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Diddy Judge Rejects Claim That Prosecutors Leaked Surveillance Tape of Cassie Assault

Sean “Diddy” Combs can’t prove prosecutors leaked the infamous 2016 surveillance video of him assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie, a judge says.

Though he denied the request from Combs’ legal team, the judge also reiterated previous warnings to prosecutors to closely safeguard grand jury materials and avoid sharing other improper information with the press. “The court is sensitive to Combs’s concern about the publication of stories claiming to disclose inside information about this case from unnamed ‘federal law enforcement sources who are involved in the investigation,’” the judge wrote. The filing called the Cassie video – a clip that made headlines when CNN first aired in May — the “most egregious example” of such leaks, arguing it had been done in order to “mortally wound the reputation and the prospect of Sean Combs successfully defending himself.”

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