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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hires Young Thug’s Lawyer Brian Steel Ahead of Sex Trafficking Trial

Sean “Diddy” Combs has hired Brian Steel, best known for representing Young Thug on gang charges, to defend him at his upcoming sex trafficking trial.

In a motion filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, Steel requested to be admitted as one of Combs’ lawyers ahead of the upcoming trial, which is currently set to go to jury selection on May 5. Steel will join Marc Agnifilo, a former federal prosecutor and longtime criminal defense attorney who has previously repped Martin Shkreli and Keith Raniere, and his law partner Teny Geragos. Steel made headlines with his recent work defending Young Thug (Jeffery Williams), who faced a slew of felony charges in Georgia over allegations that his “YSL” rap collective was actually a violent street gang that had wrought havoc on Atlanta.

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