Sean “Diddy” Combs wants decades of alleged sexual assault accusations erased from his criminal trial—and his lawyers are telling the court that if those claims are allowed in, the entire case is going to spiral out of control. According to newly filed motions in federal court, Combs' legal team is trying to block what they call "uncorroborated crimes" dating back to the 1980s. They argue this kind of evidence doesn’t just distract—it poisons the well. In their words, it would make it “impossible” for Combs to get a fair trial.

But the government’s not backing down. Prosecutors fired back, saying those past allegations don’t just paint a pattern—they help prove the entire enterprise behind the charges Combs is actually facing. They’re calling the stories from alleged victims “direct evidence” of the racketeering operation, which includes everything from sex trafficking and prostitution to kidnapping and arson. According to them, this isn’t some series of unrelated claims—it’s all part of a criminal machine.

Right now, Combs is staring down a hefty federal indictment. He was first arrested back in September 2024, charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution. But things got heavier last week when a superseding indictment tacked on two more charges—another sex trafficking count and another for transportation to engage in prostitution. And while he’s pleaded not guilty to everything, the list of people accusing him of misconduct has ballooned. The real turning point came in late 2023 when his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, filed a lawsuit claiming rape, trafficking, and physical abuse. She settled quickly, but the damage was done. Since then, at least 120 accusers have stepped forward, according to Texas attorney Tony Buzbee.

Combs’ legal team says that if the court admits these decades of allegations, the trial will explode into a logistical nightmare—what they call “a series of mini-trials.” They’re predicting a delay of months or even years just to sort through the mess. The original trial was only expected to take three weeks. Now? Who knows. They’ve asked for a preliminary hearing to vet any past allegations before they hit the jury.

And they’re also drawing a hard line between the charges in the indictment and the new allegations swirling around him. The indictment, they say, is about alleged coercion and abuse in personal relationships—not a sprawling criminal conspiracy that spans continents and unnamed witnesses.

Their position? If the government wants to convict Combs, they need to do it with the charges they actually filed. Not just drown the jury in three decades of scandal and dirt, then hope it sticks. As the defense put it, “the government should not be permitted to pollute the trial… by painting Mr. Combs as a bad guy who must have committed the charged crimes.”

The prosecution, on the other hand, is holding firm. They say this evidence isn’t just relevant—it’s critical. They argue it demonstrates exactly how Combs ran his alleged criminal network, detailing a pattern of what they call “persistent and pervasive abuse.” They’re not just trying to shock the jury—they’re trying to show a strategy. That he wasn’t confused or clumsy. He allegedly knew exactly what he was doing.

They also say there’s no need for a preliminary hearing. The court already has detailed summaries of the victims’ stories and the evidence to back them up. According to the government, Combs’ request to review the evidence in advance is just a slick attempt to cross-examine victims twice before trial even begins.

With opening arguments slated for May 5, this trial is gearing up to be an all-out war in the courtroom. One side wants to stick to the script. The other wants to tell the whole saga.

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“You have a habit of adding things to witness answers, and when you do that, it’s a form of testifying,” Judge Beresky told Lori Vallow Daybell in the final moments of the day, as court wrapped after a marathon of cross-examinations, autopsy details, and crime scene photos.

By the time court adjourned at 4:34 p.m., Lori had spent hours at the podium cross-examining Chandler Police Detective Daniel Coons, trying to challenge the state’s version of how Charles Vallow was shot and killed. It was her chance to unravel details about bullet trajectories, the positioning of shell casings, and whether her brother Alex Cox could’ve plausibly been where he claimed when the shots were fired. Coons held firm: the bullet trajectories were consistent with Charles being shot while lying on the floor, one bullet embedding in a baseboard. The shells? Just inches from the wall. And the gun, a .45 caliber semiautomatic, ejected to the right—not left, like Lori suggested might have mattered.

At one point, Lori veered into the realm of firearms training, asking if center mass is what police are taught to aim for. Coons confirmed, yes—it’s about stopping the threat. Then she asked if novice shooters are taught the same. He said no. It was a brief window into the angle she seemed to be aiming for, though the judge regularly reminded her to keep her own commentary out of the questioning.

Photos of the home were admitted—over a hundred of them. Exterior shots. The front door. A Reebok hat on the floor. Blood pooling around Charles’ body. A bat nearby. Projectiles in baseboards. Bullet casings marked with yellow placards. And in one particularly dramatic moment, a chunk of flooring was presented in court. It had been cut out to preserve a mark that investigators said was made by a bullet passing through Charles’ body.

Lori objected to some of the photos being admitted but was mostly overruled. The judge said the images helped the jury visualize the scene. She used some of the same photos in her cross, trying to push back on Coons’ conclusions, asking if divots in walls or trajectories could have occurred differently, if maybe the shooter wasn’t where Coons said. He stood his ground.

Earlier in the day, Chandler Fire Captain Kent Keller testified about Charles’ condition when medics arrived. Lividity and skin modeling were already setting in. His pupils were fixed. No electrical activity in the heart. CPR was initiated but quickly deemed futile. According to Keller, there was no indication anyone had attempted life-saving efforts before the fire crew arrived. The positioning of Charles’ body, the small pool of blood, and the condition of his skin all suggested death had occurred some time before.

Lori pressed Keller hard on the science of lividity and modeling. Could it happen in just a few minutes? Would medication change how the body looked? She floated the idea that maybe CPR had been done, just not effectively. Keller, and another paramedic named Cowden, said they saw no signs of it. In fact, they testified that effective CPR would’ve caused more bleeding—blood would’ve been forced out by the compressions. There just wasn’t any, aside from the pooling underneath.

At one point, Cowden described performing CPR while another EMT prepared the heart monitor. He said Charles was found with a baseball bat and ball cap nearby, but no one else was in the room. The house was otherwise empty, aside from officers clearing it. His account was backed up by Keller, who described the scene as calm, with the main objective being to assess, perform CPR, and confirm the lack of vital signs.

Throughout the day, Lori tried to walk the line between playing defense attorney and defendant. She questioned procedure, timing, blood patterns, CPR protocols, and scene diagrams. But the judge frequently reminded her about courtroom boundaries. When she asked whether someone had spoken to the media, the judge called for a sidebar. When she objected to Coons’ expert testimony, the judge ruled against her but gave her space to cross-examine thoroughly.

As court neared the end, a small issue arose: subpoenas had been sent by the defense to detectives, but without contact info. The judge told Lori to have her investigator handle it. Also, she was reminded to flag any photo exhibits she needed by the following morning.

With that, court adjourned. 

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The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office wants more time to answer Alex Murdaugh’s Supreme Court appeal—and Murdaugh’s team isn’t having it. In a rare move that flips the courtroom script, it’s the defense pressing to move things forward, while the prosecution is asking the highest court in the state to slow it down.

On April 3, the AG’s Office asked for a second extension in Murdaugh’s appeal process. They’re asking for 120 more days, which would push their deadline to respond until August 8. But Murdaugh’s lawyers fired back almost immediately with a simple message: No.

Richard Harpootlian, one of Murdaugh’s lead attorneys, didn’t mince words. In an email directly to the state’s attorneys, he said, “We will not consent.”

The state’s request comes in response to a 121-page appeal filed by Murdaugh’s legal team back in December. That appeal is no small document—it accuses former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill of jury tampering, questions the way evidence was presented, and basically asks the court to take a second look at one of the most widely followed trials in recent memory.

The Supreme Court received both motions—the AG’s request for time and the defense’s refusal—but hasn’t yet ruled on either.

Murdaugh, the disbarred attorney turned convicted murderer, was sentenced to back-to-back life terms last year for the 2021 shooting deaths of his wife Maggie and son Paul. He has always denied involvement in the killings. His legal team filed for appeal last December, citing what they claim were serious errors during the trial, including that explosive allegation of jury tampering.

Originally, the AG’s Office had 90 days to respond to the appeal—a deadline they agreed on with the defense. That gave them until April 10. But now they want four more months, claiming the scope of the case is just too big to tackle in time.

Their reasoning? For starters, the trial transcripts span over 6,000 pages. Add to that audio recordings, video exhibits, legal briefs, and side hearings, and you’ve got a mountain of material to review. The AG’s team also says they’re dealing with other major cases, including death penalty litigation, and their attorneys are simply stretched thin.

But Murdaugh’s side isn’t buying it. They say this appeal has already been pending far too long. They point out that if the extension is granted, it will have taken the state an entire year to respond to their brief. They say they’ve never heard of that happening in any criminal case—capital or otherwise.

They also argue that if the Attorney General’s Office can’t keep up with its caseload, they should hire outside help. With 90 attorneys on staff, the defense questions why this one case needs so much extra time.

Then there’s the most telling part: Murdaugh’s lawyers say they believe the state’s case won’t hold up on appeal. They argue that dragging this out only delays justice—and that unless the AG’s Office is hiding some blockbuster argument, the state’s trying to stall a process that could ultimately lead to overturning the murder convictions.

Let’s be clear: even if Murdaugh wins this appeal, it doesn’t mean he walks out of prison. He’s already pleaded guilty to a laundry list of financial crimes—millions stolen from clients and colleagues—and those come with their own steep sentences. But overturning the murder convictions would shake up the legacy of a trial that gripped the country.

Now, it’s up to the South Carolina Supreme Court to decide whether the state deserves more time—or if the clock has already run out.

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Charles Vallow was shot twice inside a house he paid for. He lay dead on the floor for 47 minutes before anyone bothered to call 911. And now, the woman once married to him—Lori Vallow Daybell—is on trial for conspiring to make that happen.

This isn’t Idaho. It’s Maricopa County, Arizona. But the woman at the center of the story is the same: convicted murderer, former beauty queen, five-time wife, and self-proclaimed spiritual warrior who believed people could become “zombies” possessed by evil spirits. In this trial, Lori isn’t just the defendant—she’s also her own attorney. Representing herself, cross-examining witnesses, and objecting to testimony as she fights charges that she orchestrated the murder of her estranged husband in 2019.

According to prosecutors, Lori conspired with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Charles so she could cash in on a $1 million life insurance policy and clear the way to marry Chad Daybell—an LDS fiction author and her apocalyptic soulmate. They say this wasn’t spontaneous. It was a plan rooted in delusion and tied up in scripture. Days before the shooting, Lori texted Alex: “It’s all coming to a head this week. I will be like Nephi, I am told, and so will you.” In LDS scripture, Nephi is known for killing a man because God commanded it.

On the morning of July 11, 2019, Charles texted Lori’s other brother, Adam, with a warning: “They’re planning something.” Adam replied, “Absolutely.”

Charles showed up at Lori’s Chandler home to pick up their son, JJ. He never made it out alive.

The first shot went through his chest and pierced his heart. He fell. Then, according to testimony and forensic evidence, a second shot was fired from above, traveling downward into the floor, where the bullet lodged in a baseboard across the room.

Maricopa County firefighter Scott Cowden testified that when he arrived, Charles was already cold. No pulse, no breath, no attempt at CPR. Cowden, who teaches CPR for a living, said he knew right away no one had tried to save Charles. When he started compressions, he felt the telltale crunch of an untouched chest cavity. It’s the grim equivalent of walking into a house and smelling smoke—you just know.

What Cowden didn’t see? Blood. Aside from the pooling around Charles’s body, there was nothing. No trail down the hall. No mess in the kitchen. No bloody towels, napkins, or paper—despite Alex’s claim that he’d been holding his bleeding head. Cowden said the paper towel Alex had was mostly clean. He also noticed Alex didn’t look injured. Didn’t act it either. He described him as calm, nonchalant. Sunglasses still perched on his head, perfectly balanced and unbothered—odd for someone who supposedly just wrestled with a former semi-pro baseball player.

Then there’s the silence. Lori left the house with JJ and Tylee, taking Charles’s rental car. She went to Burger King, then Walgreens, then dropped JJ off at school. She spoke with Alex twice while out. Still, neither of them called for help until 47 minutes had passed.

Lori told officers she fled the scene in fear. That Charles had come at her with a bat. That Alex had to step in. But investigators say the entire story was staged.

In court, prosecutors pointed to Lori’s motive: Charles had secretly changed the beneficiary on his life insurance policy months earlier. Lori was out. His sister, Kay Woodcock, was in. After Charles’s death, Lori called the insurance company—and only then learned she wasn’t getting the money. She texted Chad Daybell: “He changed it in March. It was probably Ned before we got rid of him.” “Ned” was the name she gave the evil spirit she believed had overtaken Charles.

Witnesses will testify that Lori claimed Charles was possessed and needed to be “cast out.” That she led a group of women in a spiritual exorcism. That she talked about drugging Charles with JJ’s crushed pills. That Alex openly said he wanted Charles dead. One witness, Christina, said Lori brushed off her concerns by saying she was joking. A month later, Charles was dead.

Now Lori sits in the courtroom—wearing a navy suit, flipping through notes, calling witnesses, and sparring with the prosecution. When firefighter Cowden testified that no CPR had been given, she pressed him. Asked whether cracking the sternum was guaranteed. Asked about blood patterns. Asked about technique. But Cowden didn’t budge. He said everything he saw—everything he didn’t see—told him no one had tried to save Charles.

Another firefighter, Captain Kent Keller, backed him up. He described the scene as eerily tidy. Charles’s body was in the middle of an empty room. No overturned furniture. No signs of chaos. Just a bat, a ball cap, and a dead man on the floor. Keller told the jury it looked like Charles had been dead for some time before they got there. Lividity and modeling had already set in. Blood had pooled beneath him. His pupils were fixed.

And the detail that stuck with Keller? That everything about the room—the setup, the silence, the strange calm—just felt off.

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Lori Vallow Daybell is back on trial—this time in Arizona, where she’s accused of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in 2019. You probably know her as the Idaho mom who claimed her kids were zombies, married a doomsday author, and was convicted of killing her two youngest children, JJ and Tylee. But this part of the saga brings us to Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, where the story first started turning deadly.

Prosecutors say Vallow Daybell teamed up with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Charles so she could collect on a $1 million life insurance policy and marry her apocalyptic boyfriend, Chad Daybell. At the time, she was still married to Charles—though they were separated—and he had just moved to Arizona with Lori’s other brother, Adam Cox, to stage an intervention. Charles had told friends that Lori had become obsessed with near-death experiences and past lives on other planets. He said she threatened to ruin him financially and have him killed. Four months before his death, he asked a court to order a mental health evaluation. It never happened.

On the day of the shooting, Charles showed up at Lori’s house to pick up their son, JJ. What followed was a strange and fatal series of events that, according to the prosecution, had nothing to do with self-defense and everything to do with premeditation. Alex Cox claimed Charles hit him with a baseball bat and that he shot Charles in self-defense. But prosecutors say the scene tells a different story. There was hardly any blood in the house—except pooling around Charles’s body. No signs of a struggle. No blood on the gun. Alex’s sunglasses, which he claimed were knocked off in the fight, never even moved. Charles was shot twice, once in the chest and again while he was on the ground—a trajectory that suggests it was a deliberate follow-up shot.

And then there's the timeline. Lori left the house right after the shooting with JJ and Tylee—driving Charles’s rental car to Burger King and Walgreens before dropping JJ off at school. She spoke with Alex twice after the shooting but waited 47 minutes to call 911. That’s nearly an hour Charles lay dead on the floor while, prosecutors say, Alex “staged the scene” to make it look like self-defense.

The trial is expected to last six weeks. And here’s where it gets even weirder: Lori is representing herself. No lawyer. Just her, facing off against the state while still claiming her innocence. She’s already been convicted in Idaho and sentenced to life in prison for killing her kids and conspiring to kill her then-boyfriend’s wife, Tammy Daybell. Chad, now her husband, has been sentenced to death.

In court, Lori’s been objecting to witnesses, challenging the evidence, and arguing that people testifying against her are just going off what they’ve seen on TV. One of those witnesses, though, will reportedly testify that Lori said Charles was “possessed” by an evil spirit named Ned. Others will talk about Lori and Alex seeing themselves as religious warriors—believing they were doing God’s work by eliminating evil spirits in human bodies.

The case is getting national attention again, not just for the alleged crime, but for the bizarre belief system behind it—one that Lori and Chad used to justify the unthinkable. And while Alex Cox died five months after the shooting of a blood clot, his story and Lori’s version of events are now both under a microscope.

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Lori Daybell: The Cult Mom Returns to Court- Prosecution Opening Statements In Full

Lori Vallow Daybell is back on trial—this time in Arizona, where she’s accused of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in 2019. You probably know her as the Idaho mom who claimed her kids were zombies, married a doomsday author, and was convicted of killing her two youngest children, JJ and Tylee. But this part of the saga brings us to Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, where the story first started turning deadly.

Prosecutors say Vallow Daybell teamed up with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Charles so she could collect on a $1 million life insurance policy and marry her apocalyptic boyfriend, Chad Daybell. At the time, she was still married to Charles—though they were separated—and he had just moved to Arizona with Lori’s other brother, Adam Cox, to stage an intervention. Charles had told friends that Lori had become obsessed with near-death experiences and past lives on other planets. He said she threatened to ruin him financially and have him killed. Four months before his death, he asked a court to order a mental health evaluation. It never happened.

On the day of the shooting, Charles showed up at Lori’s house to pick up their son, JJ. What followed was a strange and fatal series of events that, according to the prosecution, had nothing to do with self-defense and everything to do with premeditation. Alex Cox claimed Charles hit him with a baseball bat and that he shot Charles in self-defense. But prosecutors say the scene tells a different story. There was hardly any blood in the house—except pooling around Charles’s body. No signs of a struggle. No blood on the gun. Alex’s sunglasses, which he claimed were knocked off in the fight, never even moved. Charles was shot twice, once in the chest and again while he was on the ground—a trajectory that suggests it was a deliberate follow-up shot.

And then there's the timeline. Lori left the house right after the shooting with JJ and Tylee—driving Charles’s rental car to Burger King and Walgreens before dropping JJ off at school. She spoke with Alex twice after the shooting but waited 47 minutes to call 911. That’s nearly an hour Charles lay dead on the floor while, prosecutors say, Alex “staged the scene” to make it look like self-defense.

The trial is expected to last six weeks. And here’s where it gets even weirder: Lori is representing herself. No lawyer. Just her, facing off against the state while still claiming her innocence. She’s already been convicted in Idaho and sentenced to life in prison for killing her kids and conspiring to kill her then-boyfriend’s wife, Tammy Daybell. Chad, now her husband, has been sentenced to death.

In court, Lori’s been objecting to witnesses, challenging the evidence, and arguing that people testifying against her are just going off what they’ve seen on TV. One of those witnesses, though, will reportedly testify that Lori said Charles was “possessed” by an evil spirit named Ned. Others will talk about Lori and Alex seeing themselves as religious warriors—believing they were doing God’s work by eliminating evil spirits in human bodies.

The case is getting national attention again, not just for the alleged crime, but for the bizarre belief system behind it—one that Lori and Chad used to justify the unthinkable. And while Alex Cox died five months after the shooting of a blood clot, his story and Lori’s version of events are now both under a microscope.

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Jurors say she was not guilty—so why is Karen Read being retried for murder?

With jury selection now underway for Karen Read’s second trial in the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her legal team is throwing a Hail Mary to the U.S. Supreme Court. Their argument? That retrying her on charges the jury allegedly already agreed she didn’t commit violates her Fifth Amendment rights—specifically, protection against double jeopardy.

It’s a bold move, considering the original trial ended in a mistrial, not an acquittal. But here’s where it gets messy: According to Read’s attorneys, the jury didn’t just stall out completely—they allegedly reached unanimous agreement that she was not guilty on two of the three charges, including the most serious: second-degree murder. The jury just never announced it in court.

And that technicality could change everything.

The defense says this silent consensus should still count as an acquittal. But because no formal verdict was read, Massachusetts courts have already ruled that her retrial is fair game. So now, her lawyers are asking the highest court in the land to intervene.

The case stems from Read’s 2022 arrest after O’Keefe’s body was found in the snow outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts. Prosecutors say Read, allegedly drunk, hit him with her SUV and drove away, leaving him to die in the cold. She was initially charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, and DUI. Later, the charge was bumped up to second-degree murder. Read has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and her defense team argues she’s a scapegoat—framed by others connected to the case.

During her first trial in 2024, jurors started deliberating on June 25. For nearly a week, they sent notes to the judge saying they were deadlocked. On July 1, with no end in sight, Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial. No verdict was read. No charges were resolved. Or so it seemed.

That’s when the jurors started talking.

The next day, Juror A reached out to Read’s attorney, Alan Jackson, and said the panel had unanimously agreed she wasn’t guilty of the murder charge. Then came Jurors B, C, and D, sharing similar statements—one even leaving a voicemail for prosecutors saying, “It was not guilty on second degree.” Texts from Juror B added, “No one thought she hit him on purpose or even knew that she had hit him.”

So why does this matter? Because if true, it means a jury had decided she wasn’t guilty of murder—and according to the Constitution, once you’ve been acquitted, the government doesn’t get a second swing. But here, since no one ever said it out loud in court, the legal system treats it like it never happened.

The defense argues that’s a dangerous technicality. They say the judge should’ve asked the jury whether they had reached a verdict on any specific counts before sending them home. Without that, the system is effectively ignoring what the jury allegedly decided behind closed doors.

If the Supreme Court agrees with Read’s team, the second-degree murder and leaving-the-scene charges could be dropped. She’d still face manslaughter, but that’s a whole different ballgame compared to a potential life sentence.

In the meantime, jury selection for her second trial has begun, and, no surprise, dozens of potential jurors already have opinions about the case. Karen Read’s name has become a lightning rod in Boston—part true crime obsession, part courtroom soap opera, and part public debate over police, power, and justice.

But behind the noise is a very real constitutional question: If a jury says you’re not guilty, but doesn’t say it in the “right” way, can the state still come after you again?

We’re about to find out.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is no longer just facing allegations — he’s facing five federal charges, with four accusers, and a mountain of legal trouble that keeps growing. The latest development? Federal prosecutors just hit him with two new charges, bringing the total to five, and they say the alleged trafficking didn't stop years ago — it was still happening last year.

In this new superseding indictment, filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, prosecutors allege that Combs used force, fraud, or coercion to compel a woman — referred to only as “Victim-2” — into commercial sex acts from 2021 through 2024. And it wasn’t isolated. Prosecutors say Combs also arranged for her and others, including commercial sex workers, to travel for prostitution over that same time period.

This builds on the original indictment from last September, which included charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. According to the government, this wasn’t a man acting alone — this was an organized system. They say Combs used his money, power, and a circle of associates to coerce women into participating in drug-fueled sexual events he allegedly called “Freak Offs.” Think elite sex parties — but with allegedly non-consensual elements and, reportedly, drugs, threats, and cameras rolling.

Prosecutors also claim the racketeering conspiracy dates back two decades now, starting in 2004, not 2008 as previously stated. They're accusing Combs of trafficking three different victims — and coercing a fourth, one of his own employees — into sexual activity.

Out of the four women expected to testify, three are asking to remain anonymous at trial. The fourth, referred to as "Victim-1," is reportedly prepared to testify under her own name. That’s significant — it sends a message that at least one of these women is willing to stand in court and publicly accuse one of the most powerful figures in music of horrifying acts.

And there’s more — Combs' past actions are under scrutiny again. The indictment references that infamous 2016 hotel surveillance footage — the one where Combs is seen hitting and kicking Cassie, his then-girlfriend, in a Los Angeles hallway. Prosecutors allege that assault happened during one of these “Freak Offs.” Combs’ legal team? They’re spinning it as a moment from a “complex but consensual relationship.”

If it sounds like prosecutors are painting a pattern here, that’s because they are. From allegedly dangling a woman over a balcony, to blackmail, arson, and physical violence — they’re building a case that this wasn’t just misconduct, it was a systematic abuse of power stretching over decades. The January indictment alone mentioned that Combs once showed a gun during a kidnapping incident.

And yet, Combs is sticking to his not guilty plea. His team is actively trying to get at least one charge thrown out — specifically, the one about allegedly flying a male escort across state lines to participate in sex acts with him and his partners. His attorney, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, says the entire case hinges on the idea that this kind of consensual sex work somehow qualifies as a federal crime — and that’s what they’re pushing back against.

As of now, Combs remains in custody at a federal jail in Brooklyn. His trial is scheduled to begin on May 5, with a final pretrial conference set for April 25, where he’s expected to be arraigned on the new charges.

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