Sean “Diddy” Combs will argue at his upcoming racketeering trial that he was merely a “swinger” and never the wicked intercourse fiend feds have made him out to be, his lawyer revealed Friday.
“There’s a lifestyle, call it swingers or whatever you will, that he thought was appropriate because it was common,” Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo mentioned at a pre-trial listening to for the disgraced music mogul in Manhattan federal courtroom.
“Many people think it’s appropriate because it’s common,” Agnifilo added.
Decide Arun Subramanian dominated from the bench that Combs’ legal professionals can deliver up the swinger argument, however that they can not cite different examples of outstanding folks believed to have engaged in such a “lifestyle,” or who’ve allegedly employed intercourse staff.
Federal prosecutors additionally revealed for the primary time Friday that Combs rejected a plea provide made prematurely of his Could 5 trial date.
The 55-year-old Dangerous Boy Information founder faces racketeering and intercourse trafficking expenses, with prosecutors alleging he compelled lovers into drug-fueled, days-long intercourse marathons dubbed “Freak-Offs,” and ran his firm as a legal enterprise.
He faces as much as life in jail.
Federal prosecutors have mentioned in courtroom papers that witnesses taking the stand at an 8-to-10-week-trial will give “graphic testimony” about “years’ worth of beatings, drug-fueled coercive sex marathons, and multiple rapes.”
Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is predicted to testify in opposition to him, together with three different alleged victims who will use pseudonyms once they take the stand.
