Jaws dropped when the news broke that Sean Diddy Combs’ lawyer, Anthony Ricco, left Diddy’s legal team. Since being arrested in connection with dozens of cases of abuse and trafficking, the music mogul has been reviled by the internet.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has lost one of his key attorneys less than three months before his trial begins. Anthony Ricco filed a motion to withdraw from the case, fueling speculation about potential ethical disagreements within his legal team or a shift in the rapper’s legal strategy.

A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs says he wants to quit the defense team in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking case.