Sean “Love” Combs is no stranger to his defense team making headlines. There was the baby bottle PR nightmare of Marc Agnifilo’s slick attempt to drag Costco in to it. Costco responded, noting that none of its U.S. locations sell baby oil. That of course made things worse! Not only because it showed Agnifilo was just pulling defenses out of his ass, but at that moment “Rap Mogul Stocks More Baby Oil In Private Home Than Global Bulk Seller” became a potentially legitimate New York Times headline! Absurd scenarios like that steals food from the mouths of the writers at The Onion. Dabbling in some *alleged* human trafficking is one thing, but taking work from cash strapped humorists is a step too far.
The second shakeup was when Anthony Ricco jumped ship. Why? Well he wouldn’t say much beyond “[U]nder no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs”. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he thought Diddy was so guilty that a guy who defended Osama Bin Laden in 2001 had to pass up on baby oil money for ethical reasons. But cash strapped humorist Josh Johnson did a very good job of pointing out that it looks that way:
The first two were rough but hey, third time’s the charm, right?! Diddy recently got a new lawyer to defend him — and he goes by the name Brian Steel.
If I’m a billionaire music CEO accused of being a Bad Boy, I’d want to hire the guy that effectively beat a high profile RICO case too. There’s no telling how Diddy’s case will proceed now that Steel is involved, but if things come out in Diddy’s favor, expect to see Brian Steel in a Sean John sweatsuit.
Sean Combs’s Former Lawyer No Longer Arguing Over Whether Diddy Did It
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
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Sean “Love” Combs is no stranger to his defense team making headlines. There was the baby bottle PR nightmare of Marc Agnifilo’s slick attempt to drag Costco in to it. Costco responded, noting that none of its U.S. locations sell baby oil. That of course made things worse! Not only because it showed Agnifilo was just pulling defenses out of his ass, but at that moment “Rap Mogul Stocks More Baby Oil In Private Home Than Global Bulk Seller” became a potentially legitimate New York Times headline! Absurd scenarios like that steals food from the mouths of the writers at The Onion. Dabbling in some *alleged* human trafficking is one thing, but taking work from cash strapped humorists is a step too far.
The second shakeup was when Anthony Ricco jumped ship. Why? Well he wouldn’t say much beyond “[U]nder no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs”. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he thought Diddy was so guilty that a guy who defended Osama Bin Laden in 2001 had to pass up on baby oil money for ethical reasons. But cash strapped humorist Josh Johnson did a very good job of pointing out that it looks that way:
The first two were rough but hey, third time’s the charm, right?! Diddy recently got a new lawyer to defend him — and he goes by the name Brian Steel.
If I’m a billionaire music CEO accused of being a Bad Boy, I’d want to hire the guy that effectively beat a high profile RICO case too. There’s no telling how Diddy’s case will proceed now that Steel is involved, but if things come out in Diddy’s favor, expect to see Brian Steel in a Sean John sweatsuit.
Sean Combs’s Former Lawyer No Longer Arguing Over Whether Diddy Did It
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
