Diddy Argues ‘Freak-Off’ Tapes Prove Consent, Challenging Federal Case

Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Sean "Diddy" Combs Album Release Party For "The Love Album: Off The Grid" on September 15, 2023 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 15: Sean “Diddy” Combs attends Sean “Diddy” Combs Album Release Party For “The Love Album: Off The Grid” on September 15, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

Diddy claims that the “freak-off” videos presented will actually exonerate him.

According to a letter filed Tuesday (January 14), his legal team asserts that the nine recordings depict “private sexual activity between fully consenting adults in a long-term relationship,” highlighting moments where Cassie is seen “thoroughly enjoy[ing] herself.” They further claim that Cassie, identified as Victim-1, “is evidently happy, dominant and completely in control.” Refuting the prosecution’s assertion that the videos portray “elaborate and produced sex performances,” Puff’s legal team insists they show only “adults having consensual sex, plain and simple.” They further contend the tapes were neither secretly filmed nor involved minors or other public figures.

Moreover, Diddy’s team asserts Cassie kept the tapes and handed them to authorities, rejecting claims they were seized during federal raids or held as “collateral.” The letter labels the tapes as “direct evidence undermining the ‘core’ of the government’s case,” countering prosecutors’ earlier statement that “Freak-off activity is the core of this case.”

Judge Dismisses Diddy’s Leak Claim, Cites Insufficient Evidence

Last month, a judge rejected Diddy’s accusation that prosecutors had leaked 2016 footage of his assault on Cassie.

On December 16, Judge Arun Subramanian rejected the Bad Boy mogul’s request for an evidentiary hearing regarding “alleged government leaks of case information.” Subramanian stated, “As to the Intercontinental Hotel video, Combs [Diddy] has not carried his burden to show that the government leaked it to CNN.” “Combs argues that ‘the most likely source of the leak is the government,’ but he doesn’t point to any sound basis for this conclusion.”

Judge Subramanian further remarked that after reviewing evidence presented privately by the prosecutors, he found it strongly suggests “CNN’s source was not in fact the government.” He continued, “And importantly, nothing in CNN’s presentation of the video even hinted that the source was a government agent.” The jury ultimately determined “that whether the government can prove Combs’ guilt in this case will turn on the evidence presented at trial, not in a ‘trial by newspapers.’”



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