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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Appears in Court, Judge Says He Doesn't Want 'Last-Minute Surprise' Before Trial

The music mogul, accused of sex crimes, will be back in court on March 17.

Combs, donning a khaki prison jumpsuit, appeared in federal court in Manhattan in front of Judge Arun Subramanian for a status conference in the government's case accusing him of sex trafficking. With a trial set to begin to May of next year, Subramanian requested that Combs and his defense team to have updates in the motion schedule in place by Jan. 3, "to avoid any kind of surprise at the last minute." Two days before Combs' latest court appearance, Subramanian denied an evidentiary hearing into defense claims the the prosecution had leaked evidence to the press, including surveillance footage of an alleged assault of singer Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

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