Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs absurdly compared himself to future President Donald Trump in a desperate bid to get out of jail before Thanksgiving.
Lawyers for the disgraced rapper subpoenaed Trump in a court filing on Monday, pointing out similarities between their respective legal situations.
The lawyers cited an appeal decision in Trump’s election interference case regarding the First Amendment.
“Only a significant and imminent threat to the administration of criminal justice will support the restriction of Mr. Trump’s speech,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in December, as recited in Combs’ filing.
The attorneys asserted that Combs has “a greater constitutional right than other participants in the trial … to speak out against the prosecution and the criminal process that seeks to take away his liberty.”
“Accordingly, the Court should apply the high Trump standard when considering Mr. Combs’ speech here,” the document states.
This legal brief was in response to prosecutors who accused the alleged sex trafficker of attempting to influence potential jurors through a “public relations campaign” on his children’s social media pages.
The allegation arose from seven of his children posting a video commemorating his birthday on November 4.
Disgraced rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs absurdly compared himself to the future president in a court filing Monday.
Combs’ lawyers responded to prosecutors’ accusations that Diddy ran a “public relations campaign” through his children by citing a document from Donald Trump’s election interference case.
In December, Trump’s lawyers argued that “only a significant and imminent threat to the administration of criminal justice will support restricting Mr. Trump’s speech.”
His son Justin Dior Combs, 30, and six of Diddy’s other children, including his youngest daughter Love, two, sat around a birthday cake as Love sang ‘Happy Birthday.’
In the clip, Diddy could be heard speaking in the background, the first time his voice had been heard since his arrest.
Diddy said: ‘I love you all so much. I can’t wait to see you all. I just want to say that I am proud of all of you, especially the girls. I mean all of you, but only for being strong.
‘Thank you all for being strong and thank you all for being by my side, supporting me. I love you all.
‘I have the best family in the world. My birthday. I’m happy. Thank you all for giving me this call. I love you all.’
Combs allegedly used an app banned by the Bureau of Prisons called ContactMeASAP.com to arrange for these videos to be posted online. Insider business information reported.
Diddy allegedly bribed a witness after calling and texting her a staggering 128 times over four days from his cell to persuade her to support him.
Diddy allegedly paid off a witness after calling and texting her a staggering 128 times over four days from his cellphone to persuade her to support him.
Prosecutors say he tried to influence potential jurors at his trial by having seven of his children post a video commemorating his Nov. 4 birthday.
Prosecutors also claimed he used other inmates’ phone accounts to make calls to people he couldn’t talk to and to “avoid tracking by authorities.”
Diddy was federally charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation into prostitution on September 17.
The rapper has been accused of staging ‘Freak Offs’, described as ‘elaborate and produced sexual performances’ arranged and directed by Combs while he masturbated and often recorded them.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he coerced and abused women for years, with the help of associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnappings, arson and physical beatings.
Dozens of people, some of whom were minors at the time, have sued Diddy in civil courts for a series of crimes, which he also denies.
Combs is currently on his third attempt at bail and recently claimed that his “reputation has been destroyed.”
In court Friday, his lawyers argued that he should be eligible for bail and remain in his New York City apartment under house arrest.
Combs is incarcerated at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center after being repeatedly denied bail
The fallen hip hop mogul said prosecutors’ “aggressive and deceptive allegations and media tactics” had already destroyed his public image and only an acquittal could reverse that.
Diddy claimed that allegations that he ran a criminal enterprise for a decade were “fictitious” and that prosecutors were putting a “theatrical spin” on the truth.
He remains incarcerated at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center after being repeatedly denied bail.
Diddy is scheduled to go on trial in May 2025.