Diddy trial: The Notorious B.I.G.'s ex-attorney describes rapper's trial as the "most oddball racketeering case" he's ever seen

The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started last month, and the ex-attorney of The Notorious B.I.G. has now shared his opinion about the same.

Perry Sanders, Jr., who once represented the estate of Notorious B.I.G., was featured in the latest episode of the CNN Audio podcast along with Laura Coates. Perry Sanders, Jr. described Diddy's trial as "by far the most oddball racketeering case I think I’ve seen.”

Notably, Perry’s statement was in response to Laura Coates, who claimed that most of the witnesses who have testified in Diddy’s case are allegedly linked to an “inner circle” that the government is aiming to prove an enterprise through a “racketeering RICO case.” Laura asked Perry,

“From what your experience has been in defending these cases and also looking at what you’re seeing now, how odd is it that behavior that he is alleged to have been doing went on for so long without there being criminal consequences?”

Perry opened up on how Diddy’s case is different than the usual cases and said,

“There’s a boss that is a puppeteer and controlling lots of people that are typically moving drugs or guns or something like that, and everybody’s just in it strictly for money. It’s a totally different deal than that. I guess it's got some tangential sort of similarities in that you get sucked in for whatever reason. In this case, it's obviously radically different than that."

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Diddy’s former bodyguard alleged that the rapper was possibly involved in The Notorious B.I.G.’s death

According to People magazine, the Notorious B.I.G. was shot when he was in his car in 1997. The incident happened at midnight after B.I.G. attended a Soul Train Awards party, and the late rapper was waiting at a red light when four shots were fired at him from the window. Although B.I.G. was immediately taken to the hospital, he succumbed to his wounds.

Meanwhile, Diddy’s former bodyguard Gene Deal appeared in a Peacock documentary titled The Making of a Bad Boy earlier this year, where he opened up on Sean’s alleged involvement in B.I.G.’s death.

As per the New York Post, Gene alleged that Combs “directly had something to do” in the case. Deal mentioned in the documentary that Diddy reportedly appeared suspicious a few days before B.I.G. was shot dead. Deal continued by saying,

“The week [in] which Biggie was murdered he was just acting real anxious and trying to get Big at this party. And [what] was crazy was, Big was telling people he had to be in London. But Puff was telling people, ‘He ain’t going to London that whole week.’”

Gene added that he received a call from Combs, saying that they were going to attend the “Vibe party.” Deal mentioned that he did not want to attend the party, considering that the East Coast and West Coast were involved in a dispute after the death of Tupac Shakur. Furthermore, Sean and B.I.G. were reportedly believed to have been associated with the case in some manner.

Deal recalled that he was inside a car with Sean when B.I.G. was shot and hospitalized. Gene also referred to how Diddy reacted after learning about B.I.G.’s death at the hospital and said,

“He just was stunned. He just seemed like he had this look in his eye like he couldn’t believe it, that he was dead. He couldn’t believe it.”

According to the New York Post, Sean’s legal team replied to the claims of Gene Deal in the documentary, stating that Combs has dismissed the allegations arising from Deal’s comments.