Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers say video evidence from the prosecution shows he is innocent. They have been allowed to watch sex videos said to be from the so-called ‘freak-off’ parties ahead of the trial scheduled for May.Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty hears from Criminal Defence Attorney Shaun Kent about the latest on the build-up to the trial.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need.We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any burning questions about the cases or the upcoming trial? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1.Presenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Richard Hannaford Editor: Clare FordhamCommissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial Miller
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BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Diddy on Trial with me, Anushka Matanda-Doughty. Find us every week on BBC Sounds and make sure you subscribe and turn on your push notifications so you never miss a thing. Sean Diddy Combs has been held in the Metropolitan Detention Centre in New York since September.
He's facing charges of transportation for prostitution, sex trafficking and racketeering with conspiracy. He denies all of them. Meanwhile, in the background, his lawyers have been building his defense. Remember, this is the big federal trial expected in May. This is about his freedom, not about his money. We're in the home straight now and we're starting to see how the defense will take shape.
So Diddy's defense team have issued a letter to the judge stating that, quote, contrary to innumerable sensationalistic media reports, the sex tapes that are currently part of the case do not depict sex parties. Quote, there are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors. Joining me today is our resident criminal defense attorney, Sean Kent.
Hi, Sean. Hey, how are you guys doing? Good. I just want to ask for your followers, everybody who loves you. You still banned on TikTok? Are you back?
I would guess we're 80% back, so we're back on TikTok. We're up, but who knows how long it's going to last. It sounds like we've got at least a 90-day reprieve from the executioner, so we'll see how much longer that lasts. But we're back for now.
The defense, it's shaping up to be exactly what you told us it was going to be, a defense of consent. So it's all about consent. Can you just explain to us a little bit what's gone on with these from what the defense have said?
So what the defense has done is they're taking an interesting tack, and I think the legal analysis is becoming fascinating. And they're saying, if you look at these videos, this shows a consensual relationship. The great thing for them, for their defense about that, is that's in the past. All the folks on social media and so forth are saying, well, these people are drugged.
They're saying they're drugged. Don't forget, it's easy to prove the court a public opinion, but when you get into an actual court, the federal government has approved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. And someone just getting on the stand and saying, I was drugged? The defense can ask a very simple question. Where's the drug test? Where's the proof? You just saying it now.
Like, there's a lot that's going to happen. And I understand where the defense is going. There's like, this is consent. And if it is consensual, butt naked baby old freak off parties aren't illegal. What's illegal is the sex trafficking aspect of this case. And they're saying there is no sex trafficking. Always was going to be the defense. Always.
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