Welcome back to our new, weekly episodes of The Trial of Diddy. The show is hosted by DailyMail.com’s West Coast News Editor Marjorie Hernandez and Manhattan-based Kayla Brantley, reporter-at-large and TV correspondent at Daily Mail. Each week Kayla and Marjorie will be exploring each and every new development in this story, looking at what may - or may not - be coming next for Diddy. On this episode we dig into Diddy’s third failed bail plea, a new lawsuit alleging “"terror and abuse" and the unveiling of a superstar prosecutor. We also check in with lawyer David Gelman and speak to the brilliant legal journalist Meghann Cuniff. Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us [email protected] Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Marjorie Hernandez and Kayla Brantley Editor: Sam Morris Producer Rob Fitzpatrick Production Manger: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Jamie East A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the allegations against Diddy?
The following episode explores a number of allegations regarding the artist Diddy. He denies all charges and has pled not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez.
And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the Trial of Diddy.
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Chapter 2: What was the outcome of Diddy's bail plea?
They went on to claim that the government had launched a campaign against Diddy to prevent him from getting a fair trial and that their client is, quote, not required to sit idly by and acquiesce to all of this.
And Judge Subramanian, who had reportedly been open to the idea of releasing Combs to detention with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, decided last week that Combs should be denied bail for a third time. And he'll now remain behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. And like you know, this all came just before Thanksgiving and he...
spent his Thanksgiving behind bars. Now, the judge also released his decision in a written ruling citing Diddy's own history of violence, specifically Combs beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a 2016 hotel surveillance video, while also highlighting his belief in the serious risk of witness tampering.
That's right, Kayla. The ruling read, the court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community. The quote, compelling evidence of Combs' propensity for violence was also said to have influenced the judge's decision.
And Combs' family were all in court for the decision last week. and Diddy was actually brought in from a side door wearing a prison-issued pale brown outfit. Apparently, he blew his family kisses, he formed a prayer sign with his hands, and tapped his heart before hugging his lawyers and putting on a pair of reading glasses to review the documents.
Now, it's worth noting that Diddy was not shackled, and this came after his lawyers had argued that shackling him would offend the, quote, dignity of the courts.
Right. Diddy's lawyers had hit back and claimed that the prosecution's case is, quote, fictional and has had a, quote, theatrical spin on it. They have also claimed that the 2016 Cassie video was, quote, manipulated to look worse than it really is. But that's it. Diddy is not looking to get out anytime soon. And after three bail denials, it seems that it's unlikely that his lawyers will try again.
Yeah, and we had a great guest on the show a couple of weeks ago, Marjorie, while you were out. It was defense attorney David Gelman. And so I caught up with him again after this decision to get his take on it. And here it is. Okay, so David Gelman, there have been some updates. Diddy's bond was denied, which I think everyone kind of expected. What are your thoughts on that?
Well, Kayla, you're exactly right. I expected it. I mean, frankly, if you didn't expect it, you probably got some issues. You know, this was the third or fourth time that Diddy's defense attorneys requested a bond review. And each time was the same thing. The judge and the U.S. attorney's office had all said they think that Diddy is a danger
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Chapter 3: Who is the new prosecutor in Diddy's case?
And I saw you just actually tweeted not too long ago that Diddy's lawyers are saying he still has not received his laptop. Can you tell us a little bit about that and what they filed recently?
Yeah, they filed a letter today, his lawyers complaining about a lack of access to a laptop and then the restrictions that they've placed on him they don't like. It's like really limited when he can look at it. So they want that lifted. It's a request to the judge on that. So that was just filed today.
So is that possibly to look at, I guess, evidence? Yeah.
Yeah, it'd be to prepare for the case, do discovery, look at discovery, that kind of thing, do case preparation. And that's common. You definitely see that in other cases with incarcerated inmates where they have access to laptops. And his lawyers are saying the restrictions he faces are more restrictive than what others have had to face.
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Chapter 4: What impact do the new allegations have on Diddy?
Chapter 5: How does Diddy's legal team respond to the charges?
He even used other individuals in the federal prisons social network to kind of help and facilitate everything. So all these things coming together, it doesn't matter how much money Diddy is putting up for bond. He could put a billion dollars up. $50 million. $50 million is a lot. If you have $50 million or I have $50 million, let's split it up or something here. It doesn't matter how much money
He puts up again, it could be a billion dollars. The judge is not being swayed by the money and it's certain. And even, you know, with the other conditions that the defense attorneys put up or that he can only be in one or two houses, he can't have internet connections or anything like that. The judge didn't buy it. And, you know, you could see that through the tea leaves automatically.
So this was the third request for bail that was denied. Do you see a fourth happening? How long can this go on? How many requests for bail can this team really put up?
I mean, they could do one every week if they wanted to, but that would be foolish. I don't think it's going to happen much more or unless the trial is postponed, which I don't think it's going to be happening when they say when they have it scheduled in April or May. There's just no way it'll happen. I can't anticipate that they would probably try to file another bail motion next
you know, right around that time. And again, let's remember this. The client is probably the one dictating this to the attorneys. The attorneys aren't saying, oh, let's file another bail motion. You have a client in P. Diddy who probably is not the most easiest guy to deal with, I would assume, right now. And he's been used to getting everything he's ever wanted, and he's got a lot of money.
He can do that. But when you are in the legal system and when you are in a federal jail, things change a little bit.
So say you were a part of Diddy's legal team right now, third request for bail has been denied. What's your next steps?
Prepare. Prepare for trial. That's what I would say. Look, I always tell this to clients. You're my client, and I'm going to do what I think is the best for you in this situation because you're paying me a lot of money to do that. I don't want your opinion unless I'm asking for it. And it's called client control. You have to have it.
If you don't, you're probably not going to be a very good attorney doing it. So you have to tell your client the truth, even though they may not want to hear it. And I don't know what the relationship is between Diddy and his attorneys, but they should probably have some better client control.
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Chapter 6: What insights does legal expert David Gelman provide?
remains confident they will ultimately be proven baseless.
Yeah, and that statement went on, quote, anyone has the right to file a lawsuit regardless of the evidence they may or may not have. Adding that Mr. Combs, quote, has unwavering faith in the facts and in the fairness of the judicial process. Brianna claims she did not then and to this day does not know now what provoked the alleged incident.
She's seeking $10 million, or that's 7.89 million pounds for our friends in the UK, in damages from Combs.
In her lawsuit, Breanna alleged that this incident was a, quote, culmination of a series of threats, intimidation, and violence that colored many of Ms. Bongolin's interactions with Mr. Combs from the day she met him, and went on to allege that she endured, quote, terror and abuse from Combs throughout their professional relationship.
But wait, there's more. There's always more with this case. And it was reported on Monday this week that lawyer Maureen Comey, who is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, has notified the court that she's joined the case. Now, she's probably best known as one of the three lead prosecutors who helped deliver the 2021 conviction against Ghislaine Maxwell, who
who, as we know, was the madam for Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sexually abusing and trafficking minors.
Right. And this actually links with our first story as Comey joined the case right after Diddy's third failed attempt to be released on bail. And as we've said many times on this podcast, the trial is currently set to start on May 5th of next year. And if convicted of all charges, he faces a potential life sentence.
Yes, which also brings me to something else we've said many times on this podcast. To be clear, Diddy has not been convicted of anything, and he and his attorneys have always maintained the rapper's innocence. They provided DailyMail.com with a statement that Sean Combs has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, whether they be, quote, man or woman, adult or minor.
Now, with that said, let's get to today's guest, legal affairs reporter Megan Kuneth. Megan is based in Southern California and has a history of breaking legal news, investigations, and truly memorable trial coverage, particularly the latest one with rapper Tory Lanez, December 2022 trial reported. for shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
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Chapter 7: What can we expect from the upcoming trial?
We talked a little bit about the new request to get his laptop in jail, but there has been some back and forth also with the prosecutors saying that he's allegedly tampering with witnesses. Can you speak a little bit about that and their accusations on that?
Yeah, they filed something a while ago saying that he was using the jail phones, unauthorized use of the jail phones, doing three-way calls and paying other inmates to let him use their access codes to...
access it uh access calls so his calls wouldn't be traceable and they had recordings of him talking to family members about coordinating like a pr campaign regarding his birthday and and a lot of it is redacted in the public filings uh
So we don't know exactly what he was saying, but they're saying that he basically acknowledges he's trying to influence potential jurors, that he thinks that they see these happy birthday posts for him or something, that if anyone eventually gets on the jury, that's going to somehow persuade them or something. So the lawyers were pointing – or the prosecutors were pointing to that.
as a sign of witness tampering, a sign of he shouldn't be out on bond if he's doing this stuff in jail.
I mean, obviously, trial has not started yet. We're a long way from that. But there's already a lot of back and forth between the prosecutors and the defense attorneys. One of the things I also found interesting was the prosecution actually had written a memo, I think, saying that they were not the sources of some leaks to the media.
I don't know if they filed that. They're supposed to file that by the end of the day. I mean, I last time I checked like an hour ago, I hadn't seen it, but I haven't checked my phone to see if they have another leak.
I know they're filing in, but yeah, the judge had taken them up on their offer to, they said that they would file an affidavit saying no one on the government leaked the video of Diddy assaulting Cassie in the hotel. I think that's what it was. I'd have to check, but they have until the end of the day to file that. So we might not see that until tonight.
The fact that they're even having to talk about that and saying, look, we're not the source. I mean, is that out of the ordinary?
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