Diddy’s lawyers claim seizure of writings from cell is ‘outrageous conduct’

Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, is awaiting trial on charges that he coerced and abused women for years (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have accused prosecutors of engaging in “outrageous government conduct” by using materials seized from his jail cell to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial.

They said information gathered in a raid on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn were cited in papers the government filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday in a bid to keep the music mogul locked up before his trial on May 5.