The newest updates in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ case could contain another celebrities as potential victims.
A federal grand jury has been recurrently convening in Diddy’s legal investigation, in accordance with studies from CNN.
On Thursday, Oct. 31, one supply instructed the outlet that jurors had been anticipated to listen to from a witness who claims he has movies that allegedly comprise footage of different celebrities doubtlessly being victimized by Combs.
Lawyer Ariel Mitchell instructed CNN that one in all her purchasers was summoned to testify in entrance of the grand jury on Thursday. Her consumer has not filed any fits towards Combs and isn’t claiming to be a sufferer of his alleged misconduct. As a substitute, Mitchell says he’s a witness with info and proof about accusations of sexual abuse and different misconduct by the disgraced music mogul, with some conditions allegedly involving extra celebrities.
“We’re right here to adjust to the courtroom’s order,” Mitchell, who has additionally represented two feminine accusers of Combs, instructed the outlet.
One other growth on this ongoing case comes as U.S. attorneys reply to claims from Diddy’s legal professionals that authorities brokers leaked info to the press, together with footage of Combs bodily assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
In a Wednesday night time submitting in Manhattan federal courtroom on Thursday, USA Immediately studies that prosecutors mentioned Combs’ protection legal professionals didn’t present enough proof that any info was leaked. The submitting goes on so as to add that Diddy and his workforce know that the video got here from elsewhere.
“The defendant baselessly accuses ‘(Division of Homeland Safety)’ brokers — who don’t have any authority to problem grand jury course of — of secretly acquiring the Intercontinental Video unbeknownst to the prosecutors,” the submitting reads.
The federal government additionally claims that it “had been unsuccessful in acquiring any video of the assault” till CNN revealed the clip.
Combs and his authorized workforce did get one factor to go their means, nonetheless, when U.S. District Choose Mary Kay Vyskocil in Manhattan mentioned a lady suing Combs over an alleged 2004 rape can’t stay nameless on Wednesday. Vyskocil pointed to Diddy’s curiosity in investigating the lady’s credibility and the general public curiosity in open courtroom proceedings as why she should reveal her identification to proceed with the go well with.