Diddy Argues Cassie Was a Willing Participant

Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, has been in custody since his arrest on kidnapping and human trafficking charges based on claims made by his ex girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a $30 million civil lawsuit [click here and here if you missed that]. 

Now Diddy's lawyer is arguing that Cassie was more than just a willing participant, she played a dominate role in their escapades...

From TMZ 

Diddy says the "freak-off" videos the government is trying to use against him actually prove his innocence ... he says the tapes show consensual six with Cassie and he even claims she appeared to enjoy herself.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy's defense team says they've seen the 9 so-called "freak-off" videos the feds are making a big stink about ... but his attorneys say the content on the tapes amounts to "private sixual activity between fully consenting adults in a long-term relationship."

Diddy's legal team says his ex-girlfriend Cassie "not only consented, but thoroughly enjoyed herself" and "is evidently happy, dominant and completely in control." The docs reference Victim-1, who we now know is Cassie.

Prosecutors described the videos as "elaborate and produced six performances" in the federal indictment against Diddy ... but his lawyers say the footage does NOT depict six parties, but rather "adults having consensual six, plain and simple."

Diddy's attorneys also say the tapes were NOT secretly recorded and they push back on some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the case ... claiming, "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."

And, get this ... Diddy claims Cassie kept the recordings on her devices for years and turned them over to the government herself ... and he's refuting the feds' position that he kept the videos as collateral. He insists the videos were not on his devices and were not seized from his home.

Diddy's attorneys say the tapes don't show any evidence of violence, coercion, threats, manipulation, drug use, excessive alcohol consumption ... and they add, "There is certainly no evidence of six trafficking."

Diddy's said all along he's innocent ... and his legal team says the proof is on the tapes.