Diddy now says he is the subject of a widespread government conspiracy

Sean “Diddy” Combs has released his latest legal salvo in the government's ongoing lawsuits against him, which center on allegations of racketeering and sex trafficking, and, as one would imagine, he has chosen to do so “Powerful people have orchestrated a “big conspiracy against me” route. Basically, Combs' latest filing – which he put forward in a request for a court order to prevent some of the more incriminating evidence against him from escaping a jury at an inevitable trial – is that the US government has been doing things for months is now leaking to the media, at least in part, to get the grand jury that ultimately indicted Combs on his current charges to bite.

Per THRMost of these claims revolve around the now-infamous video that appears to show Combs physically attacking his former lover, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, in a 2016 incident Sean Combs successfully defends himself against these allegations of causing fatal harm.” The filing goes on to say that Cassie itself The video would not have been leaked, as the video was leaked to CNN in May 2024, a full six months after the singer reportedly reached a massive settlement in her sexual assault lawsuit against Combs. (Additionally, Cassie's lawsuit did not go into detail about the video, which presumably would have been the case if her warehouse had access to it at the time of its filing.) They also claim that a third party attempted to sell the tape rather than it to pass on to CNN. (Oh, and the tape came out the same day because federal prosecutors knew Trump's trial would be dropped for that day, making for a slow news day.)

(In the meantime, it's worth noting that there's nothing in this file Disputes the tape, whose violent events, for which Combs had previously said he took “full responsibility.” They're just mad that people saw it and formed a bad opinion of him and are accusing the government of passing it on.)

The video itself does not directly reflect the allegations against Combs, which center on allegations that he ran an operation aimed at forcing women to attend sex parties that he reportedly held for literally decades. But it Is Prosecutors are likely to prove this on the grounds that sex trafficking requires evidence of coercion – including, for example, evidence of a pattern of violence on the part of the defendant. Combs' attorneys are aiming high with this lawsuit: The court order requires that the tape not be shown at trial, but also demands that the prosecution file in response to the government's “plan” to deny him a fair trial. is dropped entirely.