Diddy
Ex-Lawyer Give up Over Protection Technique Battle
Revealed
Diddy has one much less lawyer combating for him heading into his federal trial, as a result of his authorized workforce could not get on the identical web page concerning one of the best protection for him … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct data of Anthony Ricco‘s exit from Diddy’s camp inform us there had been an influence battle occurring between lead lawyer Marc Agnifilo and him for a number of months, and it lastly got here to a head.
As we reported, Ricco shook up Diddy’s workforce Friday morning by informing the choose he may not “successfully” defend his consumer — however his filing lacked element about why he was leaping ship.
We’re advised the battle inside workforce Diddy centered across the intercourse trafficking allegations, and there was disagreement on the right way to deal with that a part of the federal indictment after they go to trial.
For his half, Agnifilo has repeatedly denied the trafficking cost, and as an alternative says the so-called freak offs all the time concerned consensual intercourse between Diddy, a girlfriend and a 3rd get together. As we reported, Agnifilo filed a motion to dismiss count 3 of the indictment, which is all concerning the Mann Act … the transportation of people to “interact in prostitution.”
Our sources say Ricco grew annoyed when his efforts to talk on to Diddy about authorized methods had been thwarted by co-counsel, and that is why he felt he could not correctly defend the hip hop mogul.
We’re additionally advised Ricco strongly believed they would not be able to go to trial by Could 5 — the scheduled begin date — and thought they need to ask the choose for extra time. His co-counsel strongly disagreed, push got here to shove and Ricco peace’d out.
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Our sources related to Diddy advised us Ricco’s departure is far ado about nothing, saying lead protection attorneys Agnifilo and Teny Geragos have been rock stable for nearly a yr now.
We reached out to Diddy’s reps for remark, however no phrase again but.
Agnifilo made it clear in TMZ’s “Downfall of Diddy” documentary, he desires to go to trial “as quickly as potential” — and, in at this time’s submitting, Ricco advised the choose his departure wouldn’t delay Diddy’s protection.
