Diddy is seeking to impose a gag order on attorneys representing the prosecution including Cassie‘s own lawyer.
The currently jailed rap mogul wants a judge to ban opposing attorneys from discussing his sex trafficking case in public as he claims it will affect his right to a fair trial.
Diddy also alleged that allowing the attorneys to speak freely could bias the jury pool against him.
A number of attorneys have done media interviews about the case including those representing witnesses in the upcoming trial.
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Cassie’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, has previously made public statements about Diddy, mainly over the security footage of the rapper and producer assaulting his former girlfriend in a hotel corridor.
Wigdor said: “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”
Lisa Bloom, a prominent attorney who previously represented Harvey Weinstein and now counts a witness in the case among her clients, has appeared in at least two documentaries about the Bad Boy Records founder and spoken out against Diddy’s alleged actions.
Diddy previously filed a motion to try and get certain pieces of evidence relating to his sex trafficking charges barred from the trial.
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According to legal documents, the mogul is claiming that prosecutors turned over evidence too late and did not give he nor his attorneys enough time to prepare a defense.
In the filing, Diddy’s attorneys claimed that “It is impossible for the defense to investigate and respond to those new allegations in the next two weeks,” and that the prosecution also “conceded” that “many” of the alleged sex acts were “consensual”.
Prosecutors hit back by saying that Diddy has had months to go over the evidence and that the move is an attempt to delay the trial.
Despite Diddy’s request, the judge ruled against the Bad Boy Records founder.
However, the record executive did score a small win during proceedings as the judge ruled that prosecutors could not argue forced labor as it related to employees of Diddy’s.
