Sean “Diddy” Combs will argue at his upcoming racketeering trial that he was merely a “swinger” and never the wicked intercourse fiend feds have made him out to be, his lawyer revealed Friday.
“There’s a life-style, name it swingers or no matter you’ll, that he thought was applicable as a result of it was widespread,” Combs’ legal professional Marc Agnifilo mentioned at a pre-trial listening to for the disgraced music mogul in Manhattan federal courtroom.
“Many individuals suppose it’s applicable as a result of it’s widespread,” Agnifilo added.
Choose Arun Subramanian dominated from the bench that Combs’ legal professionals can deliver up the swinger argument, however that they can not cite different examples of distinguished folks believed to have engaged in such a “way of life,” or who’ve allegedly employed intercourse staff.
Federal prosecutors additionally revealed for the primary time Friday that Combs rejected a plea supply made prematurely of his Could 5 trial date.
The 55-year-old Unhealthy Boy Data founder faces racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses, with prosecutors alleging he compelled lovers into drug-fueled, days-long intercourse marathons dubbed “Freak-Offs,” and ran his firm as a felony enterprise.
He faces as much as life in jail.
Federal prosecutors have mentioned in courtroom papers that witnesses taking the stand at an 8-to-10-week-trial will give “graphic testimony” about “years’ value of beatings, drug-fueled coercive intercourse marathons, and a number of rapes.”
Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, is predicted to testify in opposition to him, together with three different alleged victims who will use pseudonyms after they take the stand.
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