“吹牛老爹”團隊要求證人和律師禁言，聲稱他們抹殺其人格
LARRY NEUMEISTER AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
2024-10-24
針對美國嘻哈界傳奇人物“吹牛老爹”庫姆斯（Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs）又提起七項新訴訟，其中一項罪名是強奸13歲女孩。周一，他的律師再次申請保釋，還抱怨“新一波宣傳”影響其當事人獲得公平刑事審判的權利。
上周日向州和聯邦法院提起的訴訟中，四名男子和三名女子（均匿名）聲稱，過去20年曾在派對上遭到庫姆斯性侵犯。
針對9月16日被捕后第二天聯邦起訴書中對其性交易的指控，54歲的庫姆斯拒絕認罪。指控稱他多年來在同伙和雇員幫助下脅迫虐待女性，還通過敲詐，以及綁架、縱火和毆打等暴力手段迫使受害者保持沉默。
兩名法官拒絕保釋，目前庫姆斯仍被監禁等待明年5月5日審判，針對相關裁決的上訴將提交至美國第二巡回上訴法院。
周日庫姆斯的律師要求法官命令潛在證人及代表律師停止發表可能妨礙公平的言論，并申請了禁言令。
“如法院所知，庫姆斯一直遭受潛在證人及律師在媒體上無休止的指控，”庫姆斯的律師寫道。“潛在證人及律師發表了很多煽動性的庭外言論，企圖在媒體上抹殺庫姆斯的人格。”
律師表示，最近有100多名原告計劃對庫姆斯提起訴訟。10月1日的新聞發布會上，原告律師托尼·布茲比宣布了訴訟計劃，還公布了1-800號碼供原告致電。
跟以前一樣，庫姆斯的代表律師指稱最新訴訟“明顯是嘩眾取寵”。他們表示，庫姆斯和法律團隊“對事實、法律辯護和司法程序公正充滿信心”。
“不管是成年人還是未成年人，不管男性還是女性，庫姆斯從未性侵犯任何人，”他們補充道。
周日的訴訟中聲稱，2000年9月曼哈頓音樂錄影帶大獎后，一名13歲女孩被豪華轎車司機邀請參加聚會，遭到“男性名人”強奸，之后被庫姆斯強奸，當時被指認為“名人A”（男性）和“名人B”（女性）的兩人旁觀。
另一起訴訟指控，2022年在曼哈頓一家酒店的頂層公寓派對上，庫姆斯曾性侵一名17歲男性。
訴訟中，原告認為遭性侵之前喝過摻有藥物的飲料。
與此同時，周一庫姆斯的律師在一份文件中告知第二巡回法院，將根據“重大情況變化”在下級法院重申申請保釋。他們表示，相關問題包括“監禁條件以及最近披露證據引發的憲法問題”。
在上周提交的文件中，檢察官告訴上訴法院，法官之所以拒絕保釋是因為有證據表明庫姆斯“在實施敲詐和接受政府調查期間，利用有條理且復雜的手段壓迫恐嚇證人。”（財富中文網）
譯者：馮豐
審校：夏林
針對美國嘻哈界傳奇人物“吹牛老爹”庫姆斯（Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs）又提起七項新訴訟，其中一項罪名是強奸13歲女孩。周一，他的律師再次申請保釋，還抱怨“新一波宣傳”影響其當事人獲得公平刑事審判的權利。
上周日向州和聯邦法院提起的訴訟中，四名男子和三名女子（均匿名）聲稱，過去20年曾在派對上遭到庫姆斯性侵犯。
針對9月16日被捕后第二天聯邦起訴書中對其性交易的指控，54歲的庫姆斯拒絕認罪。指控稱他多年來在同伙和雇員幫助下脅迫虐待女性，還通過敲詐，以及綁架、縱火和毆打等暴力手段迫使受害者保持沉默。
兩名法官拒絕保釋，目前庫姆斯仍被監禁等待明年5月5日審判，針對相關裁決的上訴將提交至美國第二巡回上訴法院。
周日庫姆斯的律師要求法官命令潛在證人及代表律師停止發表可能妨礙公平的言論，并申請了禁言令。
“如法院所知，庫姆斯一直遭受潛在證人及律師在媒體上無休止的指控，”庫姆斯的律師寫道。“潛在證人及律師發表了很多煽動性的庭外言論，企圖在媒體上抹殺庫姆斯的人格。”
律師表示，最近有100多名原告計劃對庫姆斯提起訴訟。10月1日的新聞發布會上，原告律師托尼·布茲比宣布了訴訟計劃，還公布了1-800號碼供原告致電。
跟以前一樣，庫姆斯的代表律師指稱最新訴訟“明顯是嘩眾取寵”。他們表示，庫姆斯和法律團隊“對事實、法律辯護和司法程序公正充滿信心”。
“不管是成年人還是未成年人，不管男性還是女性，庫姆斯從未性侵犯任何人，”他們補充道。
周日的訴訟中聲稱，2000年9月曼哈頓音樂錄影帶大獎后，一名13歲女孩被豪華轎車司機邀請參加聚會，遭到“男性名人”強奸，之后被庫姆斯強奸，當時被指認為“名人A”（男性）和“名人B”（女性）的兩人旁觀。
另一起訴訟指控，2022年在曼哈頓一家酒店的頂層公寓派對上，庫姆斯曾性侵一名17歲男性。
訴訟中，原告認為遭性侵之前喝過摻有藥物的飲料。
與此同時，周一庫姆斯的律師在一份文件中告知第二巡回法院，將根據“重大情況變化”在下級法院重申申請保釋。他們表示，相關問題包括“監禁條件以及最近披露證據引發的憲法問題”。
在上周提交的文件中，檢察官告訴上訴法院，法官之所以拒絕保釋是因為有證據表明庫姆斯“在實施敲詐和接受政府調查期間，利用有條理且復雜的手段壓迫恐嚇證人。”（財富中文網）
譯者：馮豐
審校：夏林
Seven new lawsuits have been filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, including one alleging the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They come as his lawyers tried again Monday to get him freed on bail, and complained that a “fresh wave of publicity” is endangering his right to a fair criminal trial.
In the lawsuits filed Sunday in state and federal courts, four men and three women, all anonymous, allege they were sexually assaulted by Combs at parties over the last two decades.
Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking charges contained in an indictment unsealed the day after his Sept. 16 arrest. Charges include allegations he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees, and silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
He has remained incarcerated pending a May 5 trial after two judges denied bail in rulings being appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Combs’ lawyers asked a judge Sunday to order potential witnesses and their lawyers to stop making statements that could prevent a fair trial, filing a gag order.
“As the Court is aware, Mr. Combs has been the target of an unending stream of allegations by prospective witnesses and their counsel in the press,” they wrote. “These prospective witnesses and their lawyers have made numerous inflammatory extrajudicial statements aimed at assassinating Mr. Combs’s character in the press.”
The latest lawsuits are drawn from what lawyers say are more than 100 accusers who are planning legal action against Combs. Plaintiffs’ lawyer Tony Buzbee announced the planned litigation at an Oct. 1 news conference and posted a 1-800 number for accusers to call.
As before, Combs’ representatives dismissed the latest lawsuits as “clear attempts to garner publicity.” They said Combs and his legal team “have full confidence in the facts, their legal defenses, and the integrity of the judicial process.”
Combs “has never sexually assaulted anyone — adult or minor, man or woman,” they added.
One of the lawsuits filed Sunday alleges that a 13-year-old girl who was invited to a party by a limousine driver after the Video Music Awards in Manhattan in September 2000 was raped by a “male celebrity” and then by Combs as individuals identified only as “Celebrity A,” a male, and “Celebrity B,” a female, watched.
Another lawsuit alleged that Combs sexually assaulted a 17-year-old male at a Manhattan hotel penthouse party in 2022.
In the lawsuits, it was alleged that the plaintiffs believed they had been fed drinks laced with drugs before they were assaulted.
Meanwhile, lawyers for Combs on Monday told the 2nd Circuit in a filing that he’ll renew his bail application before the lower court based on “significant changed circumstances.” They said the issues include “constitutional concerns stemming from his conditions of confinement and evidence contained in recently produced discovery.”
In a filing last week, prosecutors told the appeals court that judges denied bail after evidence showed Combs “used methodical and sophisticated means to silence and intimidate witnesses throughout the racketeering conspiracy and during the Government’s investigation.”
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