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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ legal professionals have subpoenaed Warner Bros. in search of uncooked, unedited footage from the HBO docuseries, ‘The Fall of Diddy.’
His legal professionals despatched the subpoena again in March to Warner Bros. asking for “all recordings, together with uncooked and unedited footage” from the interviews with two accusers who appeared within the sequence. The docuseries aired on HBO/Max in January. The subpoena additionally accommodates a requirement for any notes or journals the accusers gave the documentary’s producers and data of monetary funds made to the accusers in connection to their involvement with the challenge.
Warner Bros. is combating the subpoena in courtroom as Diddy’s trial looms in Might. Attorneys for the studio requested a federal choose overseeing the sex-trafficking case to squash the subpoena in courtroom at the moment. A nine-page submitting cites “reporter’s privilege” and calls Combs’ efforts a very broad “fishing expedition.”
“Mr. Combs seeks outtakes from interviews with two individuals featured within the docuseries,” Warner Bros. lawyer Thomas B. Sullivan writes to US District Choose Arun Subramanian. “The interview outtakes it seeks are protected by the reporter’s privilege that applies to unpublished newsgathering supplies,” the lawyer continues. Mr. Combs has not met, and can’t meet, his burden to beat that privilege.”
The Warner Bros. submitting doesn’t instantly title the 2 accusers whose notes and outtakes Diddy’s legal professionals need to see. As a substitute, the submitting describes them as Particular person A and Particular person B.
“Particular person A is Mr. Combs’ former private chef,” the doc reveals. “She is featured within the docuseries talking about how Mr. Combs handled her when she was employed by him, in addition to varied rumors she heard about his conduct throughout her time in his orbit.”
In the meantime, Particular person B known as a “former romantic companion of Mr. Combs.” The lawyer’s petition says she was featured within the docuseries discussing the origins and path of her relationship with him, together with one alleged incident of sexual assault.” Warner Bros. legal professionals argue that Combs’ “fishing expedition” is an try to seek out one thing to make use of towards these two accusers ought to they testify towards him at trial.
