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Sean Combs demands that Warner Bros turn over raw footage from the 'Fall of Diddy' documentary series

With jury selection in his sex-trafficking trial weeks away, Diddy wants outtakes involving people who accused him of assault in the docuseries.

Lawyers for Combs had subpoenaed Warner Bros in March asking for "all recordings, including raw and unedited footage" from interviews with two accusers who appeared in the series, which aired in January on the studio's subsidiary, Max. Journalists have long been protected from being compelled to reveal unpublished notes and confidential sources under an array of long-standing federal and state court decisions recognizing the public's interest in a free press. Also, "Courts have consistently held that broad subpoenas for journalistic outtakes based on the hope that the unpublished material might prove relevant in some way are insufficient to overcome the reporter's privilege," the lawyer wrote.

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