A lawyer representing a man who claims he was assaulted by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs at an Oscar after party in February, has reportedly filed a motion asking the Bad Boy founder to turn over photographs of the rings he wore on the night of the incident.
Gerard Rechnitzer, a real estate agent, claimed that Combs punched him in the jaw outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, while he was trying to stop the rap mogul from hitting on his fiancé.
Rechnitzer filed a lawsuit in March. But in July, Diddy was cleared of the assault charges by the L.A. City Attorney's Office due to "insufficient evidence".
Rechnitzer's lawyer, Michael M. Marzban, filed another motion on Monday (September 10) and believes that his client obtained injuries from Diddy's rings.
"Needless to say, Combs does not wear simple rings," Marzban's motion stated. "The rings he wore when he struck (Rechnitzer) are important and critical to the bio-mechanics of this case."
The motion also requested that Diddy is to provide documents that he feels will prove whether or not the Bad Boy mogul was at the Roosevelt Hotel that night, and how much alcohol he might have consumed at Teddy's, a night club within the hotel.
In addition, Marzban is asking for information on the security entourage that Combs had with him at the time of the incident.
Marzban said he has been patient in his requests for information, even to the point of granting Combs an extension so the entertainer could attend the Princess Diana tribute concert in London on July 1.
But by the end of August, Sean had not complied with all of the requests for information. According to Marzban's motion, Combs' lawyer said his client was out of the country.
"After several conversations with (Combs') attorney, it became apparent to me that (Combs') constant partying both in the United States and abroad took priority..." said Marzban via a statement. "Combs has recently spent considerable time in the United States filming MTV's "Making the Band 4," making concert appearances and attending the Magic Online Fashion & Apparel Trade Show in Las Vegas," Marzban argues in his motion.
Combs' lawyer, Hillary A. Jones, declined to comment on the statements in Marzban's court papers.