by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 15 – At 4:30 pm on September 16 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in the courtroom here.
At US Attorney Damian Williams' press conference Inner City Press asked if his office would be seeking detention - Yes, he said. Detention memo on Patreon here.
In the run-up to the 2:30 pm hearing Combs' counsel file a bail proposal, with $50 million bond - filing on Patreon here.
[Inner City Press published book / audio book Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on Amazon here]
On September 30, Combs' lawyers filed a notice of appeal of detention to the 2d Circuit.
On October 3, Combs' SDNY criminal case was re-assigned: "Case as to Sean Combs REASSIGNED to Judge Arun Subramanian. Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr no longer assigned to the case."
On October 9 after 5 pm, Combs' lawyer submitted a request for "a gag order prohibiting government personnel from disclosing any evidence or investigative material related to this case to any member of the media." Motion on Patreon here
On October 10, Inner City Press live tweeted - trial was set for May 5, 2025 and Judge Subramanian told the parties to draft an order against leaks. Thread here.
On mid October a slew of cases were filed in SDNY by the Tony Buzbee Firm, including one by a woman who states that she was sexually assaulted by Combs in 1995 in Elks Plaza in NYC. She / the Buzbee Firm filed as Jane Doe -
and on October 15 Judge Lewis J. Liman to whom the case was assigned issued this:
"In order to proceed anonymously, Plaintiff must make a motion to do so. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 10. If no such motion is filed by October 22, 2024, the Court will dismiss the Complaint accordingly. A summons will not issue until Plaintiff is given leave to proceed without the name of all parties."
More on X for Subscribers here & Substack here
The criminal case is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542 (Subramanian). This civil case is, for now, Jane Doe v. Combs, et al., 24-cv-7777 (Liman)
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