In Run Up to
Sean Combs Trial Coercive
Control Is Ruled Out
Allocution on Offer Looms
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 25 – 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 April 7 Combs
moved to exclude evidence,
Redacted Memo on Patreon here
On April 8 Warner
Brothers filed a motion to
quash Combs' subpoena about
"The Fall of Diddy," memo of
law on Patreon here
On April 9 the US
Attorney's Office joined the
motion, on Patreon here
On April 14, on
less than a day's public
notice, Combs was arraigned on
the superseding indictment. Thread.
His lawyers floated the idea
of a two week adjournment.
Extra/analysis
on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
On April 16, a
still
redacted copy
of Combs'
sealed April
14 letter
was docketed,
about the
Victim-4
communications
the defense
wants, letter on Patreon here
On April
18, Combs' motion
to delay the
trial was
denied and
some anonymity
was upheld, thread
On
April 25 Judge
Subramanian held another
pre-trial conference,
ruling out
expert testimony
on coercive
control, thread.
The AUSA asked
for Combs to
be allocuted on
plea
offer(s) - it
will happen on
May 1.
More on
X for
Subscribers here
and Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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