Diddy allegedly violating jail regulations to make snoopy phone calls and sway the jury pool, Feds claims

Diddy has been placing secret phone calls, intimidating witnesses, and planning a public relations strategy meant to taint the jury pool in his upcoming trial, all from inside a federal jail, argued prosecutors in a new memo.

The 30-page memo was filed on Friday (November 15) in response to Diddy’s latest attempt to be granted bail. (There is a hearing on the matter scheduled for next Friday, November 22). The document claims that since Diddy has been incarcerated, he has used a variety of means to evade Bureau of Prisons monitoring of his communications, in violation of jail rules, so that he could make calls that evade surveillance and speak to people he wasn’t authorized to reach out to.

His methods, the government claims, included “using PAC [phone access code] numbers belonging to other inmates to make calls; using three-way calls to contact other individuals, including individuals who are not on his approved contact list; and using an unauthorized third-party communication system to send messages to numerous individuals, including unauthorized contacts.”

Part of the reason for this, the memo continues, was so that Diddy could plan a public relations strategy in order to influence the jury pool.

“[T]he defendant is explicit about his intention to use public statements to alter public perception,” the memo reads. It points in particular to a “social media campaign” around Diddy’s birthday, — citing this post in particular — which the memo says the mogul “enlisted family members to plan and execute” at his “carefully curated direction.”

“The defendant (from within the [jail]) then monitored the analytics—i.e., audience engagement—and explicitly discussed with his family how to ensure that the video had his desired effect on potential jury members in this case,” it continues.

The document also makes mention of Diddy’s alleged “relentless efforts to contact potential witnesses, including victims of his abuse who could provide powerful testimony against him… [T]he defendant’s goal is to blackmail victims and witnesses either into silence or providing testimony helpful to his defense.”

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