By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-14 22:06:57 | Updated at 2025-01-15 04:47:26
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Diddy is demanding authorities hand over videos of his so-called 'freak offs', alleging they will prove he is completely innocent.
In a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian on Tuesday, his lawyers asked the judge to have prosecutors produce the nine videos he is said to have partaken in for them.
Prosecutors have described them as 'elaborate and produced sex performances' arranged and directed by Combs while he masturbated and often recorded them.
His lawyers say they absolve him of any wrongdoing and show 'private sexual activity' between himself and then partner Cassie Ventura.
Prosecutors refused to hand over the videos after Combs was charged and his lawyers only got to see their contents in November and December.
The videos have been kept under wraps due to the attorney of Ventura requesting they not be produced to protect her privacy, to which the government agreed.
Due to such constraints, Diddy's lawyer are only able to view them under the supervision of law enforcement and are now asking for better access.
It goes on to add Ventura, named in the indictment and court documents as Victim 1, 'not only consented, but thoroughly enjoyed herself'.
His lawyers say that the videos absolve him of any wrongdoing and show 'private sexual activity' between himself and then partner Cassie Ventura, the pair are seen here in 2018
His lawyers say that the videos absolve him of any wrongdoing and show 'private sexual activity between fully consenting adults in a long-term relationship'
Their filing says: 'These videos unambiguously show that the person alleged in the indictment not only consented by thoroughly enjoyed herself.
'The recordings also directly refute the allegations that Mr. Combs kept these videos as "collateral".
'These recordings were not on Mr. Combs' devices and were not seized from his homes.
'Rather, Victim-1 kept these videos on her own device for years and produced them to the government herself.'
It says: 'There are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence.'
His lawyers say the videos are unquestionably material at the core of the case against Diddy and is material necessary in preparing their own defense.
They say Diddy will need to extract portions of the videos to create trial exhibits, stills and transcripts.
It adds there is no good cause to prevent the production of the videos as the case does not involve classified information or child pornography.
In what seems to be the first insight into the content of the videos, they add that the clips are largely inaudible.
Another alleged victim claimed Sean Combs raped ad drugged her when she was a teen nearly 25 years ago when she came across the rapper at a Manhattan residential building where Diddy's girlfriend lived
'On certain videos, the lighting is also very bad, and the images are quite dark and grainy', it continues.
His lawyers add: 'Any fair-minded viewer of the videos will quickly conclude that the prosecution of Mr. Combs is both sexist and puritanical.
'It is sexist because the government's theory perpetuates stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency.
'The prosecution reflects a paternalistic view that the government is here to protect women, who cannot be trusted to make their own decision about sex, and are not capable of consenting to sex that the prosecutors view as outside the "norm".'
Combs, 55, remains locked up at Brooklyn's infamous Metropolitan Detention Center in New York after he was arrested in September of last year.
Prosecutors have said that he openly engaged in the 'freak offs' which are said to have involved baby oil and the use of drugs.
Diddy's associates would allegedly ply victims with drugs to keep them compliant and would make threats against anyone refusing to engage.
Diddy is currently locked up at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of his trial on May 5
He has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
Earlier this week a woman came forward claiming she was drugged and raped by Combs after being lured into his car when she was a teenage babysitter.
The lawsuit is among more than 20 civil suits filed against Combs in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Combs was denied bail three times by two separate judges, and will remain in jail until his criminal trial, which is set for May 5. He is facing life in prison if he is found guilty of the racketeering charge.
