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Sean 'Diddy' Combs asks court to exclude sexual assault allegations from criminal trial

In a motion filed Monday, attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs asked the court to exclude past allegations of sexual assault in the music mogul's trial.

In response, the U.S. government filed its own motion opposing Combs' request to exclude the assault allegations from trial, arguing that relevant testimony "powerfully establishes" the hip-hop mogul "made no mistake when he coerced other victims into unwanted sex." "The government should not be permitted to pollute the trial with decades of dirt and invite a conviction based on propensity evidence with no proper purpose by painting Mr. Combs as a bad guy who must have committed the charged crimes." Per Combs' indictment, prosecutors previously alleged his racketeering enterprise included "multiple acts of kidnapping," arson, bribery, witness tampering, forced labor, sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution and distribution of narcotics.

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