Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion late Wednesday accusing the government of leaking a video of the hip-hop mogul beating his former girlfriend and other evidence to the media, asking a judge to potentially bar the footage from a trial.
The motion filed in the Southern District of New York references the 2016 hotel surveillance video published exclusively by CNN that shows Combs dragging and kicking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Combs’ lawyers accused the government of leaking the video to CNN. They did not provide evidence for their claims. CNN declined to comment.
” Combs’ attorneys asked the judge to impose a gag order prohibiting the government from providing information about evidence in the case to the media. His attorneys claim the alleged leaks make it hard for Combs to get a fair trial. They contend the leaks came from agents of the Department of Homeland Security, whose Homeland Security Investigations division conducted the search, and not from prosecutors on the case.
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