In the latest twist in a head-spinning lawsuit, Sean "Diddy" Combs is campaigning for a do-over in court. A new motion filed by the music mogul's legal team claimed that prosecutors were, at best, "negligent" in permitting false testimony to be introduced during his ongoing trial.
The heart of this latest legal blow is a sensational claim about a 17-story balcony, a shaken witness, and perhaps some game-changing text messages.
That situation is fashion designer Bryana Bongolan, who is friends with Diddy's ex Cassie Ventura. Bongolan claimed that Diddy hung her over the edge of a balcony and later flung her into furniture, resulting in injuries she later submitted as photo evidence. But Diddy has his response, and Cassie's words prove she wasn't there to witness the supposed event, namely, a text she sent to Diddy's executive assistant, Kristina Khorram.
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"I just learned that s### sounds Wacko," Cassie texted Khorram, according to the defense. This casts serious doubt on the prosecution's assertion that she was an eyewitness. Team Diddy says this undermines Cassie's statement and the case in general.
That's not the only contradiction Diddy's team is highlighting. Those injury photos, which prosecutors claim were taken on Sept. 26, 2016, are also in the crosshairs. Mark's camp says they have proof that Diddy has an explanation. Diddy was on the East Coast at that incident and nowhere near the crime scene. In turn, the prosecutors adjusted the timeline, implying the act could have happened a few days later when considering the new context for the texting.
Diddy's lawyers are capitalizing on that murkiness to say the trial was fatally flawed from the start. It's as if Diddy has already seen one case head straight for a mistrial: This is his second request in weeks. The first such motion came after prosecutors acknowledged that fingerprints were wiped off of a bottle they said was used to throw Molotov cocktails at rapper Kid Cudi's car. This explosive charge did not sway the judge, and that motion for mistrial was denied.
Diddy has been behind bars since September 2024, and he has proclaimed his innocence, pleading not guilty to all the charges. Now, his defense team is pinning its hopes on such inconsistencies, particularly regarding the balcony incident, to call for a complete retrial, asserting that the jury has been prejudiced by untrustworthy and perhaps false testimony.
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