Disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has issued a new demand from prison via his representatives as he awaits trial.

Combs, 55, has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution and is currently scheduled to face trial in May 2025.

The musician has since denied all of the charges brought against him and pleaded not guilty to the three felony charges.

He has also made four applications to be released on bail, the most recent of which was in late November, but they have all been denied, according to ABC 7.

Combs is likely to remain in federal custody until his trial next year and has now made a new demand through his representatives regarding his access to screen time.

Combs is currently facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

According to a report from Deadline, Combs made a complaint to a federal judge on yesterday (4 December) regarding not being allowed a laptop in his cell.

“We write on behalf of Mr. Combs to request that the Court direct the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) to provide Mr. Combs with the laptop prepared for him by the government, and allow him to use that laptop on his unit, consistent with the way other inmates on his unit are permitted to use their laptops,” reads a letter submitted to District Court Judge Arun Subramanian by defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo, who is currently representing Combs.

The letter continued: “Two months after he was charged and detained, on November 25, 2024, the government provided the MDC with a laptop that Mr. Combs can use to review discovery, take notes related to his case, and otherwise assist in his defence.

“In the nine days since then, Mr. Combs has still not been provided with the laptop despite numerous inquiries by defence counsel.”

The musician is now scheduled to face trial next year (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

The District Attorney’s office is yet to respond to the letter, however, Agnifilo has noted in the letter that the government intends to file a response.

Elsewhere in the letter, Combs’ lawyer Agnifilo highlighted that the musician had been presented with a choice in how he could use his laptop, which is either ‘unit’s video-teleconference room during select times when legal staff is available’ or that he will only be provided with access to the laptop during ‘legal visiting room between the hours of 8-3:30pm’ but not both options.

“These restrictions are untenable and from what we understand, not required of any other inmate on Mr. Combs’ unit,” Agnifilo’s letter added.

“They significantly limit the time available for Mr. Combs to use the laptop and force Mr. Combs to choose between using the laptop and meeting with his attorneys.” 

An attorney running a ‘Diddy hotline’ has claimed he has received around 12,000 calls about the disgraced rapper.

The music executive was arrested last month and has been held behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, New York, since pleading not guilty after being charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recently issued a statement from jail after news broke that attorney Tony Buzbee would be representing 120 alleged victims who have come forward with accusations of sexual assault against the producer.

The crimes are said to span over 25 years, with men and women – some of whom were underage at the time of the alleged incidents – coming forward against Diddy.

Diddy has been charged with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

Following this news, an attorney for Combs told LADbible Group on Tuesday (1 October): “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasised, he cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus. That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.

“He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”

After consistent denial of all charges against him and being denied bail twice, the case against the 54-year-old is continuing to build as Buzbee spoke to Law&Crime on Wednesday (2 October), the day after the press conference, where he announced that he will be representing the alleged victims in court.

The attorney revealed that he had opened a ‘Diddy hotline’ that was run by ‘almost 100 people’ working on receiving calls, for people to report any crimes or abuse they may have experienced.

Buzbee said that they received ‘12,000 calls in about 24 hours’ on the hotline, adding: “Our Herculean task is to try to sift through every one of these calls and make sure that we’re identifying those who are victims and those who are witnesses and collect evidence.”

The executive will be taken to court by Buzbee (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Having revealed that the cases they built with the 120 accusers have been filed against Diddy, they are still ‘trying to make sure that when we file the cases’ and ‘that we include every potentially liable party’.

It is said that this alleged abuse took place over a 25-year period, as Buzbee explained: “This is an important matter that we intend to aggressively pursue.

“We will leave no stone unturned to find all potentially liable parties, to include any individual or entity who participated in or benefited from this egregious behaviour.”

In addition to all of this, the attorney claimed that the assaults will involve ‘many powerful people’ and reveal ‘many dirty secrets’, as previous attendees of Diddy parties have recently spoken about what they witnessed.

Will Smith has addressed claims that he was involved in one of Diddy’s alleged ‘freak off’ parties to a crowd of fans while performing in the US.

While taking to the stage at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, the 56-year-old decided to take the opportunity to clarify rumours suggesting that he had attended them.

Celebrities with any kind of connection to Diddy have been going out of their way to distance themselves from the rapper since his bombshell arrest in September.

He has been accused of using his ‘power and prestige’ to drug sex workers during ‘freak offs’ at his lavish parties and is currently awaiting trial.

The 55-year-old, real name Sean John Combs, is set to get his day in court in May 2025 to address the allegations made by more than 120 accusers.

Currently, he is being held on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution – all of which he has vehemently denied.

Diddy has pleaded not guilty but will be spending Christmas behind bars as his three applications to be released on bail have all been denied, according to ABC 7.

Will Smith has insisted he has never been ‘nowhere near’ one of Diddy’s infamous parties (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, rapper Jay Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl allegedly alongside Diddy at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.

Both musicians have denied the claim, while Jay Z dubbed it a ‘blackmail attempt’ in a statement directed at Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee.

It seems Will Smith is keen to keep his name out of the controversy if his comments to the crowd at his show on Thursday (12 December) are anything to go by.

He appeared to be taking a leaf out of 50 Cent’s book as he rubbished claims that he was a guest at one of Puffy’s parties.

Fans have been sharing footage on social media of the Men in Black star speaking out about the claims levied against Diddy and his alleged attendance at ‘freak offs‘ over the years.

Smith said: “The world we’re in right now is really hard for y’all to discern what’s real and what’s true.

“I’ve been seeing y’all memes and stuff, you’ve been making memes. I’ve seen the memes.

“Some of that stuff is funny, some of it’s funny.”

The actor pictured with the music mogul in 2008 (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

The ‘Miami’ rapper then revealed why he has so far been silent about the scandal.

Smith continued: “I haven’t addressed any of this publicly, but I want to say this very clearly: I don’t have s**t to do with Puffy, so y’all can stop all the memes. Stop all of that bulls**t.

“I ain’t been anywhere near no damn freak off. I do enough of my own s**t, don’t be putting me in other people’s s**t.

“I ain’t been nowhere near that man, ain’t did none of that stupid s**t. So whatever y’all hearing, if somebody say that, it’s a damn lie.”

The father-of-three then wrapped up his impromptu speech by referring to the 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lube which prosecutors claimed were found in Diddy’s mansion.

Video footage of the moment the world famous Saycamore Gap tree was allegedly chopped down by two men has been shown in court today (30 April).

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, are both facing two counts of criminal damage at Newcastle Crown Court after the 100-year-old tree was destroyed in September 2023.

The felling which sparked uproar across the UK spelled the end of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, while Hadrian’s Wall was also damaged after it tumbled on top of it.

Both men deny the charges.

On the second day of the trial, jurors were shown grainy footage that police obtained from Graham’s phone which allegedly shows the incident unfold.

Although the two minute and 41 second clip was recorded under a cloak of ‘darkness’, police analyst Amy Sutherland told the court that the ‘sounds of a chainsaw’ could still be made out.

Sutherland said she had obtained the co-ordinates of where the video was filmed from metadata, which married up with the location of the Sycamore Gap tree.

Prosecutors allege that Graham, a groundworker, and Carruthers, a mechanic, made a 40-minute drive to the area in the middle of the night on 27 September, 2023, while on a ‘moronic mission’.

Richard Wright KC, prosecuting, told jurors: “First, they marked the intended cut with silver spray paint, before then cutting out a wedge that would dictate the direction in which the tree would fall.

“One of the men then cut across the trunk, causing the sycamore to fall, hitting the wall. Whilst he did that, the other filmed the act on Graham’s mobile telephone.

“Though the tree had grown for over a hundred years, the act of irreparably damaging it was the work of a matter of minutes.”

Mr Wright said the filming of the ‘criminal‘ act was just as bad as the actions of the person ‘wielding the chainsaw’.

Jurors were shown the grainy footage allegedly showing the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree (PA/Crown Prosecution Service)

The prosecutor explained that although the footage had been enhanced by a Northumbria Police expert, it was ‘extremely dark’ – however, the ‘unmistakable sound of a chainsaw’ can still be made out.

Jurors saw both versions of the footage in court, which they were told was filmed on Graham’s phone in ‘real time’ at 12.32am on 28 September, 2023.

Mr Wright described how about halfway through the clip, someone can be seen removing a wedge from the tree, before the machine starts up again and the sycamore falls.

The court also heard how the men exchanged messages following the felling, with one saying: “It’s gone viral, it’s gone worldwide, it will be on ITV News tonight.”

The damage caused to the Sycamore Gap tree was valued at a staggering £622,191, while another £1,144 in damage was done to the Roman wall, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Tony Wilmott, a senior archaeologist with Historic England, told Newcastle Crown Court that the site in Northumberland has become a ‘totemic’ location.

“It has become a place of marriage proposals, family visits and even the location of ashes to be spread,” he said. “The place is much loved by many thousands of people.”