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Prosecutor says Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial
A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.
Marc Agnifilo, representing Combs, said the defense might ask for a "very short" two-week adjournment over discovery issues, including the government's failure to ask a key witness to turn over 200,000 of her emails rather than just letting her highlight the ones she thinks are important. Prosecutors say Combs coerced and abused women for years as he used his "power and prestige" as a music star to enlist a network of associates and employees to help him while he silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. That, plus possible delays from the routine process for sharing evidence with both sides, called discovery, made prosecutors think he might be stalling for time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said.Combs has been locked up without bail since his September arrest.
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