Sean 'Diddy' Combs witness' lawyer says she's armed: 'I'm not scared'
(NewsNation) — The author of a book allegedly based on Kim Porter’s diary has escalated his legal battle with the sons of Porter and her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Courtney Burgess and his attorney, Ariel Mitchell, are dismissing a cease-and-desist demand from Christian and Quincy Combs over the alleged Porter tell-all.
Burgess said he was working in Atlanta when Porter, his former associate, shared flash drives with him. He exclusively told NewsNation's “Banfield” that he was given 11 flash drives containing at least eight sex tapes involving eight celebrities.
Mitchell said Combs' team “is pissed, to say the least.”
Burgess, a Combs investigation court witness, also said he received a manuscript from Porter’s alleged memoir titled “Kim’s Lost Words: A Journey for Justice, from the Other Side.” The book details physical abuse, sexual coercion, and other acts of violence Combs allegedly committed against Porter, who was the mother of his four children, and who died in 2018.
The $22 paperback had a quiet release on Amazon, but sales skyrocketed after the news of Combs’ arrest and the shocking details of the indictment against him. Amazon later removed the memoir from its site.
When asked if she’s nervous about facing Combs, Mitchell said on "Banfield" that she's “not scared.”
“I keep two straps on me. And I have God protecting me,” she added.
Regarding her other clients, Mitchell noted that “all of them are very apprehensive about their safety” if Combs were to be granted bond.
“I am confident in the court. I am sure that the court will remain with their previous decision of no bond,” Mitchell said Friday on "Banfield." “I have all the confidence in the world in the federal court and the state of New York that they will keep Diddy under no bond, and that all of the victims in this case will be able to proceed sooner rather than later.”
Last month, Combs’ defense attorneys asked for a gag order to stop accusers’ lawyers from commenting publicly and have claimed government leaks to the media have threatened the rapper’s chance at a fair trial. Mitchell said her client believes that the purpose of the gag order request was to silence Burgess.
“We truly believe that Combs is aware that the things that Courtney has talked about and the things on the flash drive were definitely real events,” Mitchell said earlier this month on “Banfield.” “That’s the last thing that Combs would like out about him.”
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges he “led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, among other crimes. “
Combs is currently seeking to be placed on house arrest through a $50 million bail package.
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.
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