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A federal grand jury has been commonly convening within the persevering with legal investigation into music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, three sources advised NCS.
Jurors on Thursday have been anticipated to listen to from a witness who claims he is in possession of movies that allegedly comprise footage of celebrities potentially being victimized by Combs, one of the sources mentioned.
Attorney Ariel Mitchell advised NCS that one of her shoppers was summoned to testify in entrance of the grand jury on Thursday. This shopper, a person, has not filed any fits towards Combs and isn’t claiming to be a sufferer of his alleged misconduct, in line with Mitchell. He is a witness, she says, with info and proof about accusations of sexual abuse and different misconduct by Combs, some of which allegedly contain celebrities.
“We are here to comply with the court’s order,” Mitchell advised NCS over the cellphone, disclosing her shopper’s id. (NCS is just not publishing his identify, right now.)
Mitchell has additionally represented two feminine accusers of Combs. In one of these circumstances, she requested the courtroom to withdraw, citing “undermining behavior and questionable antics” by her shopper.
When contacted by NCS, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to remark.
Representatives for Combs didn’t reply to NCS’s request for remark relating to grand jury testimony. He has pleaded not responsible to federal fees of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution and denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
“In court, the truth will prevail: that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone—man or woman, adult or minor,” attorneys for Combs beforehand advised NCS in a press release.
In an earlier submitting, attorneys for Combs accused legal professionals for some of his accusers as having made “shockingly prejudicial and false allegations of sexual assault and abuse of minors”
Since Combs’ arrest final month, prosecutors have mentioned a number of occasions that the federal government’s investigation into Combs is ongoing and lively. On the day the three-charge indictment towards Combs was unsealed in September, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, inspired victims to “come forward and to do it quickly.”
At a hearing earlier this month, prosecutor Emily Johnson mentioned that further fees or defendants might be added to the case.
A supply aware of the federal investigation previously told NCS that new accusers and witnesses have met with federal brokers since Combs was arrested.
“The grand jury is always meeting. This is an ongoing investigation,” a supply aware of the present state of the investigation advised NCS on Thursday.
A separate supply, additionally aware of elements of the investigation mentioned, “The grand jury has never stopped.”
News of this week’s grand jury testimony comes as the federal government indicated in a brand new public submitting Wednesday that it has generated discovery materials that features video, audio and textual content messages from greater than 60 of Combs’ personal units and iCloud accounts. In their 49-page submitting, the federal government alleges that the forthcoming materials will embrace further communications with witnesses and victims, information associated to “Freak Offs” and financial institution information displaying funds to victims.
Combs’ legal trial is tentatively set to start in May 2025. Since final November, Combs has additionally been accused in additional than two dozen civil circumstances of sexual assault or different misconduct, which he has denied.
NCS’s Kara Scannell contributed to this story.