Brad Milkey

This week, I'm talking to attorney and ABC News legal contributor Brian Buckmeyer, who's host of the new podcast from ABC Audio called Bad Rap, The Case Against Diddy, which traces Diddy's rise and how it all came crashing down.

Brian today is going to walk us through everything we need to know about this trial that is really racing towards us now, including Diddy's claims of innocence and potential defense strategies. And a quick note, this episode will deal with sexual assault and other difficult subject matter. Hey, Brian. Hey, Brad. So thanks for being here. Top level, Diddy is set to begin his federal trial in May.

Brian today is going to walk us through everything we need to know about this trial that is really racing towards us now, including Diddy's claims of innocence and potential defense strategies. And a quick note, this episode will deal with sexual assault and other difficult subject matter. Hey, Brian. Hey, Brad. So thanks for being here. Top level, Diddy is set to begin his federal trial in May.

It's less than two weeks from now. He faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Before we even get into the specifics of that trial, I just want to talk about how big of a deal this is. This is going to be the biggest criminal trial of the year. And Diddy is like an industry unto himself. So how did we get here, I guess?

It's less than two weeks from now. He faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Before we even get into the specifics of that trial, I just want to talk about how big of a deal this is. This is going to be the biggest criminal trial of the year. And Diddy is like an industry unto himself. So how did we get here, I guess?

And we actually have a clip here that I want to play from your podcast. This is Bad Rap, The Case Against Diddy. And we're talking here about that time sort of in the 90s during that rise that you're describing. So the voice you're going to hear here is first the journalist Toray along with Brian.

And we actually have a clip here that I want to play from your podcast. This is Bad Rap, The Case Against Diddy. And we're talking here about that time sort of in the 90s during that rise that you're describing. So the voice you're going to hear here is first the journalist Toray along with Brian.

And Brian, I remember when we're talking about Diddy's influence, that's the thing. Like you had this whole Sean John empire. I'm thinking nowadays we have like the Gwyneth Paltrow's and the Reese Witherspoon's, these people that sort of evolved their performance brand into like something much larger, like a whole industry. He was really at the forefront of all of that.

And Brian, I remember when we're talking about Diddy's influence, that's the thing. Like you had this whole Sean John empire. I'm thinking nowadays we have like the Gwyneth Paltrow's and the Reese Witherspoon's, these people that sort of evolved their performance brand into like something much larger, like a whole industry. He was really at the forefront of all of that.

And yet there are whispers of behavior that seem to start surfacing a while ago. So I guess walk us through that and how that all started becoming more public.

And yet there are whispers of behavior that seem to start surfacing a while ago. So I guess walk us through that and how that all started becoming more public.

I didn't even know that. Yeah, I just took it for granted. Yeah.

I didn't even know that. Yeah, I just took it for granted. Yeah.

Yeah, to take something authentically yours and then take it mainstream. So then you talk about these sort of maybe red flags-ish along the way. What changes? How does this become something much bigger?

Yeah, to take something authentically yours and then take it mainstream. So then you talk about these sort of maybe red flags-ish along the way. What changes? How does this become something much bigger?

But he denied it. And then they settled really quickly after that.

But he denied it. And then they settled really quickly after that.

Yeah, why did they settle so fast?

Yeah, why did they settle so fast?

Oh, and all the discovery that goes with that.