Diddy Attorney Jumped Ship Over Defense Strategy Battle with Co-Counsel

Diddy has one much less lawyer combating for him heading into his federal trial, as a result of his authorized crew could not get on the identical web page relating to the very best protection for him … TMZ has discovered.

Sources with direct data of Anthony Ricco‘s exit from Diddy’s camp inform us there had been an influence battle occurring between lead legal professional Marc Agnifilo and him for a number of months, and it lastly got here to a head.

As we reported, Ricco shook up Diddy’s crew Friday morning by informing the decide he might now not “successfully” defend his shopper — however his submitting lacked element about why he was leaping ship.

We’re instructed the battle inside crew Diddy centered across the intercourse trafficking allegations, and there was disagreement on learn how to deal with that a part of the federal indictment once they go to trial.

For his half, Agnifilo has repeatedly denied the trafficking cost, and as an alternative says the so-called freak offs all the time concerned consensual intercourse between Diddy, a girlfriend and a 3rd get together. As we reported, Agnifilo filed a movement to dismiss depend 3 of the indictment, which is all in regards to the Mann Act … the transportation of people to “interact in prostitution.”

Our sources say Ricco grew annoyed when his efforts to talk on to Diddy about authorized methods have been thwarted by co-counsel, and that is why he felt he could not correctly defend the hip hop mogul.

We’re additionally instructed Ricco strongly believed they would not be able to go to trial by Could 5 — the scheduled begin date — and thought they need to ask the decide for extra time. His co-counsel strongly disagreed, push got here to shove and Ricco peace’d out.

Our sources linked to Diddy instructed us Ricco’s departure is way ado about nothing, saying lead protection attorneys Agnifilo and Teny Geragos have been rock stable for nearly a 12 months now.

We reached out to Diddy’s reps for remark, however no phrase again but.