Diddy‘s attorneys have requested a choose to limit statements made by potential wintesses and their attorneys exterior of courtroom … citing one grand jury witness specifically who retains talking to the press.
The music producer’s group filed the paperwork Sunday … asking the choose to expedite the method of responding to Diddy’s movement for a gag order as a result of one witness — a person named Courtney Burgess — has given a number of interviews in latest days.
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TMZ caught up with Burgess and his legal professional, Ariel Mitchell, exterior the courthouse Thursday … with Mitchell telling us Courtney was referred to as to testify as a result of he has or has seen salcious movies of Diddy and his movie star pals.
Courtney has made comparable claims to different information retailers … all of which Diddy’s group has mentioned are unfaithful and defamatory.
Diddy’s group says — by not treating such claims as an “extortion scam” — the federal government is fueling the net conspiracy fireplace and is making it not possible for his or her shopper to obtain a good trial.
The federal government has been investigating Diddy for nearly a yr, his attorneys say, they usually know the alleged “Freak Offs” by no means concerned males, minors or events. Diddy’s attorneys particularly cite data in articles from a specific media outlet that has erroneously acknowledged Freak Offs contain “men” and “parties.”
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As … Diddy was arrested again in September on prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
He is at present locked up in MDC Brooklyn awaiting trial … and, quite a few civil litigants have filed lawsuits towards the rapper in latest weeks as properly.
