Diddy
Ex-Lawyer Give up Over Protection Technique Battle
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Diddy has one much less lawyer preventing for him heading into his federal trial, as a result of his authorized crew could not get on the identical web page relating to one of the best protection for him … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct data of Anthony Ricco‘s exit from Diddy’s camp inform us there had been an influence wrestle occurring between lead legal professional Marc Agnifilo and him for a number of months, and it lastly got here to a head.
As we reported, Ricco shook up Diddy’s crew Friday morning by informing the choose he might now not “effectively” defend his consumer — however his submitting lacked element about why he was leaping ship.
We’re informed the battle inside crew Diddy centered across the intercourse trafficking allegations, and there was disagreement on tips on how to deal with that a part of the federal indictment once they go to trial.
For his half, Agnifilo has repeatedly denied the trafficking cost, and as a substitute says the so-called freak offs at all times concerned consensual intercourse between Diddy, a girlfriend and a 3rd get together. As we reported, Agnifilo filed a movement to dismiss rely 3 of the indictment, which is all in regards to the Mann Act … the transportation of people to “engage in prostitution.”
Our sources say Ricco grew pissed off when his efforts to talk on to Diddy about authorized methods had been thwarted by co-counsel, and that is why he felt he could not correctly defend the hip hop mogul.
We’re additionally informed Ricco strongly believed they would not be able to go to trial by Could 5 — the scheduled begin date — and thought they need to ask the choose for extra time. His co-counsel strongly disagreed, push got here to shove and Ricco peace’d out.
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Our sources related to Diddy informed us Ricco’s departure is way ado about nothing, saying lead protection attorneys Agnifilo and Teny Geragos have been rock stable for nearly a 12 months now.
We reached out to Diddy’s reps for remark, however no phrase again but.
Agnifilo made it clear in TMZ’s “Downfall of Diddy” documentary, he needs to go to trial “as soon as possible” — and, in at this time’s submitting, Ricco informed the choose his departure wouldn’t delay Diddy’s protection.
