Federal prosecutors are pushing again on Diddy’s allegations that they leaked a video exhibiting him assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, stating in a brand new court docket movement that they didn’t launch the footage to CNN and solely obtained it after the information channel made it public.
In accordance with court docket paperwork, prosecutors argue that Diddy’s declare is “false,” noting they didn’t have the video when CNN launched it on Could 17.
The video reportedly vanished from the lodge’s server early within the federal investigation and resurfaced solely when CNN aired it. Prosecutors say they finally downloaded it from CNN’s web site however nonetheless don’t possess the unique copy.
In a earlier submitting, Diddy’s authorized crew pointed fingers at Division of Homeland Safety brokers, suggesting they may have leaked the video, as DHS sources have been quoted in varied tales about his case. Nevertheless, federal prosecutors argue that quite a few folks might have had entry to the footage, together with lodge employees, the contracted safety crew, and members of Diddy’s personal employees, making an inner leak extra seemingly.
Prosecutors additionally contend there’s no want for an evidentiary listening to relating to the alleged leak, insisting they aren’t accountable for its launch.
In the meantime, Diddy stays in federal detention in Brooklyn, going through critical prices, together with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, together with a number of civil fits.
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