Diddy's defense complains about secrecy as they push to unmask famous rapper named in testimony

Sean "Diddy" Combs' defence squad has complained astir the secrecy of definite aspects of the trial, including a celebrated rapper being mentioned - but not named - during testimony.

Before the 55-year-old rapper's proceedings resumed connected Thursday, lawyers representing Combs and national prosecutors engaged successful a backmost and distant astir naming individuals who were contiguous with Combs' ex-girlfriend Jane during a Las Vegas nighttime that took spot successful Jan. 2024. However, this was done down closed doors and adjacent Combs himself was not present.

Once each parties were backmost successful the courtroom, defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo complained to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian astir the information that Combs was excluded from the meeting.

Agnifilo emphasized the nationalist quality of trials and wanted his objection connected the record, adding that what they "didn't consent to, and we don't, astir respectfully, is that these events which play important parts successful the inheritance of immoderate of the astir captious events successful the trial, should beryllium successful immoderate mode not afloat public."

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers requested that the names of anonymous witnesses successful the rapper's enactment crimes proceedings beryllium made public. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

"Part of the crushed that trials are afloat nationalist is truthful if different radical recognize they cognize thing astir an lawsuit discussed successful a nationalist courtroom they tin travel guardant and stock their recollection astir it," Agnifilo stated. "And I deliberation that is benignant of the applicable broadside of the law close to a nationalist trial; that it's nationalist for a reason, and the facts are nationalist for a reason, and the names are nationalist for a reason. And that crushed is truthful the nationalist tin bash what the nationalist does successful each issues of importance, which is person them, and if idiosyncratic has thing to add, that idiosyncratic tin travel guardant and adhd immoderate it is that idiosyncratic has to add."

The prosecution argued the defense's proposition regarding the usage of existent names was "nothing much than a pretense to effort to harass and intimidate" Combs' ex-girlfriend, who testified this week nether the pseudonym Jane. 

During her testimony, Jane told the assemblage astir a concealed Vegas travel she took successful January 2024. Combs’ ex-girlfriend noted she traveled to spot a precise celebrated rapper who is adjacent to Combs. 

The rapper is "an icon successful the euphony industry," according to Jane. 

Jane recalled that she and others attended a play earlier heading to a portion club, and past they went to a edifice room. Antoine – 1 of the antheral escorts Jane and Combs often turned to for alleged "hotel nights" – was portion of the group. Jane said that she and Antoine greeted each other. 

Jane recalled watching Antoine person enactment with a pistillate successful beforehand of others aft she went to the edifice room. She told Combs’ defence lawyer determination was flirtatious banter betwixt her and the rapper, but thing happened betwixt them. 

The prosecution and the defence engaged successful a backmost and distant successful tribunal connected Thursday. (Jane Rosenberg)

In precocious May, the defence had antecedently objected to Combs' erstwhile adjunct "Mia" testifying nether the pseudonym erstwhile she took the stand. 

On Thursday, Judge Subramanian told some ineligible teams that his ruling had not changed.

"The thought that someway nationalist revelation of the details that we discussed would successful immoderate way… effect successful immoderate benignant of probe that would carnivore connected the existent charges raised is not a existent concern," the justice said.

Before the 55-year-old rapper's proceedings resumed connected Thursday, lawyers representing Sean Combs and national prosecutors engaged successful a backmost and distant astir naming individuals who were contiguous astatine a "hotel night" that took spot connected Jan. 24, 2024. (Jane Rosenberg)

The prosecution's Maurene Comey added, "I volition besides enactment that the individuality of the radical who were connected that peculiar lawsuit is not a defence to immoderate of the behaviour that Jane testified the suspect engaged successful connected June 18 and 19 of 2024. So it is utmost --its probative worth is highly minimal and has thing to do, from our position certainly, with the defendant's guilt oregon innocence of the enactment trafficking charges."

Criminal defence lawyer John W. Day, proprietor of the Santa Fe, New Mexico-based instrumentality signifier John Day Law, agreed, telling Fox News Digital, "The justice is close — there's nary crushed different than intimidation for trying to publicize the names of different radical contiguous astatine ‘hotel nights,’ since this is not portion of immoderate charged conduct. The defense's claim, that naming names volition bring different witnesses retired of the woodwork, ignores that anyone who would beryllium a imaginable witnesser has been pursuing this proceedings from the start."

Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend Jane testified that the euphony mogul forced her to person enactment with an escort aft their alleged carnal altercation. (Jane Rosenberg)

On Monday, Jane told the tribunal astir the incidental that allegedly occurred connected June 18 and 19. She claimed she and Combs got into a carnal altercation aft she confronted him astir being with different woman. She told the assemblage that she pushed his caput into a marble countertop and threw candles toward Combs retired of anger, and past Combs allegedly attacked her.

The rapper allegedly followed her into the maestro bedroom, bath and closet earlier she attempted to tally for the beforehand door. 

Photos of the maestro chamber door, the maestro bath doorway and a impermanent chamber doorway of Jane's location were entered arsenic evidence. Jane testified that Combs kicked the doors "literally disconnected the hinges" during the altercation.

Photo of Jane's maestro bath doorway showing harm allegedly done by Sean Combs. (SDNY)

"Sean kicked maine from the backmost of my thigh, and past I fell down connected my butt," Jane testified. "And past helium picked maine up successful a chokehold and choked me." Jane claimed she ran astir six blocks distant from the location and waited for astir 2 hours earlier returning. Once home, she claimed the combat betwixt her and Combs continued. As the combat turned physical, Jane recalled Combs punching her twice. She ran into the backyard and laid down successful the grass, covering her face, caput and assemblage with her hands. Combs allegedly punched and kicked her "several times" portion successful this presumption earlier helium dragged her backmost into the home.

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The assemblage successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' proceedings was shown grounds of harm done to Jane's maestro chamber door. (SDNY)

Jane testified that she went to the ablution to chill off, which is wherever she saw 2 golf-ball-sized welts connected her forehead and a achromatic oculus forming. She said meekly, "I'm smaller than Sean."

At this point, Combs allegedly came successful and slapped her 3 times successful the face. She said she mislaid her equilibrium and fell over. 

Sean Combs' petition for a mistrial was denied Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian. (Getty Images)

Last month, Cassie Ventura, a vocalist who had a 12-year on-again, off-again romanticist narration with Combs, gave 4 days of grounds during the archetypal week of the rapper's trial. The "Me & U" vocalist alleged that Combs forced her to enactment successful drug-fueled intersexual encounters with antheral escorts called "freak-offs" which the Bad Boys Records laminitis filmed. She claimed that Combs utilized the recordings of the "freak-offs" to blackmail her. 

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Ventura besides accused Combs of physically and emotionally abusing and raping her successful 2018 erstwhile she attempted to extremity their relationship. 

In November 2023, Ventura filed a civilian suit against Combs. She testified that she settled for $20 million, 24 hours aft filing the suit. She does not person immoderate pending lawsuits against Combs.

Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs met successful 2006 and officially ended their romanticist narration successful 2018. (Getty Images)

Before cross-examination of Jane earlier this week, Subramanian denied Combs' 2nd petition for a mistrial. Combs' ineligible team had argued that the prosecution knowingly presented mendacious grounds to the tribunal successful a missive filed June 7 and obtained by Fox News Digital.

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In a national indictment unsealed connected Sept. 17, Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy (RICO); enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. If recovered guilty, helium faces a minimum of 15 years down bars oregon a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison.

He has maintained his innocence passim the trial, successful which witnesses person testified to alleged rape, intersexual assault, terrible carnal abuse, forced labour and cause trafficking. The proceedings is expected to wrapper up by July 4.

Jane's cross-examination finished connected Thursday and the authorities indicated they would remainder their lawsuit by adjacent Friday, but arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent Wednesday.

Fox News' Maria Paronich, Lauryn Overhultz and Tracy Wright contributed to this report.