Diddy Attorney Files Motion to Withdraw From Legal Team: ‘Under No Circumstances’ Can I Continue
Written by djfrosty on February 21, 2025
One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys has filed a motion to step down from representing the incarcerated hip-hop mogul.
Per court documents filed in the Southern District of New York on Friday (Feb. 21), Anthony Ricco said that while he had “provided Sean Combs with the high level of legal representation expected by the court, under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs, consistent with the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice.”
Combs retained Ricco’s counsel on Sept. 22, 2024. He will continue to be represented by five other attorneys on record, including Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.
“This motion for withdrawal of counsel, if granted, will not result in a delay of the present schedule for the commencement of jury selection and trial, or the present schedules for briefing of pre-trial legal issues,” the filing continues. “As a result, there will be no lapse in representation, as Sean Combs will continue to be represented by five other attorneys of record.”
Earlier this week, Combs’ attorneys filed a motion in New York federal court calling for a sex trafficking charge to be dropped from his indictment. The disgraced hip-hop mogul’s legal team alleged the charge has racist origins, arguing that “no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution” under The Mann Act, under which the charge was brought.
Combs was arrested in September and is currently detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial, which is slated to start in May. Prosecutors allege Combs was running a criminal enterprise that had been set up to satisfy his need for “sexual gratification.” The rapper has also been accused of carrying out acts of violence and using intimidation tactics to keep his alleged victims from speaking out. If convicted on all charges, Combs faces life in prison.