'Freak Off' Videos Show Prosecution Against Diddy Is 'Sexist and Puritanical,' His Lawyers Say

Mar. 15, 2025

Sean “Diddy” Combs.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty

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Combs' legal team further called for the government to provide copies of the videos, which prosecutors referenced in the indictment against the Bad Boy Records founder, to the defense.

“There are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors, and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence,” the filing reads. “Far from the government’s lurid descriptions, the videos show adults having consensual sex, plain and simple.”

Combs is currently facing federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution following a September 2024indictment. He has pleaded not guilty.

The indictment centers around the alleged"freak offs,“which prosecutors claim were “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs allegedly coerced others to participate in.

Prosecutors claim the “freak offs” involved male sex workers and women who were either forced or coerced into partaking.

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The latest defense filing disputes that there was any coercion involved and states that the sexual activity was filmed consensually. Further, Combs' attorneys allege that the prosecution’s allegations are sexist because their “theory perpetuates stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency.”

Combs' trial is currently scheduled for May.

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source: people.com