Diddy desires extra time on the telephone and longer video calls as his intercourse trafficking racketeering trial unfolds in a Brooklyn federal courtroom.
Attorneys for the Hip-Hop mogul filed a letter to U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian asking to spice up his month-to-month telephone restrict from 300 to 500 minutes.
In addition they requested permission for video teleconferencing together with his authorized staff to increase till 9 p.m. day by day. The protection staff mentioned the additional time is critical to arrange for trial after court docket hours and on weekends.
The letter was signed by attorneys Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos, Alexandra Shapiro, Jason Driscoll and Anna Estevao and despatched to federal prosecutors.
The request comes as Diddy stays jailed on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn, the place he has been held with out bail. Judges have repeatedly denied his launch, citing considerations about flight danger and doable interference with witnesses.
The trial, which started with opening statements on Monday (Could 5), facilities on sweeping allegations, together with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by means of pressure or coercion and transporting people for prostitution.
Diddy faces a minimal of 15 years in jail if convicted on all prices.
Testimony started on Monday (Could 12) and has included graphic and emotional accounts from a number of witnesses. Cassie Ventura, one of the distinguished witnesses, testified for over 20 hours.
She described a decade-long relationship marked by alleged abuse, manipulation and compelled participation in what she known as “freak-off” intercourse events.
She additionally recounted the notorious 2016 incident during which Diddy allegedly assaulted her within the hallway of the Intercontinental Resort. Surveillance footage of that encounter was later proven in court docket.
The assault led to an enormous payday for Cassie: Diddy settled her civil swimsuit for $20 million, and the Intercontinental Resort goes to shell out one other $10 million.
Rapper Child Cudi additionally took the stand in one of many extra sensational moments of the trial.
Child Cudi testified that in December 2011, after he briefly dated Ventura, Diddy broke into his house, shut his canine in a toilet and even opened his Christmas presents.
Weeks later, his Porsche was destroyed in what he believes was a firebombing ordered by Combs.
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One other witness, George Kaplan, who labored as Diddy’s assistant, testified below immunity. He described being ordered to scrub up after sexual encounters and transport massive quantities of money.
Extra witnesses have described Diddy as controlling and abusive, with some alleging he used disguises throughout sexual acts and pressured others into taking part in encounters with industrial intercourse employees.
Diddy’s attorneys have pushed again, claiming all sexual exercise was consensual and that the accusations are financially motivated.
The court docket is adjourned for the Memorial Day weekend, and the trial is scheduled to renew subsequent week. In keeping with reviews, the trial ought to wrap up earlier than the July 4 vacation.
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