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Prosecutor Shawn: Diddy, Combs Sex trafficking cases seek expert testimony about the possibility that rappers may be degraded in their mental capacity that could be protected from ju-degree apprentices.
“The high-profile testimony is related to the defendant’s ability to form the men’s rare required to commit the defendant’s crimes. In other words, the “mental state related to the issue of guilt” was filed Sunday and written in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The prosecution has set two main reasons to oppose expert testimony. The trial is set to start. According to the government, Diddy’s legal team did not provide notice of Dr. Ellie Own’s testimony before February 17, 2025.
Didi’s legal team said, “We had to submit a notice by the deadline to introduce evidence of the effects of drugs and alcohol. [his] Memory or cognitive function, according to prosecutors.
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Sean’s “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking prosecutors pushed back the introduction of potential expert testimony about the rapper’s “diminished” mental abilities. (Elizabeth Williams)
Even if the defense provides timely notice, the prosecutors should argue that Dr. Aoun’s testimony “violates the Madness Defense Reform Act of 1985” and be deemed “irrelevant, prejudiced and unauthorized under the rules of evidence.”
Specific details of Dr. Aoun’s testimony were compiled from the submission, but it appears that expert opinions were given to help whether Diddy was “clear” on allegations of the sex trafficking scheme.
However, the prosecutors argued that Dr. Aoun had not looked into the music mogul. The government argued that experts would be used as a “replacement of calling witnesses” and that Dr. Aoun’s proposed testimony would be considered “unacceptable hearsay.”
The sketch depicts Sean “Diddy” Combs on November 22, 2024, in the seat of a defendant in a federal court. (Jane Rosenberg)
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Diddy will appear in court prior to the start of the trial on May 5th. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Judge Arun Subramanian determined that Diddy’s legal team would be able to use “swinger” defenses at Friday’s hearing.
“There’s a lifestyle. I call it swingers and stuff. I thought it was common,” Mark Agnifilo said at a hearing Friday.
“A lot of people think that’s appropriate because it’s common.”
A federal judge said the Combs team could not name other well-known individuals engaged in the “lifestyle” as examples.
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Photos of evidence seized since March 24, 2024 revealed a raid on Shawn “Diddy” Combs’ property at a press conference in September. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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Authorities claimed Diddy ran. Crime companies Through his businesses such as Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global. According to prosecutors, he used “firearms, threats of violence, forced, verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual desires.
He was originally charged with assault conspiracy. Sex trafficking by force, fraud, or forced. and transport engaged in prostitution on September 17th under an unsealed federal complaint. Diddy kept his innocence.
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ LA home was attacked by Homeland Security Authorities in March 2024. (Getty Images)
Prosecutors added two new ones Fees for Diddy On April 3, after federal prosecutors allegedly claimed that the rapper engaged in sex trafficking of female victims in 2024, he was accused of transporting a woman called “Victim 2” along with a sex worker on the state’s borders to engage in prostitution from 2021 to 2024.
Diddy’s trial is scheduled to begin on May 5th.
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