Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ team insists ‘freak-off’ videos prove his innocence

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ team has made bold new claims about what his ‘freak-off’ tapes really mean.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team insists that the “freak-off” videos described in his lengthy indictment prove his innocence.

In a motion filed in New York federal court Tuesday and obtained by Page Six, the rapper’s attorneys claim, “Having reviewed these videos, it is now abundantly clear that they confirm Mr Combs’ innocence and that their full exculpatory value cannot be investigated and used unless they are electronically produced.”

According to the defence, the “nine videos at issue” with “Victim 1” allegedly show “private sexual activity between fully consenting adults in a long-term relationship”.

Combs’ team further argues that the tapes allegedly prove that victim 1 “not only consented but thoroughly enjoyed herself”.

The lawyers claim the recordings also “directly refute the allegations that Mr Combs kept these videos as ‘collateral’” because they were allegedly “not on Mr Combs’ devices” and “not seized from his homes”.

Victim 1 allegedly “kept these videos on her own device for years and produced them to the government herself”, per the defence, who went on to claim that the videos “do not depict sex parties. 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 mogul’s team claims the videos allegedly “confirm” that Victim 1 was “a willing participant in her private sex life with Mr Combs”.

The attorneys describe her as “evidently happy, dominant and completely in control” in the footage and argue that there is “no evidence of any violence, coercion, threats or manipulation whatsoever”.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ team have made new claims about his ‘freak-off’ videos. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFP

Furthermore, the tapes allegedly prove that there is “no evidence that anyone is incapacitated or under the influence of drugs or excessive alcohol consumption” and “certainly no evidence of sex trafficking”, according to the defence.

Combs’ team goes on to accuse prosecutors of being “sexist” and “puritanical” while trying to “police non-conforming sexual activity”.

“It is sexist because the government’s theory perpetuates stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency,” the motion reads.

“The prosecution reflects a paternalistic view that the government is here to protect women who cannot be trusted to make their own decisions about sex and are not capable of consenting to sex that the prosecutors view as outside the ‘norm’.”

Combs’ lawyers insist that the government has mischaracterized his freak-offs as “dirty, disgusting or inherently unsavoury, and therefore must have involved some amount of coercion”.

They also request that the government “electronically produce” the aforementioned videos and provide copies to them so Combs can “prepare his defence at trial”. as not doing so would allegedly “violate the Due Process Clause and his right to present a meaningful defence”.

Many have come out to share allegations against Diddy. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP

Combs, 55, is currently in jail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting trial for sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution, to which he pleaded not guilty.

According to the indictment, federal agents discovered more than 1000 bottles of lubricant, various narcotics and three AR-15s when they raided his Los Angeles and Miami mansions in March 2024.

He was arrested six months later.

Prosecutors claim the Bad Boy Records founder allegedly “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation and conceal his conduct” for decades, “creating a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in … sex trafficking, forced labour, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice”.

Per the indictment, Combs and members of his Combs Enterprise — including high-ranking supervisors, security staff, household staff and personal assistants — allegedly facilitated drug-fuelled sex parties known as freak-offs.

Diddy at ‘The Real White Party’ at his East Hampton Estate in 2007. Picture: Getty Images for CP

During these gatherings, the hip-hop star allegedly “hit, kicked, threw objects at and dragged victims, at times, by their hair”, according to the indictment, which further claims that he “subjected victims to physical, emotional and verbal abuse to cause the victims to engage in freak-offs,” which he “often electronically recorded”.

The alleged assaults “often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal,” according to prosecutors.

“Combs maintained control over his victims through, among other things, physical violence, promises of career opportunities, granting and threatening to withhold financial support, and by other coercive means, including tracking their whereabouts, dictating the victims’ appearance, monitoring their medical records, controlling their housing and supplying them with controlled substances,” the indictment reads.

Combs’ trial begins in May.

If convicted, the father of seven — who is also facing dozens of lawsuits alleging similar behavior — could spend the rest of his life in prison.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was published here with permission

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