Diddy Defense Doubles Down on ‘Racially Motivated’ Prosecution Claim in Bail Fight

Lawyers for the embattled hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs defended their client’s right to describe the federal sex trafficking case against him as “racist” in court filings Monday as they ask a court to grant him bail so he can go home from jail while awaiting trial.

“He has a right to a fair trial and a constitutional right to speak out on his own behalf,” Combs’ defense wrote in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian. “The government’s arguments that asking his children to post birthday wishes on Instagram and that he is not entitled to publicly express his opinion that this prosecution is racially motivated are, quite simply, an unconstitutional effort to silence him.”

The case against Combs has been overseen by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams {snip}

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The race card came up earlier in his federal criminal case when his lawyers accused federal investigators of leaking sealed details of the investigation to reporters. Prosecutors countered that Combs’ lawyer, Mark Agnifilo, told TMZ in a televised interview that it was his opinion that Williams’ office was working on “the takedown of a successful Black man.”

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