Sean 'Diddy' Combs Claims Prosecutors Are 'Spying' on Him in Jail Cell: 'Outrageous'

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Photo:Steve Granitz/WireImage

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Sean “Diddy” Combs' lawyers filed a new motion accusing prosecutors of spying on the music mogul in jail.

Combs is currently in federal custody in Brooklyn following his September indictment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty but has been denied bail three separate times.

Defense attorneys previously accused the federal government of misconduct after Combs' cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center was searched, which prosecutors said was part of a pre-planned sweep and did not target specific inmates.

Combs' legal team claims that during the search, a federal investigator photographed Combs' handwritten notes — which the defense says was privileged — and sent it to prosecutors.

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Defense attorneys further allege that the government “knowingly, intentionally and secretly” took Combs' notes and used them against the Bad Boy Records founder, calling it “outrageous government conduct.”

“Mr. Combs cannot possibly receive a fair trial if he is not permitted to confer privately and confidentially with his counsel and others working at their direction, and to take and keep notes of his trial preparation," defense attorneys said.

Previously, ahearing was heldduring which Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that he would not consider any evidence obtained in the jail sweep at a November bail hearing.

Despite the legal victory for Combs, Subramanian still decided to deny Combs bail, writing that the mogul poses a “serious risk of witness tampering,”

Combs trial is currently scheduled for May 2025. He will likely remain behind bars until then.

source: people.com