A lawyer in the Sean “Diddy” Francing de Combs de Combs case asked to withdraw from the legal battle on Friday.
The legal team of Anthony Ricco and Combs submitted a request to the lawyer to be withdrawn from the lawyer for the rapper less than three months before the trial.
“Although I have in Sean Combs the high level of legal representation expected by the court, in no case can I continue to serve effectively as a council in Sean Combs, in accordance with the ABA standards for criminal justice” , wrote Ricco in the request obtained by Fox News Digital.
The lawyer noted that there were “sufficient reasons” for the “brevity” of his withdrawal which are linked to “protections granted by the avocado / client privilege”.
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A Sean “Diddy” lawyer Combs asked to be withdrawn from the rapper’s federal sexual traffic case less than three months before the trial. (Munawar Hosain)
Ricco’s departure from the case has no impact on the Combs legal team, a familiar source said with the case at Fox News Digital. The team remains “intact and fully committed”.
“This request for the decline of the lawyer, if granted, will not lead to this annex for the start of the selection and the trial of the jury, or the current schedules for briefing legal issues before the trial”, added Ricco in the legal document. “Consequently, there will be no representation period, because Sean Combs will continue to be represented by five other lawyers in the file.”
The request must be approved by judge Arun Subramanian.
The Combs trial is expected to start on May 5.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs and his defense lawyer Marc Agonifilo appear before the court. (Reuters / Jane Rosenberg)
The accusation expects the case of the government to take three weeks to arise, while the Combs legal team estimated the need for a week to argue the rapper’s defense.
A replaced indictment has been filed against Combs, which, according to prosecutors, could extend the trial.
The prosecutors filed the indictment replaced on January 30, adding new details to the public file but not new costs. The new accusation act, obtained by Fox News Digital, said that the racket conspiracy had started in 2004 and ran until 2024. Two additional victims were also added, although they remain anonymous as “victim- 1 “,” victim-2 “and” victim- 3. “”
Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty in September, and a judge set his date of trial on May 5. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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The Home of Sean Combs was attacked by internal security officials in March 2024. (Getty Images)
Combs was originally billed With racketeering, sexual traffic by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution in an indictment not sealed on September 17. If he is found guilty, he risks a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum prison sentence in perpetuity.
The authorities allegedly combed Directed a criminal business through its companies, notably Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuses” to respond to his sexual desires, according to the non -sealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Combs and its employees “would intimidate, threaten and attract female victims to the rapper’s orbit, often under the pretension of a romantic relationship. Combs would then have used strength, threats of force and coercion, to bring the victims to Commit in extended sexual acts with male commercial sex workers that the combs were mentioned, among others, “Freak Offs”.
Combs lawyers have denied the allegations and maintained that the rapper is innocent.
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