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Diddy’s claims of ‘diminished’ mental capacity take center stage days before sex trafficking trial
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Diddy’s claims of ‘diminished’ mental capacity take center stage days before sex trafficking trial

Jimmie Dempsey
Last updated: April 28, 2025 7:39 pm
Jimmie Dempsey Published April 28, 2025
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Prosecutors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking case are asking for expert testimony regarding the rapper’s possible diminished mental capacity to be kept from the jury.

“The noticed testimony relates to the defendant’s diminished capacity to form the mens rea required to commit the charged offenses – in other words, a ‘mental condition bearing on the issue of guilt,’” the government wrote in court documents filed Sunday and obtained by Fox News Digital.

The prosecution laid out two main reasons for opposing the expert testimony, days before the trial is set to begin. According to the government, Diddy’s legal team did not provide notice of Dr. Elie Aoun’s testimony before Feb. 17, 2025, the deadline for pretrial motions.

Diddy’s legal team had to file notice by the deadline in order to introduce “evidence of the effects of drugs and alcohol on [his] memory or cognitive function,” according to prosecutors.

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Even if the defense had provided notice in a timely manner, the prosecution claimed Dr. Aoun’s testimony was “running afoul of the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1985” and should be deemed “irrelevant, prejudicial, and impermissible under the Rules of Evidence.”

While specific details of Dr. Aoun’s testimony were redacted from the filing, it seems expert opinion was to be given to support whether Diddy had been “lucid” during the alleged sex-trafficking scheme.

However, the prosecution claimed Dr. Aoun hadn’t examined the music mogul. The government argued the expert would be used as a “substitute to calling witnesses,” deeming Dr. Aoun’s proposed testimony as “impermissible hearsay.”

Sean Diddy Combs in court traying to be granted bail

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Sean Diddy Combs listens to his bail appeal hearing in Manhattan Federal court.

Judge Arun Subramanian ruled to allow Diddy’s legal team to use a “swingers” defense during a hearing Friday.

“There’s a lifestyle, call it swingers or whatever you will, that he thought was appropriate because it was common,” Marc Agnifilo said at Friday’s hearing.

“Many people think it’s appropriate because it’s common.”

The federal judge noted Combs’ team could not name other high-profile individuals who engage in the “lifestyle” as an example.

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A chart is pictured, on the day of a press conference to announce the unsealing of an indictment charging music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs

Authorities alleged Diddy ran a criminal enterprise through his businesses, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse” to fulfill his sexual desires, according to prosecutors.

He was originally charged with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution in a federal indictment unsealed Sept. 17. Diddy has maintained his innocence.

Aerial footage of Sean Combs' Los Angeles mansion being raided

Prosecutors added two new charges against Diddy in an April 3 superseding indictment after federal prosecutors claimed the rapper engaged in sex trafficking a female victim as recently as 2024. He was accused of transferring the woman, referred to as “Victim 2,” along with sex workers across state lines to engage in prostitution between 2021 and 2024.

Diddy’s trial is set to begin on May 5.

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