Diddy and his legal team have requested a two-month postponement of his upcoming criminal trial in court documents obtained by Billboard. In a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian, they argued that they cannot in good conscience proceed with the trial in May.
The request comes amidst last-minute updates to the case, including new charges in a superseding indictment that Diddy pleaded not guilty to on Monday. Additionally, Young Thug’s attorney, Brian Steel, has been added to Diddy’s legal team.
Diddy’s attorneys, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, state in the letter that the two-month delay will allow them the necessary time to prepare his defense. They also accuse the state of manufacturing the issue in the first place.
It’s not the first time Agnifilo has suggested pushing back the trial date. During Monday’s aforementioned hearing, he revealed to the judge that he is planning to seek a “very short” two-week adjournment, which has now apparently ballooned to multiple months. Subramanian didn’t seem pleased by the idea. “We are a freight train moving toward trial,” the judge said at the time.
In their new letter, Agnifilo and Geragos point out that superseding indictments often lead to continuances. “We note that the court has broad authority to grant such continuances where the government seeks a superseding indictment which operates to prejudice a defendant,” they write. For now, Diddy’s trial date remains as May 5.
