Diddy Attorney Anthony Ricco Files To Withdraw From Federal Case

Diddy's lawyer Anthony Ricco filed a motion Friday morning in the Southern District of New York federal court to withdraw as Diddy's counsel. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Ricco states, "under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs, consistent with the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice. He offered no further explanation for his departure, but did add that there are "sufficient reasons for [the] brevity" of his request. Ricco does say he's discussed the action with Diddy's lead counsel Marc Agnifilo, confirming there won't be any lapse in representation or delay with jury selection or trial commencement. Ricco had joined the Diddy defense in September 2024, and his sudden departure from the case without detailed explanation might seem like a crisis, connected to Diddy there's no panic, and little to read between the lines here. The rules of professional conduct require him to say things that might sound dramatic, and unlike the way people normally speak. "There's no crisis," and Diddy's lead counsel team of Agnifilo and Teny Geragos has been the same for nearly a year federal prosecutors indicted Diddy in September on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and kidnapping and say they have 3 female victims one of whom is his ex-girlfriend Cassie.

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