Diddy Desperate to Gag Attorneys

The criminal trial for Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, kicks off next Monday [click here if you missed that], and Diddy is desperate to gag attorneys representing his alleged victims...

From The Daily Mail

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' legal team is asking the judge to muzzle other attorneys from commenting on the disgraced Bad Boy mogul's case.

In a letter filed Tuesday, Combs' attorneys said despite their prior request for a gag order, several attorneys who represent alleged victims and witnesses continue to muddy the jury pool with 'negative publicity' towards their client.

Combs' team specifically named Douglas Wigdor, who represents Comb's ex Cassie Ventura, for speaking to the media.

'Absent a Court order, we expect the publicity to not only continue, but escalate as trial commences,' they wrote in the letter to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian.

'Indeed in recent weeks, lawyers for government witnesses have commented on pretrial litigation and continued to broadcast prejudicial statements.'

They pointed to Wigdor's comments concerning Combs' request to keep the surveillance video of the rapper pulling and dragging Ventura by the hair inside a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016 as she tried to escape.

Despite the defense attorneys' attempt to keep the video out from being played for jurors, the judge ruled it will remain as evidence.

The decision is a big blow for Diddy as his attorneys claim the video initially aired by CNN was 'edited' and 'manipulated'.

Wigdor told DailyMail.com he plans to file a response to the gag order request.

'We will vigorously oppose the motion seeking an extraordinary sweeping gag order as it is an obvious attempt at controlling and silencing victims and their counsel in contravention of well-established legal and ethical precedent,' Wigdor said. 'Given this, it should come as no surprise that Combs fails to cite even one case to support his request.'