Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers claim ‘freak off’ videos show ‘fully consenting adults’

Music mogul, Sean Diddy Combs has claimed that several videos at the center of his federal racketeering and sx trafficking indictment show fully consenting adults engaged in the sxual encounters known as Freak Offs. Combs attorneys claim the videos confirm his innocence and must be turned over to his defense for independent analysis. In a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, Combs’ attorneys said “freak off” videos obtained by U.S. attorneys make “abundantly clear that they confirm Mr. Combs’s innocence” and asked the judge to order the government to create electronic copies of videos for Combs’ team’s use during the upcoming trial. Combs’ attorneys viewed the evidence under the supervision of law enforcement on Nov. 20 and Dec. 13, per the filing. They described the evidence as “nine videos depicting six unambiguously consensual sexual encounters” with “Victim-1,” who has been identified from previous filings as Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. The filing also claimed Cassie’s lawyers handed the videos to the government. Prosecutors had previously negotiated the strict conditions allegedly requested by Cassie “to protect her privacy” under which the videos could be viewed. However, Combs’ team says these terms cause a “real and substantial risk that Mr. Combs’s defense will be hampered by limited access to the videos.” They are requesting for the judge to amend the protective order so the U.S. Attorney’s Office can “electronically produce the videos” to Combs’ attorneys. In their Tuesday filing, Combs’ legal team blasted the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for their “paternalistic,” “sexist” and “puritanical” views perpetuating “stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency.”  “The videos do not depict sex parties. There are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors, and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence. Far from the government’s lurid descriptions, the videos show adults having consensual sx, plain and simple,” the filing said. In the 2024 grand jury indictment that charges Combs with racketeering, sx trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, federal prosecutors claim the rapper used force, threats of force, and coercion, to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that Combs referred to as, among other things, ‘Freak Offs.’ He “arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded” these “elaborate and produced sex performances,” U.S. attorneys alleged. Combs also “threatened victims’ careers and livelihoods, including if they resisted participating in Freak Offs” and “used the sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings that he made during Freak Offs as collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims,” prosecutors claimed. In previous filings, prosecutors claimed among the evidence in their possession are “dozens of video recordings created by (Combs) of Freak Offs with victims.” Following raids on his Los Angeles and Miami homes last March, investigators allegedly seized more than 90 cellphones, laptops, cloud storage accounts, and at least 30 storage devices. However, Combs’ attorneys claim the “freak off” videos reveal “there is no evidence of any violence, coercion, threats, or manipulation whatsoever. There is no evidence that anyone is incapacitated or under the influence of drugs or excessive alcohol consumption. There is certainly no evidence of sx trafficking.” For his trial, Combs would hire experts to enhance the poor audio and video quality and analyze their metadata, the filing stated. Combs is currently in jail after being denied bond multiple times and has a trial start date of May 5.The post Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers claim ‘freak off’ videos show ‘fully consentingadults appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.