Months after Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ arrest, the rapper is ready to face trial for alleged offenses associated to sex-trafficking. His courtroom date is presently set for Could 5 and can happen in New York. As Diddy’s attorneys have been compiling their authorized protection, they’ve additionally made requests of the courtroom, and so they even filed a movement to have the case rescheduled. That request was in the end denied, and it’s now being reported that Diddy was cautious of the presently scheduled date as a consequence of astrological causes.
It was throughout a listening to on April 18th that Diddy’s authorized crew requested that the courtroom date be pushed again two months, with this transfer approaching the heels of a 3rd federal indictment in opposition to the rapper. Whereas the protection argued that they wanted extra time to develop its technique, Choose Arun Subramanian reasoned that there was no want for a date change. Sources have since alleged to Marca that the “Victory” winner was adamant about making the change as a consequence of what he perceived to be unfavourable “power”:
He thinks the power proper now simply is not in his favor. He actually believes in power shifts and astrological timing.
In response to the outlet, Sean Combs is a believer in Mercury retrograde and eclipses together with different Celestial circumstances. It’s vital to notice that his attorneys have neither confirmed nor denied these claims, as of this writing. That hypothesis apart, what appears evident proper now’s that the case will proceed as deliberate. Additionally, whereas we will’t empirically chalk any of this as much as dangerous juju of some sort, Combs has been hit with a authorized loss or two forward of the trial.
The previous week noticed Diddy being dealt a big blow when it was dominated that the footage of him assaulting Cassie Ventura (the rapper’s former girlfriend who’s ready to testify beneath her identify) may very well be proven throughout the trial. Mentioned footage was dropped in Could 2024 by CNN, with Diddy’s authorized crew later accusing the corporate of altering the clip. The information community subsequently denied that assertion. All of the whereas, the hip hop mogul’s attorneys have been working to maintain claims from his varied lawsuits out of the trial.
Sean Combs’ properties within the US had been raided by federal brokers in March 2024 as a part of an investigation right into a sex-trafficking operation. He’s since been charged with intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, arson and racketeering and will withstand life in jail. Combs has pleaded not responsible to the offenses, and he’s additionally denied wrongdoing in relation to the numerous lawsuits he’s going through. Relating to the latter scenario, plaintiffs have accused him of sexual assault-related offenses and extra.
As for the “Inform Me” performer’s protection, his attorneys have filed paperwork and shared some arguments already. In January, they argued that footage of Cassie Ventura at one among P. Diddy’s notorious Freak-Off events illustrates “personal sexual exercise between totally consenting adults in a long-term relationship.” Current days have additionally seen the attorneys argue that Diddy identifies with “swingers,” in that he enjoys having a number of sexual companions.
Sean Combs is presently being held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Middle forward of the trial. Among the many info identified about Combs’ jail stint is that he has restricted entry to a wi-fi-less laptop computer and might train at sure factors of the day. (What’s additionally notable is that suspected killer Luigi Mangione is within the facility as properly.) As for Combs’ case, because it’s unclear what the decision might be, it will possibly’t be stated for certain whether or not his alleged astrological-based issues will show to be right.