Speaker 1: Sean Diddy Combs, the once legendary hip-hop mogul, is facing some serious charges, and he's currently locked up in federal custody. But here's where it gets juicy. His legal team claims there's a massive flaw in the government's case that could flip this whole thing upside down. Let's break it all down. So here's what's up. Diddy's arrest didn't just come out of nowhere. This has been brewing for a minute, and a lot of it goes back to that bombshell Cassie video that leaked. Remember that? People were shocked. After that video dropped, everyone knew something was bound

Speaker 2: to happen. Fast forward, and now the feds have

Speaker 1: raided Diddy's home, collecting all kinds of evidence, and hit him with charges for sex trafficking and racketeering. But here's where things get interesting. Lawyers are saying that the government's case has a big problem, and if they're right, this could seriously change

Speaker 3: everything. The government isn't actually prosecuting the sex crimes other than the human trafficking or the sex trafficking. They're not prosecuting any type of alleged sexual abuse to women, although that's part of this racketeering scheme. But the actual charges are racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transporting individuals over state lines to engage in prostitution. The reasoning around all of this, you know, his alleged motivation as presented in that indictment by the government, is for his own personal gratification. And that's just the strangest type of indictment I've ever seen. So what's the deal? Well, Diddy's lawyers

Speaker 1: are saying that the government didn't include anything about consent in their indictment.

Speaker 3: That's right. There's a big flaw. This indictment reads, it's very disturbing. The facts presented are out of, you know, a very bad Hollywood story. I make of that as being a big flaw already in the government's case, which the defense was quick to point out. Even if he was engaging in this alleged conduct, there was no allegation or no statement in that indictment saying that any of these alleged victims or alleged witnesses willingly participated in some of these acts that people find offensive, that are sound to be offensive. And that's a very important part of the

Speaker 1: case. There's no mention of the victim saying they didn't agree to these acts. And his legal team is making it clear that this could be a major issue for the prosecution. Fact, Jake, that the

Speaker 3: government in this indictment presented evidence alleging that Sean Combs was running a criminal enterprise, and they actually named it in the indictment, the Combs Enterprise. And they said that this enterprise consisted of him as the alleged leader, his employees, assistants, staff, allegedly, that were able to procure women and alleged male sex workers to engage in performances

Speaker 1: for his own sexual gratification. Let me break this down for you. The prosecutors are saying Diddy ran this whole operation called the Combs Enterprise, and that he was trafficking people across state lines for, let's just say, his own benefit. We're talking sex trafficking, racketeering, and the works. But here's the twist. His defense team is arguing that without any claim that the victims didn't consent to these acts, the whole case could be on shaky ground.

Speaker 4: I mean, that's kind of a big deal, right? In a case like this, as a prosecutor, is determining what level of this was being forced and coercion, as opposed to individuals who wanted to be part of the game, wanted to be part of the scene, and then maybe became disgruntled because they've lost access, disgruntled because they didn't get something that they wanted. So it's making that separation. But prosecutors are going to be very careful to make sure that anybody who is saying something negative in terms of either human trafficking or anything worse than that, that they've got independent supporting evidence to those allegations. At least that's what good

Speaker 1: prosecutors should be doing. Here's where it gets even crazier. Criminal defense attorney Stacy Schneider says this isn't your typical mob-style case, but it's got all the elements. We're talking big businesses, bad boy entertainment, his clothing line, his liquor brand, all allegedly being used to fund this trafficking scheme. The government is throwing all of this into the case. But will the lack of non-consent claims weaken their argument? That's what we're going to find out. Sean Diddy Combs and his attorneys, they're going to get their day in court. But the idea that the government, in their characterization, does not say that anybody did any of these things non-consensual. So what's next? Diddy's legal team is fighting hard, saying that the government

Speaker 5: doesn't have enough to convict him. I think that we made the points that we've been wanting to make. I think he came out. Mr. Combs is a fighter. He's going to fight this to the end. He's innocent. He came to New York to establish his innocence. He's not afraid. He's not afraid of the charges. There's nothing that the government said in their presentation today that changes anyone's mind about anything. He's been looking forward to this day. He's been looking forward to clearing his name. And he's going to clear his name. And we're going to stand by his side as he does. We believe in him wholeheartedly. He didn't do these things. This was a 10-year relationship. There's no coercion. There's no crime. There's basically just, you know, someone who brought a civil case and now is finding themselves as a witness in a criminal case. And we're going to fight this case with everything we have, as is he. And eventually he's going to be shown to be innocent. And so

Speaker 1: tomorrow we fight again. But the prosecution is confident they've got the evidence, videos, documents, all of it. We're talking about a major showdown in court and it's not looking good for Diddy. So what do you guys think? Is Diddy's team going to find a way to wiggle out of this? Or are we watching the downfall of a music legend? One thing's for sure, this case is only getting started. And we'll be here to cover every wild twist and turn.