‘He is innocent’: Diddy’s lawyer makes final appeal to jury ...Middle East

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer implored a jury on Friday to acquit the hip-hop mogul, arguing overzealous federal prosecutors twisted his drug use and swinger lifestyle into a sex trafficking case that could put him behind bars for life.

“He is none of these things. He is innocent,” defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo said, glancing at Combs during a four-hour closing argument. “He sits there innocent. Return him to his family who have been waiting for him.”

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating on Monday.

Agnifilo repeatedly mocked the government’s case, saying prosecutors “badly exaggerated” the evidence.

He belittled federal agents who seized hundreds of bottles of baby oil and lubricant in raids last year at Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and the Miami area.

“Way to go, fellas,” the lawyer said.

Agnifilo accused the government of targeting Combs, questioning why no one else was charged in what the prosecution alleges was a racketeering conspiracy involving Combs’ personal assistants, bodyguards and other employees.

In a rebuttal, Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey said Agnifilo had spent “a whole lot of energy” trying to distract from Combs’ “inexcusable behavior.”

“Make no mistake,” Comey told jurors, “this trial was about how in Sean Combs’ world, ‘no’ was never an option.”

Agnifilo called Combs’ prosecution a “fake trial” and ridiculed the notion that the singer engaged in racketeering.

“Are you kidding me?” Agnifilo asked. “Did any witness get on that witness stand and say, ‘Yes, I was part of a racketeering enterprise … no, those accusations were a figment of the prosecution’s imagination,” he argued.

Combs’ ex-girlfriends, a singer known as Cassie and a woman testifying under the pseudonym “Jane” told jurors that Combs coerced them into participating in “freak-offs” or “hotel nights”, which were drug-fuelled sex marathons with male sex workers while Combs watched, directed, masturbated and sometimes filmed them.

Agnifilo argued prosecutors had invaded Combs’ most intimate personal affairs, warning jurors: “Where’s the crime scene? It’s your sex life.”

He also mocked the prosecution’s assertion that Combs and his underlings engaged in hundreds of racketeering acts, as well as the government’s suggestion that many of the sex marathons at the heart of the case were crimes.

Agnifilo argued there’s another factor at play in the allegations that women have lobbed against him: the prospect of draining him of his wealth through lawsuits.

“This isn’t about crime. It’s about money. This is about money,” Agnifilo said.

Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, sued Combs in November 2023 over abuse allegations. He settled with her the next day for $20 million, but the allegations prompted federal law enforcement to open the criminal investigation that led to his arrest. Dozens of other lawsuits followed.

“If you had to pick a winner in this whole thing, it’s hard not to pick Cassie,” Agnifilo said.

With AP

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