Sean “Diddy” Combs will testify in his upcoming trial as he wants to defend himself, his lawyer has said.

The 54-year-old music mogul was arrested in a New York hotel on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, and transportation for purposes of prostitution on Monday, September 16. Over the last year, several individuals have brought lawsuits against him, alleging physical or sexual mistreatment, with one of them being his ex-girlfriend, R&B vocalist Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Elizabeth Ventura.

Diddy denies all the charges and his attorney Marc Agnifilo insisted he is “going to fight this to the end” as he wants to clear his name. He is now in federal custody awaiting trial on his charges and Agnifilo said his client will take the stand to testify in court.

• Eminem’s scathing attacks on P Diddy in full as fans analyze ‘disturbing’ lyrics
• P Diddy ‘freak off’ party guest fears rapper ‘could get killed in prison’ amid enemy concerns

Speaking in a new TMZ Studios documentary named “The Downfall of Diddy: The Indictment”, Agnifilo said: “I don’t know that I can keep him off the stand. He is very eager to tell his story and I think he will tell every part of his story, including what you see on the video.”

The video the lawyer mentions is surveillance footage from the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, obtained by CNN, captured in 2016 that seems to show Diddy and Cassie in an altercation that matches events described in her lawsuit. Cassie came forward with allegations against the rapper in Nov. 2023. However, Diddy and Cassie settled the lawsuit out of court in a timely manner.

Agnifilo added that he expects the video to be explained in court on the TMZ documentary – which is available Thursday night on Tubi. The interviewer told the attorney that the fact that Diddy is going to take the stand is “breathtaking” as it means he will also be cross-examined during the trial about the alleged violence in the video and all the other allegations.

The attorney insisted: “He has his story and he has a story that I think only he can tell in the way he can tell it in real time. And it’s a human story. It’s a story of, of, of love. It’s a story of hurt. It’s a story of heartbreak. I mean, when he describes that relationship, the word he uses more than any other word is heartbreak. He was heartbroken, she was heartbroken.”

Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories.

It comes as another woman sued Combs on Tuesday, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the latest of several similar suits against Combs, comes a week after he was arrested and a federal sex trafficking indictment against him was unsealed.

Thalia Graves alleges that when she was 25 and dating an executive who worked for Combs in the summer of 2001, Combs and Joseph Sherman lured her to a meeting at Bad Boy Recording Studios. She said they picked her up in an SUV and during the ride gave her a drink “likely laced with a drug.”

According to the lawsuit, Graves lost consciousness and awoke to find herself bound inside Combs’ office and lounge at the studio. The two men raped her, slapped her, slammed her head against a pool table, and ignored her screams and cries for help, the lawsuit alleges.

At a news conference in Los Angeles with one of her attorneys, Gloria Allred, Graves said she has suffered from “flashbacks, nightmares and intrusive thoughts” in the years since. “It has been hard for me to trust others to form healthy relationships or even feel safe in my own skin,” Graves said, crying as she read from a statement. She said it is “a pain that reaches into your very core of who you are and leaves emotional scars that may never fully heal.”

The Mirror US has contacted Diddy’s representatives for comment.