Diddy makes shock attempt to silence grand jury witness who made bombshell claims about rapper’s ‘freak-off’ parties
Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs have launched a shocking attempt to silence a grand jury witness who made bombastic claims about the rapper’s so-called “freak-off” parties.
Attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos filed a letter with the federal judge overseeing the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering case, asking him to expedite their motion for a witness gag order, citing a “flood of inappropriate publicity before the trial’. ABC News reports.
It says the statements of certain individuals “undermine Mr. Combs’ right to a fair trial and the integrity of grand jury proceedings.”
The lawyers specifically targeted Combs’ former boyfriend, Courtney Burgess, who claimed in multiple interviews that he had seen videos of major celebrities being “victimized” at Diddy’s infamous “freak-off” parties.
βThese stories have spread quickly through the media and have created the impression that such videos exist, which is false, and that the government is actually crediting his sensational claims, which is highly prejudicial,β the lawyers argue.
Attorneys representing Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote a letter Sunday to the federal judge overseeing his case, asking him to expedite their motion for a witness gag order.
They argue that by failing to treat Burgess’ claims as an “extortion scam,” the government is fueling online conspiracy theories that will make it impossible for Diddy to receive a fair trial.
The lawyers also note that the government has been investigating Diddy for almost a year and should know that the alleged freak-offs never involved men, minors or parties. according to TMZ.
Yet Burgess has stated that he has seen videos of at least two male stars who were “underage” at the time and being “victimized” at the parties.
He said the videos are on a flash drive kept by Diddy’s ex, Kim Porter.
The lawyers specifically targeted Courtney Burgess, who claimed in multiple interviews that he had seen videos of major celebrities being “victimized” at Diddy’s infamous “freak-off” parties
Burgess told me later NewsNation’s Banfield on Thursday evening that ‘all’ the stars in the videos appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
He did not name any of the celebrities allegedly featured in the videos.
Burgess claims the videos were captured by cameras in Diddy’s homes, which wasn’t always obvious to the people in the room.
He claims he got the flash drive containing the videos from a friend who got them from Porter.
It remains unclear whether Burgess has the tapes or turned them over to authorities.
Burgess says he was friends with the rapper for 35 years, once loved him like a brother, but now sees him as the devil
Burgess says he was friends with the rapper for 35 years and once loved him like a brother.
Now he sees him as the devil.
‘I think he was ambitious at the time. Then from ambitious [he] started doing everything. And then [he] of doing something to not care about anyone β that he could beat,β Burgess told Banfield.
βAnd then he finally turned into Lucifer. And today I look at him β I know you all call him Diddy or Puffy β I call him Lucifer.β
The rapper is now in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He denies all allegations and insists he was wrongly targeted.
His legal troubles exploded last year when a video surfaced of him kicking his ex-girlfriend, the singer Cassie, in a Los Angeles hotel.
Since then, dozens of men and women have come forward with damning accusations.
He was arrested by federal prosecutors earlier this year and has been held in a Brooklyn jail ever since.