Diddy Suffers Setback As He Loses Bid To Block Cassie Assault Video

A decide dominated that the assault video by which he is seen beating up his ex-girlfriend, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, could be performed in courtroom for the jury to see.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized troubles have been compounded when two new expenses have been leveled towards him forward of his Could trial.

Diddy’s request for Choose Arun Subramanian to exclude the video proof the place he was seen violently hitting, stomping, and slapping his ex-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura has confirmed abortive.

The “Finna Get Unfastened” rapper raised eyebrows again in Could 2024 when CNN launched a video by which he may be seen chasing Cassie down a Los Angeles resort hallway after which bodily assaulting her.

On the time, Diddy released an apology post on Instagram saying that he took “full duty.” In latest months, his legal professionals have claimed that the tape was “edited” and “manipulated,” arguing that it should not be introduced up in courtroom.

They talked about in courtroom filings that the CNN footage is “wholly inaccurate, having been altered, manipulated, sped-up, and edited to be out of sequence.”

Nonetheless, in accordance with the Daily Mail, Choose Subramanian has now dominated that the jury will get to see the damning video, explaining that it was admissible in courtroom as a result of prosecutors deliberate to supply two witnesses who will say it precisely depicts what transpired.

Diddy’s legal professionals did their greatest to maintain the safety footage out of courtroom, arguing that it couldn’t be authenticated as a result of CNN solely has a replica of the footage and never the unique one, which the protection staff claims the information outlet deleted.

They went additional to rent forensic video analyst, Connor McCourt, who stated in an affidavit that after performing an evaluation of the CNN footage, it had been “considerably sped up” and likewise had a “important quantity of distortion” within the clip.

Nonetheless, prosecutors argued that they’d been in a position to decelerate the footage in order that it was the identical pace as the unique, additionally promising to work carefully with the protection to type out every other points.

Because the trial attracts nearer, the Dangerous Boy Data founder’s protection technique has additionally been revealed.

In line with the Day by day Mail, Diddy plans to argue he was a “swinger” and did nothing flawed throughout his intercourse events, which prosecutors have branded as “drug-fuelled” “freak-offs.”

His lawyer, Marc Agnifilio, defined that Diddy believes he was a part of a “life-style,” and that he felt his conduct was “applicable.”

Agnifilio famous that the “defendant’s intent (is) that there is a life-style, name it swingers, name it no matter you’ll, that he was in what he may need thought was applicable.”

The decide dominated that Diddy will be capable of draw parallels together with his personal actions and different folks, however can not point out particular examples.

Diddy seemingly scored a couple of minor victories through different rulings as Choose Subramanian denied a request from the prosecution to usher in a 911 name, which was set for use towards him.

The decide additionally restricted the testimony of Dr. Daybreak Hughes, a scientific psychologist who gave proof for Amber Heard in her defamation trial towards Johnny Depp.

In line with the information outlet, Hughes is restricted from speaking about coercive management or the “intent of the abuser.”

Nonetheless, Hughes will probably be allowed to speak about how victims delay disclosure and have reminiscence points.