Overview

• Sean 'Diddy' Combs has requested a 60-day postponement of his federal trial, citing incomplete discovery and new charges from a third superseding indictment filed earlier this month.
• Judge Arun Subramanian has ordered both parties to proceed as if the May 5 trial remains on schedule but will address the delay request and evidentiary disputes during a hearing today.
• Combs' legal team has filed a motion to exclude a 2016 hotel surveillance video showing him assaulting Cassie Ventura, claiming it was altered by CNN and is unreliable as evidence.
• CNN denies tampering with the footage and asserts that the original copy was retained by its source, while a forensic analyst hired by Combs argues the video shows significant distortion and timecode issues.
• Combs, who has been detained since his September 2024 arrest, faces five federal charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering, with Ventura expected to testify at the trial.