Sean Combs’ lawyers filed a motion to suppress the search warrants federal agents used during the raid of his homes last March and for access to his internet history.
The motion filed on Sunday and obtained by Rolling Stone claims “the government made false statements and omitted critical exculpatory evidence in its warrant applications in this case,” calling the omissions “intentional, or at the very least, reckless.”
In the motion, the lawyers argue that the government had a variety of evidence that suggested that the participation of “Victim-1” — widely known as Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura — in the encounters “was voluntary and consensual, not coerced as the government suggested in its applications.”
It was Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit against Combs that sparked the criminal investigation behind his charges. In her complaint, Ventura alleged that Combs subjected her to extensive violence and forced her to participate in the “Freak Offs.” She alleged Combs would ply her with “copious amounts” of drugs, and that the intoxicants would help her “disassociate during these horrific encounters.” Her suit was settled in 24 hours, but more than 50 civil lawsuits have followed and Ventura is central to the government’s case. Combs’ homes were subsequently raided in March 2024 and Combs was arrested in September.
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