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What are the allegations against Diddy?
The following episode explores a number of allegations regarding the artist Diddy. He denies all charges and has pled not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise. Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez. And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the trial of Diddy.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor.
And welcome to episode 18 of The Trial of Diddy. Marjorie, last week when we spoke to you, the fires had just really started going. Can you give us a quick LA Fires update? How are things out there? How are you? How's your family?
My family's fine, thankfully. We did not have to evacuate. But so many thousands of other Angelenos have had to do so and also have lost their homes. And there's been lives that have been lost. So it's really hard out here for our city. But the one silver lining that has happened is seeing the people of Los Angeles really coming together and supporting each other and volunteering. taking care of our first responders and our firefighters out there. So that does give me some hope, but we're going to rebuild hopefully. And we're doing okay as we can.
I'm glad that you and your family are okay. The photos coming out and the videos are just pure devastation. And I always feel like Los Angeles is the sister city to New York. So we on the East Coast and around the country, around the world are really feeling for you guys. But we're glad that you're OK. And there's also a lot happening in Diddy world. So let's just get into it, starting with this new story of Diddy allegedly demanding that authorities hand over videos of his freak offs, claiming that they'll prove he's completely innocent. In a letter to Judge Aaron Subramanian on Tuesday, reported in a story by Daily Mail's Joe Hutchinson this week, Diddy's lawyers asked to have prosecutors produce all nine videos he said to have appeared in for them to review. Prosecutors have previously described them as, quote, elaborate and produced sex performances arranged and directed by Combs, which to me is completely shocking.
I did not see this coming at all.
What is the significance of Diddy's tapes?
All right. That's right, Kayla. And what's more, Diddy's lawyers are saying that these tapes will absolve him of all and any wrongdoing and show that the world that this was. you know, quote, a private sexual activity between himself and his then partner, Cassie Ventura. Prosecutors initially refused to hand over the videos after Combs was charged and his lawyers only got to see their contents at the end of last year. Now, the contents of the videos has been kept secret because of Ventura's attorneys requesting that they not be released to protect her own privacy and But, which was a request that the government did agree to. Now this has meant that these attorneys are only able to view them under law enforcement supervision. And now they're asking for fuller access.
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