| In Sean Combs Case
Lawyer Ricco Says He Cannot
Continue Consistent with ABA
Rules
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 21 – At 4:30 pm on
September 16 Inner City Press
was told by its SDNY source to
expect "the big one" - Sean
Combs - the next day in the
courtroom here.
At US Attorney
Damian Williams' press
conference Inner City Press
asked if his office would be
seeking detention - Yes, he
said. Detention memo on
Patreon here.
[Inner City Press
published book / audio book
Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on
Amazon here]
On December 16,
in the run-up to the December
18 conference, letter on
Patreon here.
On January 14
Combs' lawyers filed a motion
saying the prosecution is
"sexist and puritanical" and
that it is consensual - 7 page
letter on Patreon here
On January 29
Judge Subramanian denied
Combs' motion. Order on
Patreon here.
On February 18
Combs through counsel moved to
dismiss Count 3, calling it
racist and contrasting to the
non-prosecution of the
Falwells. Notice of Motion to
Dismiss on Patreon here
Early on February
21 lawyer Tony Ricco filed to
withdraw, writing cryptically
"under no circumstances can I
continue to effectively serve
as counsel for Sean Combs,
consistent with the ABA
Standards for Criminal
Justice" - full Declaration on
Patreon here.
Extra/analysis
on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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