Diddy’s authorized group advised the court docket he can’t make calls from jail and now a choose has ordered an investigation into the problem forward of his racketeering trial.

Diddy is on the heart of a brand new courtroom dispute because the choose overseeing his federal racketeering case has ordered an investigation into his restricted telephone entry on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn.

His protection attorneys advised the court docket that the Hip-Hop mogul has been unable to make calls from jail, limiting his capacity to speak together with his authorized group.

The Metropolitan Detention Heart confirmed that Diddy has not used up his month-to-month 300-minute telephone allowance, suggesting a doable technical subject relatively than a utilization cap.

In response, U.S. District Decide Arun Subramanian has issued a court docket order requiring the ability to research the matter.

The telephone entry subject comes as Diddy’s authorized group pushes for expanded communication privileges.

In a proper request filed with the court docket, his attorneys requested to extend his month-to-month telephone time from 300 to 500 minutes and lengthen video conferencing hours together with his protection group till 9 p.m. every day.

The letter, signed by attorneys Marc Agnifilo, Teny Geragos, Alexandra Shapiro, Jason Driscoll and Anna Estevao, argued that prolonged entry is crucial for trial preparation outdoors of normal court docket hours and on weekends.

Diddy, who stays in custody with out bail, is going through a number of federal expenses together with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by pressure or coercion and transporting people for prostitution.

Prosecutors have opposed his launch, citing issues about potential witness tampering and flight danger.

If convicted on all expenses, Diddy faces a compulsory minimal sentence of 15 years in federal jail.

Testimony will proceed Monday (June 9).

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