12:06 PM PT — Prosecutors and the protection agreed to not converse to the media going ahead. The choose didn’t impose a gag order.
11:43 AM PT — Issues are getting testy within the courtroom … with Diddy‘s authorized workforce asking for a gag order and accusing the feds of leaking grand jury data to the press.
The Assistant United States Legal professional denied speaking to the press after which accused Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, of baselessly accusing the federal government of participating in a racist prosecution.
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Prosecutors quoted Agnifilo as saying the federal government’s case in opposition to Diddy is a “takedown of a successful Black man,” which is what he informed us in our new TMZ Studios documentary — “The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment.”
The choose then stated he did not have Diddy’s bail enchantment in entrance of him, and stated Diddy will stay behind bars.
Diddy’s again in court docket and prosecutors are saying he could also be dealing with extra prison prices within the close to future … mentioning the potential of a superseding indictment.
The choose informed Diddy’s attorneys the trial may start in Could, and that is when federal prosecutors revealed their investigation is ongoing and it could lead to further prices in opposition to Diddy.
The feds are backing up what we first reported … that Diddy’s grand jury remains to be wanting into the allegations in opposition to him — listening to from at the very least yet one more intercourse employee about their alleged relationship with the mogul — and it is doable it may result in new prices.
The rap producer and his dream authorized workforce arrived in New York Metropolis’s Southern District Courtroom Thursday after submitting a movement to expedite the feds handing over their proof within the case.
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Diddy’s workforce — now consisting of two extra attorneys, Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro — just lately filed one other movement as effectively … asking for bail for the third time since his arrest in the course of September at a elaborate NYC resort.
Our sources say Tony is called one of many best trial attorneys within the nation whereas Alexandra is likely one of the greatest appellate attorneys practising immediately.
As you recognize … Diddy’s at the moment locked up in MDC Brooklyn — a notoriously unhealthy jail in NYC — the place he is awaiting trial on prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and kidnapping.
In his enchantment for bail, Diddy’s attorneys have argued he is not a flight danger regardless of the federal authorities’s case in opposition to him. Two completely different judges have already denied his bail.
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The feds say they collected terabytes of e-data throughout their searches of Diddy’s properties in Miami, Los Angeles and New York during the last a number of months … and, they’re nonetheless sifting by means of all of it.
In a movement filed Wednesday evening, Diddy’s attorneys accuse the feds of orchestrating the leak of the notorious video of Diddy beating Cassie to CNN.
Diddy’s additionally coping with a ton of civil points as effectively … with lawyer Tony Buzbee just lately saying extra celebs shall be sued alongside Diddy — and, Buzbee’s representing many individuals who’ve leveled allegations in opposition to the star. He is denied all these allegations.
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The Diddy grand jury remains to be assembly … listening to testimony from individuals and nonetheless mulling over potential prices.
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