In closing arguments, Diddy lawyer says Cassie relationship was a 'great modern love story'

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Today, jurors in Diddy’s trial heard closing arguments from defense attorney Marc Agnifilo. Agnifilo, who addressed the panel for four hours, forcefully and sometimes derisively pushed back on the U.S. government’s “exaggerated” narrative. He asserted that Diddy was being unfairly persecuted for his sexual “lifestyle,” insisting that his client was innocent of all charges.

Agnifilo said the defense doesn’t dispute that Diddy physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. (“We own the domestic violence,” Agnifilo said. “I hope you guys know that.”) But the rapper “did not do the things he is charged with, racketeering or sex trafficking,” the attorney added. “He is going to fight to the death to defend himself against what he didn’t do.”

The prosecution team alleges that Diddy sex-trafficked Ventura and another ex-girlfriend, “Jane,” forcing them to participate in the drug-dazed “freak offs” at the heart of the case. Agnifilo rejected that version of events, referring to Diddy’s relationship with Ventura as “a great modern love story” between two “swingers.”

Agnifilo argued that both women were consenting and sometimes enthusiastic participants in “freak offs,” which the lawyer characterized as pleasant evenings in “beautiful hotel rooms.” He attempted to downplay the marathon sexual encounters, including the fact that Diddy recorded them on video. “He’s not the only man in America making homemade porn,” Agnifilo said.