Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ “freak-off” tapes likely to be shown in upcoming trial
Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs’ “freak-off” tapes are reportedly likely to be shown to the jury in his upcoming sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Combs’ trial begins on May 5th after being arrested in September.
The rapper’s attorneys submitted a questionnaire to gain information about potential jurors, containing 70 questions that include whether any of the possible jurors are willing to watch sexually explicit videos or clips that depict sexual assault. Another question regarded the jurors’ viewpoints on people who have more than one sexual partner.
According to the Daily Mail, the questionnaire hints that the tapes could be shown to the jury. In January, Combs was denied access to the “freak-off” videos being used in the trial, with the judge siding with the prosecutors’ argument that handing over the footage could create risks to the privacy and safety of his alleged victims.
Combs has claimed that many videos show “fully consenting adults.” His lawyers filed a letter to the court on January 14th, claiming his “innocence” in the encounters.
The letter read, “Any fair-minded viewer of the videos will quickly conclude that the prosecution of Mr Combs is both sexist and puritanical. The videos depict clearly consensual sex among willing adults in a decades-long relationship and fundamentally undermine the government’s case and Victim-1’s claims.”
His team said that complete, unabridged electronic copies were required to use their own experts to exploit the videos’ “full exculpatory value” ahead of the trial.
“Protective orders are common in criminal cases, and we have one in this case that prevents the defence from physically possessing certain evidence,” Combs’ defence attorney Marc Agnifilo said. “So, we applied to the Court to allow us to possess the video evidence so we can, for instance, enhance the audibility.”