Judge: How about agreeing that I should not consider these 2 excerpts in your opposition to the bail motion?
AUSA Slavik: I think thats' right, for the bail argument scheduled for Friday.
Judge: What about putting them in a vault? There are inspirational messages
AUSA Slavik: These are related to our ongoing investigation. There is no reason to put the notes in a vault. As a matter of procedure, the defendant would have to make a motion... These notes are not attorney client privileged
AUSA Slavik: Then there's work product, which broader. It's meant to protect the attorney's mental process. But these are not that - it's about an administrative question. Following up with a paralegal is not protected-
Judge: What if an individual had counsel paid by another?
AUSA Slavik: The payment? Not privileged. And if it's about paying off a witness, that is what we are investigating. These notes refer to Individual-2, a non lawyer third party. It's on his To Do list
Judge: A defense lawyer can investigate potential witnesses, it would be malpractice not to. If these are about the defense team's preparation for witnesses, isn't it a closer call if it falls into work product?
AUSA Slavik: The person tasked is a non-lawyer
AUSA Slavik: On October 18 the defendant told a family member to work with a non-lawyer to find everything about Victim-2. And this non-lawyer Individual 2 is not identified as part of the defense team.
Judge: What about turning over the surveillance video?
AUSA Slavik: We are opposed. There is no authority for that.
Judge: I notice that. Mr. Agnifilo, they want to work with you to try to resolve this
Agnifilo seems to laugh
Judge: You may not agree. But why not discuss?
Agnifilo: We don't want to give them insight
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: All the legal pads say Legal. What the government is saying was searched is just not accurate-
Judge: Wait, you are saying the photos taken were from pads marked "Legal"? Can you show me?
Agnifilo walks up and hands Judge Subramanian a pad
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: When we visit him in jail, we have lists. Everything in these pads are things we discuss. Trial strategy, who we should speak to, to undermine a witness' credibility. We discuss everything with Mr. Combs. This is a sweeping racketing case
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: We are studying this man's life. For our bail application. His charity work. This is not a single day, a single event case. We spend time on every nook and cranny of his man's life.
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: Mr. Combs comes out and read us his to-do list. That is privileged. The 19 pages include things we have said to him. The name of a potential witness, a retired doctor. Now they have that. This is in the heartland of attorney client
Judge: I'm looking at the case you cited. Ms. Slavik, are you familiar with it?
AUSA: I'm not, your Honor.
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: Ms. Geragos has something to say
Teny Geragos: They say there's a covert grand jury investigation. But there's the current indictment
AUSA Slavik: We're talking here about 11 pages of notes, not a stack. None of those notes are legal
Judge: The notes themselves are not legal. But that page was in a legal pad that was marked "Legal"
AUSA Slavik: It's not clear when defendant wrote that on
Judge: We have a bail hearing on Friday, at which I will not consider these material. In terms of running down the privilege issues, we can take weeks. Any issue with that time frame?
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: No.
Judge: I'll issue a schedule.
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: If they are intending to seek a superseding indictment with these notes?
Judge: Ms. Slavik?
AUSA Slavik: Just to be clear, the filter team can keep the notes?
Judge: If they are not involved in the grand jury investigation or this case
Combs' lawyer Agnifilo: They should preserve the video.
AUSA Slavik: Fine.
Judge: What about the Jeffries Abercrombie case in EDNY? The government released on $10 million bail. Be prepared to address the different-
AUSA Slavik: It's very different
Judge: See you Friday
Summary:
They did a raid on Diddy's cell and confiscated his notes.
According to his lawyer, his notes had information regarding the defense of his case and now the prosecutors read it and have that information in their possession.
Diddy's lawyer said this is a violation of his rights. The prosecutors argue that this is part of the investigation, especially since they may add a superseding indictment.
The Judge says they are going to set up a date to address all this and this may take weeks.
In the meantime, Diddy has a bail hearing on Friday.
Diddy Sued For Two More Alleged Sexual Assaults
"Diddy is being sued for two more alleged sexual assaults ... one involving a woman, and the other involving a man ... and they both claim they were d***ged ... but Diddy's denying it all.
Tony Buzbee, the Texas attorney representing more than 120 alleged Diddy victims, just filed another pair of lawsuits against the Bad Boy Records founder."
tmz.com/2024/11/19/diddy-sued-two-more-alleged-sexual-assaults-tony-buzbee
"In the first suit, obtained by TMZ, a woman from Maryland claims she was 18 years old in 2001 when Diddy sexually assaulted her outside a Halloween party in New York City.
The woman, who is suing Diddy as a Jane Doe, claims one of Diddy's security guards escorted her to a black SUV limousine where Diddy was waiting with 6 members of his security team."
"She claims someone handed her a drink, which made her feel dizzy after consumption, and says Diddy forced her to perform oral s***on each of the men in the limo and ultimately himself.
During the alleged assault, the woman claims Diddy called her derogatory names and sprayed champagne on her ... only letting her leave after she gave everyone oral."
"In the second suit, obtained by TMZ, a man from Florida claims one of Diddy's associates invited him to an after-party at a residence in Miami, where he says other notable public figures were having a good time.
The man, who is suing Diddy as John Doe, claims Diddy or one of his associates d***ged him with a laced beverage ... making him fall in and out of consciousness."
"He says he woke up to a sharp pain in his rectum and anus and noticed his clothes were missing, turning around to see why his anus hurt and seeing a fully erect Diddy trying to insert his p**** inside the man's anus.
The guy claims Diddy talked dirty to him while wearing a disturbing smile, but he says the d**** made it impossible to fight back or resist Diddy's assault."
"He says he woke up naked in the same room the next day, was given his clothes and was escorted out of the home to be dropped off at the nightclub where the night began.
The accusers are going after Diddy for damages.
Diddy’s attorneys tell TMZ … Buzbee's barrage of lawsuits are shameless publicity stunts designed to extract payments and Diddy never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone."