN of the 2016 videotape from the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles. As detailed below, the CNN leak was just one in a long documented history of leaks and false statements made with one goal in mind: to smear Mr. Combs’ reputation ahead of trial. While the government’s misconduct in this matter is particularly egregious, it unfortunately continues a trend in this district: the government has learned that it can strategically release information with impunity. This Court should exercise its authority to prohibit these underhanded tactics, which seriously undermine an accused’s right to a fair trial.

From the outset, the defense wants to be clear with the Court as to what our theory is and is not. We are not claiming that the leaks were orchestrated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Rather, we contend that the false media statements and grand jury leaks denounced below were planned and executed by DHS. As the parties acquire more information on this matter, the Court will note that the defense repeatedly contacted prosecutors and stated, in substance, that their agents were leaking information to the press. Yet regardless of what action, if any, the U.S. Attorney’s Office took, the leaks continued, even after the arrest. The reason a hearing is necessary is to determine exactly what DHS did and did not do regarding these leaks, and what the U.S. Attorney’s Office did and did not do to stop them.

The evidence of government misconduct is already clear enough that this Court is justified in using its power to craft appropriate remedies. Mr. Combs requests that this Court order discovery and an evidentiary hearing to investigate government misconduct. The abuses here are clear, but “without a hearing”, we cannot “know how far and where the abuses have reached”. United States v. Walters, 910 F.3d 11, 32 (2d Cir. 2018) (Jacobs, J., concurring). An evidentiary hearing is therefore necessary. Further, if the hearing demonstrates that the violation of grand jury secrecy was intentional, as we expect it to be, the Court should order the suppression of the videotape and/or other illegally disclosed evidence. , as well as other potential sanctions.

This is a developing story. Come back with AllHipHop soon on a decision regarding Diddy’s release on bail.