Feds confiscate Diddy's 'to do list' requesting family member to 'find dirt' on victim during cell raid
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: According to notes seized from Sean 'Diddy' Combs' jail cell, including his 'Things to Do,' one of the requests was for a family member to "find dirt" about the rapper's alleged victims.
A total of 11 pages and "eight pages of a calendar book" containing notes written by Diddy, 55, inside his Brooklyn cell at the Metropolitan Detention Centre were confiscated as part of "a planned sweep to address contraband and drugs," NBC News covering court proceedings reported on Tuesday, November 19.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs reportedly asked a family member to find 'dirt' on victims in his jail cell notes
Following an argument by Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys that the seizure violated attorney-client privilege, a federal judge on Tuesday, November 19, ordered prosecutors to dispose copies of 19 pages of notes taken from the rapper's jail cell.
According to NBC News, the prosecution's Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavik was quoted as saying, "A witness was paid off and finding dirt on two different victims is not a privilege," after Diddy was accused of writing about "paying off witnesses and finding dirt on victims."
US District Judge Arun Subramanian ordered the prosecutors to "get rid of copies" of the notes. However, the court "will keep the papers" as Diddy's legal team and prosecutors "submit briefs about the raid" over the next few weeks.
Prosecutors accused the disgraced rapper of trying to sway witnesses from behind bars during the court hearing. Diddy was arrested on September 16 and remains in jail on charges of trafficking, racketeering, and prostitution-related transportation.
Slavik apprised the judge that the search was the outcome of Bureau of Prisons investigations and that "no member of the prosecution team was aware of or responsible for the search."
According to the outlet, a Bureau of Prisons representative also addressed the hearing on Tuesday, November 19, stating that the search was "part of an ongoing covert investigation and that the materials were received in a completely appropriate manner."
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys claim 'prosecutorial errors' during recent raid may force dismissal of trafficking case
Meanwhile, Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys have refuted the prosecutors' allegations and claimed that "prosecutorial errors" during the recent raid on the rap mogul's jail cell might force the dismissal of his trafficking case.
During an emergency court hearing in New York on Tuesday, November 19, lawyer Marc Agnifilo accused prosecutors of a "complete institutional failure" that they claim could have put the case in jeopardy, according to Daily Mail.
The defense team argued that it was a violation of the rapper's constitutional rights when federal investigators discovered 19 pages of the rapper's notes during a search of his cell and gave them to prosecutors.
The court also heard that feds confiscated Diddy's 'Things to Do' list which included instructing a family member to "find dirt" on two suspected victims and pages where he wrote "inspirational" quotes for himself.
According to Agnifilo, the documents included Diddy's handwritten notes to his legal team about his planned trial defense tactics. He referred to the planned sweep as a "pretext" for a prison investigator to target Diddy.
Agnifilo said that withdrawal of the prosecution team or "dismissal of the indictment" are two possible remedies. "We don't know enough to say which is the reasonable remedy," he informed the court.
"The bottom line is that no multi-agency law enforcement initiative justified rifling through Mr Combs' personal handwritten notes of conversations with his lawyers, and the prosecutors’ arguments to the contrary lack all credibility," Agnifilo wrote in a response to Tuesday's hearing.
