NEW YORK (AP) - A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.
Prosecutor says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks.
The latest version of the indictment against Combs, 55, added two new charges this month but he still hadn’t entered a plea, prosecutors said. That, plus possible delays from the routine process for sharing evidence with both sides, called discovery, made prosecutors think he might be stalling for time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said.
Combs has been locked up without bail since his September arrest. He entered a not guilty plea again at Monday’s hearing, but otherwise remained impassive in the courtroom.
Judge Arun Subramanian told Combs’ lawyers they have until Wednesday to request a pause in the trial to give time for discovery.