Diddy“>Diddy is making an attempt to dam his former assistant, Mia, from addressing the court docket throughout his sentencing on Friday in Manhattan, arguing that her presence would unfairly sway the choose.

The Hip-Hop mogul’s authorized crew filed an emergency movement on Wednesday (October 1), aiming to stop Mia, considered one of his public accusers, from delivering a sufferer impression assertion.

They claimed her testimony had already been heard during the trial and argued that permitting her to talk once more could be “redundant and prejudicial.”

Prosecutors shortly opposed the transfer, accusing Diddy of attempting to silence a survivor.

Mia, who beforehand testified in court docket, submitted a written letter describing years of alleged abuse.

“I am writing to you on behalf of my younger self…the little girl who once dreamed without fear…that little girl is gone. She was buried alive by an abuser,” she wrote.

She detailed how Diddy allegedly managed each side of her life. “I needed his permission for everything—when I could sleep, when I could eat, when I could use the bathroom…He created a life where nothing was mine and I lived in constant fear because his moods could determine my right to exist.”

Mia additionally described the lasting psychological toll. “I live with chronic and severe PTSD, depression, and crippling anxiety. I suffer from deeply intrusive thoughts, derealization, panic attacks, night terrors, and insomnia…there were times when I did not want to live.”

Prosecutors argued that Mia’s voice nonetheless issues, whatever the jury’s partial acquittal.

“Mia was brave to testify at trial and is even more brave to be willing to speak the truth at sentencing after the verdict,” prosecutors wrote. They added that the protection’s concern of a brief assertion “speaks volumes as to what it believes may be the impact of her telling the truth.”

Diddy’s attorneys claimed the jury’s choice to acquit him on some prices solid doubt on Mia’s credibility. They mentioned her assertion would do nothing “but to inflame the court against Mr. Combs.”

Mia pleaded for the choose to impose a sentence that displays the total extent of the hurt she says she endured.

“Please help us believe that justice can and does exist by holding our abuser fully accountable,” she wrote.

The sentencing comes simply in the future after a choose denied Diddy’s request to overturn his conviction. The court docket cited “overwhelming evidence” offered throughout the trial and located no grounds for both acquittal or a brand new trial.

Federal prosecutors are asking for a minimal sentence of 11 years. Diddy can also be anticipated to deal with the choose immediately throughout Friday’s listening to.

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