Sean Combs' lawyers are accusing the government of leaking a hotel video showing the disgraced mogul physically attacking the singer Cassie Ventura.

The hip-hop mogul’s legal team said in a filing on Wednesday that it may ask for the widely published video to be barred from his trial.

Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs have accused the government of leaking information to the press to undermine his case.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before a judge who is expected to preside over his trial on sex trafficking charges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before the judge who is expected to preside over the hip-hop powerbroker's trial on sex trafficking charges.Combs will be brought to Manhattan federal court from a Brooklyn jail for a Thursday afternoon appearance before Judge Arun Subramanian.The hearing is expected to result in deadlines being set for lawyers on each side to submit arguments that will establish the boundaries for a trial that Combs' lawyers want to start in April or May. Prosecutors have not expressed a preference for when the trial might occur.The judge was assigned to the case after another judge recused himself based on his past associations with lawyers in the case.Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to charges lodged against him last month. Those charges included racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking based on allegations that go back to 2008.An indictment alleges Combs coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while…

Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs say the jailed hip-hop mogul is seeking to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring.

Diddy and his legal team allege that the federal government is behind the leak of a video showing him assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie.