United Kingdom, June 8 -- Sean 'Diddy' Combs' legal team have requested a mistrial.

The 55-year-old music mogul is currently on trial in New York after pleading not guilty to charges including racketeering and sex trafficking by force but his lawyers have made their second request to have proceedings declared invalid after claiming "prosecutorial misconduct".

A letter sent to Judge Arun Subramanian on Saturday (07.06.25) that was obtained by People magazine saw the defense allege "the government has presented testimony that it knew or should have known was materially false related to its allegation that Mr. Combs dangled Bryana Bongolan from the balcony of Cassie Ventura's apartment in September 2016."

The note added: "Accordingly, to ...