Lawyers for Diddy say sex acts are distorted by prosecution
'The prosecution of Mr. Combs is both sexist and puritanical,' lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs wrote in court documents Tuesday.
Posted at 7:16 AM, January 15, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) â Lawyers for Sean âDiddyâ Combs labeled the prosecution against the hip-hop star as âsexist and puritanicalâ on Tuesday, saying nine recordings of sex acts considered important evidence in the case show only consensual sex between willing adults.
The lawyers submitted a letter to a Manhattan federal court judge asking that the recordings of elaborate sex performances that authorities say Combs orchestrated be turned over to defense lawyers for additional investigation. So far, they say, defense lawyers have only been allowed to temporarily view them twice in the last two months.
FILE -Sean âDiddyâ Combs participates in âThe Fourâ panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges lodged against him after his September arrest. He has remained incarcerated, awaiting a May 5 trial, after bail was rejected following bail hearings before three different judges.
A spokesperson for prosecutors declined to comment.
The defense submission Tuesday was similar to arguments at bail hearings where defense lawyers insisted that prosecutors had demonized sexual activity between consenting adults to create the case.
âAny fair-minded viewer of the videos will quickly conclude that the prosecution of Mr. Combs is both sexist and puritanical,â the lawyers wrote. âIt is sexist because the governmentâs theory perpetuates stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency.â
The indictment against Combs said the music mogul arranged sexual encounters between his victims and male sex workers that he called âFreak Offsâ â defined in the indictment as âelaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded.â
Prosecutors said the encounters sometimes lasted days and involved multiple commercial sex workers, with Combs drugging participants to âkeep the victims obedient and compliant.â They said raids of Combsâ Los Angeles and Miami homes produced supplies for the âFreak Offs,â including drugs and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.
Defense lawyers say the nine videos âdepicting six unambiguously consensual sexual encountersâ were provided to the government by lawyers for a woman identified in the indictment as âVictim-1,â who was in a long-term relationship with Combs.
âIn all six of these encounters,â defense attorneys wrote, âVictim-1 is not only consenting; she is evidently happy, dominant, and completely in control.â
They said the videos do not depict sex parties and there were no secret cameras, orgies, minors or other celebrities involved.
They wrote that there was no evidence of violence, coercion, threats, or manipulation and no indication that anyone was incapacitated or under the influence of drugs or excessive alcohol consumption.
âThere is certainly no evidence of sex trafficking,â they said.
The lawyers said the lighting on some videos was âvery badâ and the images were âquite dark and grainy,â requiring experts to enhance the quality of the audio and video and analyze metadata to determine when the videos were created or modified.
They said the governmentâs view depends on the characterization of the sex performances as âdirty, disgusting, or inherently unsavoryâ and shows that the government âseeks to police non-conforming sexual activity and that it assumes â despite all evidence to the contrary â that a womanâs willing participation must have been coerced.â
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