Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Seeks Two-Month Delay of May 5 Trial – ryan
New York (AP)-Attorneys for Hip-Hop Producer Sean “Diddy” Combs Asced A Federal Judge in New York on Wednesday to Delay HIS May 5 Sex-Trafficking Trial by two months so.
The Lawyers Said in a Letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that prosectors have ben slow to turn over now some potential evidence, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BE READY IN THREE Weeks.
Prosecutors Oppose the Request, The Lawyers Said. A spokesperson for prospectors declined comment.
Subramanian wrote in an order Responding to the delayed-rial request that he will address the willing a hearing scheduled for friday.
Pending the conference, the Judge Wrote, Both sides should procedure as if the Early May Trial Remains in Place.
Combs, 55, haen ben Held Without Bail Since HIS September arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to multiple crimes that prosectors Say Occurred Over a Two-Decade Period.
In their letter, defensive layers cited a failure by prospectors to turn over potential trial evidence in a timely matter, including materials relating to a Superseding Indictment by a Grand Jury Earlier this month.
For instance, the Lawyers Wrote, Prosecutors have said they will not meet a wednesday deadline to turn over Over Exhibits and a Witness List.
Some evidence yet to be turned over the includes material related to a count in the indication that carries a 15-mandatory minimum expects sentiment if a convital is secured, the lawyers said.
AS A Result, They Wrote: “We Cannot, in Good Conscience, Go To Trial on the Scheduled Date.”
They Added: “This is a problem that the Government has created, the yet it opposes Our reasonable request.”
Prosecutors Say Combs Coerced and Abused Women for years as he used to his “Power and Prestige” As a Music Star to ENLIST A NETWORK OF Associates and Employees to Help Him while he Silented Victsims Through BlackMmail and Violence, Including Kidnapping, Arson and Physical Beetings.