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(NewsNation) — Embattled euphony mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly hired a high-profile transgression defence lawyer amid a imaginable national enactment trafficking probe and 10th civil suit filed against him since November.
Combs has hired Marc Agnifilo, who has represented "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, erstwhile Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng and NXIVM cult person Keith Raniere, Business Insider reported.
Agnifilo told the outlet that he’s been successful connection with prosecutors with the Southern District of New York.
"I deliberation that the Southern District is appropriately taking its clip and considering galore antithetic factors," helium told the outlet. "But we are firmly convinced that helium did not interruption immoderate national laws, and we anticipation we tin enactment with prosecutors successful reaching that conclusion."
Agnifilo, a erstwhile national prosecutor, said Combs has not spoken with national prosecutors and that helium doesn’t judge “anything is imminent," the outlet reported.
Combs is reportedly the taxable of a federal transgression investigation successful New York, with a expansive assemblage proceeding grounds of alleged enactment trafficking by the rap mogul.
The reported transgression probe comes connected the heels of a 10th civilian lawsuit filed against Combs successful the past 9 months.
In the latest suit, erstwhile big movie histrion Adria English says that, betwixt 2004 and 2009, Combs forced her to instrumentality drugs and person enactment with guests astatine Combs’ “white parties” astatine his homes successful New York and Miami.
Singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who had been successful a decade-long narration with Combs successful the aboriginal 2000s, filed a lawsuit successful New York national tribunal past November alleging enactment trafficking, quality trafficking, intersexual battery, intersexual battle and gender-motivated violence, among different causes of action.
She settled the suit with her erstwhile spouse 1 time later, but her suit spawned respective much alleged victims to travel forward.
Hotel surveillance video from 2016 obtained by CNN appeared to amusement Combs violently attacking, kicking and shoving Ventura astatine the now-closed InterContinental Hotel successful the Century City vicinity of Los Angeles.
Two days later, Combs released an apology video admitting helium bushed Ventura successful the edifice hallway.
Agnifilo said the enactment trafficking allegations by Ventura sparked the national probe.
