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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial to start in May, judge decides

Hip-hop mogul, who remains in custody, attends preliminary hearing after previous judge recused himself

They asked a panel of the second US circuit court of appeals to reverse prior judge’s rulings on detention, arguing the proposed bail package “would plainly stop him from posing a danger to anyone or contacting any witnesses”. Combs’s lawyers also filed paperwork on Wednesday claiming that the Department of Homeland Security – among the agencies which investigated the fallen music mogul – leaked video of him beating his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hotel hallway about eight years ago. His legal team said that this video, which was broadcast by CNN in May, has “led to damaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr Combs of his right to a fair trial”.

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