Diddy’s Anonymous Accusers Face Deadline To Reveal Identities

Sean “Diddy” Combs has seemingly scored one other win in his mounting authorized troubles as judges agree that his nameless accusers reveal their identities or danger having their circumstances tossed out.

A number of alleged victims have introduced a case towards the embattled rapper since his September arrest, however many have needed to refile or withdraw their case.

Forward of his trial in Might, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-partner Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura is ready to testify towards him utilizing her actual title following a resurfaced lodge clip that noticed him violently hit her.

A number of people who’ve filed civil lawsuits towards Diddy have been given an ultimatum.

In accordance with Business Insider, Diddy has requested judges to unmask his accusers and pressure them to disclose their identities somewhat than disguise underneath the cloak of anonymity, and to date, the judges appear to agree with him.

The “Finna Get Unfastened” rapper, who has been hit with greater than 55 lawsuits in New York federal and state courts since his September arrest by Homeland Safety officers, had been accused of sexual assault, rape, drugging, and different types of violence.

About 40 of these circumstances have been filed underneath “Jane Doe” or “John Doe” pseudonyms, which permits the accusers to stay nameless whereas publicly detailing allegations of sexual misconduct in court docket filings.

“The defendants who oppose the ‘Jane Doe’ standing — I believe are doing it primarily as a way to intimidate the sufferer,” Douglas Wigdor, an legal professional who represents a number of of Diddy’s accusers, mentioned.

The event poses a dilemma for Diddy’s accusers as they need to resolve between withdrawing their case towards the Dangerous Boy Data founder or transferring ahead with it and exposing themselves to public scrutiny, undesirable consideration, and doubtlessly even authorized counteractions.

Diddy’s legal professionals have opposed the plaintiff’s anonymity in court docket in a number of circumstances. Judges dominated that 5 “Doe” accusers should reveal their names to the general public if they need their circumstances to proceed.

4 of such accusers, Anna Kane, Anthony Tate, Candice McCrary, and Dexter Withers, have refiled their federal lawsuits underneath their actual names following orders by judges.

To this point, just one accuser has been permitted to proceed anonymously, however the plaintiff later withdrew the case.

“It takes lots of braveness to come back ahead as an alleged sufferer in a high-profile case like this,” Tony Buzbee, an legal professional representing Tate, McCrary, and Withers, advised Enterprise Insider. “I like the braveness.”

One other of Buzbee’s “Doe” shoppers has an April 10 deadline to resolve whether or not they wish to refile underneath their actual title or drop their lawsuits towards Diddy.

“This can be a reoccurring situation in a majority of these circumstances that we at all times cope with,” Buzbee mentioned, including that certainly one of his shoppers remains to be “making up her thoughts” about whether or not to make use of her actual title.

Diddy stays locked behind bars on the infamous Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn with lower than one month earlier than his legal trial commences.

He stands accused of intercourse trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to interact in prostitution however has vehemently maintained his innocence.

Prosecutors within the case reportedly filed a movement stating that “Sufferer-1” would not testify anonymously within the trial.

People Magazine then confirmed with sources that “Sufferer-1” was Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who dated Diddy from 2007 to 2018.

In the meantime, three different alleged victims would testify towards the 55-year-old rapper however are selecting to stay nameless, with the prosecution requesting that they be addressed utilizing pseudonyms through the trial.

“This case has already acquired an distinctive quantity of media protection, which is able to presumably solely improve as trial proceeds,” the prosecution wrote.

They continued, “Allowing these measures will stop pointless public disclosure of the victims’ identities, and the harassment from the media and others, undue embarrassment, and different antagonistic penalties that may virtually actually observe if these ladies have been compelled to disclose their true names publicly at trial.”

Cassie notably sued Diddy in a now-settled lawsuit filed in November 2023. Nevertheless, the rapper discovered himself underneath scrutiny in Might 2024 when CNN launched a lodge surveillance clip that seemingly confirmed her allegations within the case.

Within the clip, Diddy may be seen chasing Cassie down the alley on the InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles, after which he then grabbed her by the neck and tossed her to the ground earlier than violently kicking her and grabbing her purse and suitcase.

Though he later apologized for his actions, his legal professionals claimed in a March submitting that CNN altered the footage by buying the one identified copy of the surveillance footage, importing it to free modifying software program, and modifying the unique video.

Diddy’s legal professionals argued that the clip CNN shared was sped up “to make it falsely seem that the actions within the video are going down sooner than they’re. Consequently, the CNN movies don’t pretty and precisely depict the occasions in query.”

Nevertheless, Cassie’s lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, fought again in an announcement to Folks, saying it’s “not stunning that Combs would make a disingenuous argument to exclude the disturbing video from being proven to the jury within the upcoming trial.”

“I’m assured that the video pretty and precisely represents what occurred, can be admitted into proof, and that Combs can be held accountable for his depravity,” Wigdor added.