Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ defence team have filed to suppress evidence of his so-called ‘freak-offs’ parties.
Defence attorneys for the 55-year-old rapper filed a slew of motions in the Southern District of New York on Sunday claiming that federal agents made ‘false statements and omitted exculpatory evidence’ in their application for the search warrants to raid his homes and examine his Internet history.
The lawyers claim this was ‘intentional, or at the very least reckless’ as they asked a federal judge to suppress all the evidence obtained from the searches, which they say violated Diddy’s Fourth Amendment rights with an overly broad warrant and ‘presented a grossly distorted picture of the facts.’
The defence attorneys claim that the feds have evidence that would prove at least one of his alleged victims willingly participated in the ‘freak-offs.’
Federal agents then made intentionally misleading claims in their probable cause document to arrest the rapper for racketeering conspiracy, s£x trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution on September 17, the lawyers argue.
‘The probable cause statements were intentionally misleading,’ the attorneys wrote.
‘But it worked – the government got its warrants, leaked damaging information, and then executed its military-style raids at Combs’ residences.
‘Through this duplicity, the government obtained evidence – including multiple electronic devices with an enormous amount of information about his entire life – and an enormous and unfair tactical advantage.’
The defence team also say the federal government hid the alleged victims’ financial motivations for making their damning accusations.
Homeland Security Investigations served search warrants in early morning raids on Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami in March, in what officials declared is a s£x-trafficking investigation.
In September, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams released his indictment – revealing confiscated unmarked AR-15s, ammunition, as well as 1,000 bottles of baby oil and other lubricant.
‘The indictment alleges that between at least 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened and coerced victims to fulfil his s£xual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct,’ Williams said.
‘The indictment alleges that Combs used and exploited women and other people for years, and in a variety of ways. As alleged, Combs used force, threats of force, and coercion to cause victims to engage in extended s£xual performances with male commercial s£x workers, some of whom transported, or caused to be transported, over state lines.’