{"id":319400,"date":"2025-03-30T05:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/diddys-defense-says-freak-offs-were-consensual-prosecution-must-prove-coercion-2"},"modified":"2025-03-30T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:49:17","slug":"diddys-defense-says-freak-offs-were-consensual-prosecution-must-prove-coercion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/diddys-defense-says-freak-offs-were-consensual-prosecution-must-prove-coercion-2","title":{"rendered":"Diddy&#039;s Protection Says &#039;Freak Offs&#039; Have been Consensual, Prosecution Should Show Coercion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Diddy<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">&#8216;Freak Offs&#8217; Are All About Consent<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-03-30T01:00:14-07:00\">March 30, 2025 1:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"40.8965517241\">\n<section id=\"cb-c936ab98bafd107cfd5f2450462d912c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7860cc64-f1b5-4093-a851-1ec23e4b367f-168467053-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7860cc64-f1b5-4093-a851-1ec23e4b367f-168467053-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"America\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ea\/16by9\/2025\/03\/26\/ea5a5dafc533410c90bea4559d1f5b00_md.jpg\" alt=\"032525_diddy_defense_promo_tacopina_consent_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c936ab98bafd107cfd5f2450462d912c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e582f5a57492b23c74c582d8e380c381\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.2401960784\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/p-diddy\/\"><strong>Diddy<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>trial is going to spend a lot of time on his &#8220;Freak Off&#8221; parties, and the issue here is consent &#8230; his defense says the encounters were consensual, and the prosecution needs to prove otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e582f5a57492b23c74c582d8e380c381--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6c617f5442dc6ca42c5ea0c8bfebe9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>TMZ examines the legal strategy surrounding the Freak Offs in our new documentary, &#8220;The Downfall of Diddy: His Defense,&#8221; available now on Tubi.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6c617f5442dc6ca42c5ea0c8bfebe9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8f149b43cc0e3e9a25747218267f4eed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100038830\/tmz-presents-the-downfall-of-diddy-his-defense\"><br \/>\n             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2025\/03\/21\/1cbb65842c70444cb9f1c446895c6f5a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy-His-Defense-INLINE-PROMO-watch free\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8f149b43cc0e3e9a25747218267f4eed--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cbf7c0454776017fa77ef23d017b1672\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Criminal defense lawyers who have won some of the most high-profile celebrity criminal cases in America break down how consent will play a big role in Diddy&#8217;s trial.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cbf7c0454776017fa77ef23d017b1672--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52236af7f8b487e4dc4402b2216fd06b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.61003861\">\n<p>Prosecutors need to prove Diddy used coercion in those Freak Off parties if they&#8217;re gonna get a conviction &#8212; but listen to <strong>Joe Tacopina<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mark-geragos\/\"><strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>and <strong>Jose Baez<\/strong> explain why Diddy&#8217;s defense will be confident they can prove these were consensual encounters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52236af7f8b487e4dc4402b2216fd06b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-faef295dbb2b8deb0ca86908368d39cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-dad2b57e-5032-4f53-973c-5bcbebbd53bc-1151205680-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-dad2b57e-5032-4f53-973c-5bcbebbd53bc-1151205680-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/83\/16by9\/2025\/03\/26\/837e120d39154745bdabcc42795e4603_md.jpg\" alt=\"032525_diddy_defense_promo_cassie_video_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-faef295dbb2b8deb0ca86908368d39cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e713248bd5c28c7fbd8b64bd1acfad3e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Diddy&#8217;s team describes all the alleged victims as former girlfriends &#8230; and as these criminal defense lawyers point out, it&#8217;s no easy task for the feds to convince a jury these women were being sex trafficked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e713248bd5c28c7fbd8b64bd1acfad3e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-713dabd9681ea0509c5450656e0f8d7c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"19.2101910828\">\n<p>We even had a mock jury for our documentary, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/27\/diddy-mock-jury-deliberates-votes-on-guilt\/\"><strong>deliberated and fiercely debated coercion and consent<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; before voting on whether Diddy is guilty or not.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-713dabd9681ea0509c5450656e0f8d7c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30adaabdb7a6e9a139993c91f149ddb5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f6bfca1e-7b5a-46b9-9d6f-87938fbf599d-922686763-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f6bfca1e-7b5a-46b9-9d6f-87938fbf599d-922686763-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3e\/16by9\/2025\/03\/26\/3ebd6d11d4894d0c9b1a33db30e7ebeb_md.jpg\" alt=\"032525_diddy_defense_promo_deliberations_kal_v1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30adaabdb7a6e9a139993c91f149ddb5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-73124782e909545f46e17250b8843ed4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"10.4625\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/100038830\/tmz-presents-the-downfall-of-diddy-his-defense\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;TMZ Presents The Downfall of Diddy: His Defense&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> is available for free on Tubi.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-73124782e909545f46e17250b8843ed4--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/30\/diddy-trial-prosecutors-freak-offs-consent-coercion\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diddy &#8216;Freak Offs&#8217; 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