Jaws dropped when the news broke that Sean Diddy Combs’ lawyer, Anthony Ricco, left Diddy’s legal team. Since being arrested in connection with dozens of cases of abuse and trafficking, the music mogul has been reviled by the internet.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team has lost a member ahead of his sex trafficking trial. One of his attorneys, Anthony Ricco, stepped down from the case and provided a cryptic statement.

Anthony Ricco has filed a motion to step down as Diddy's counsel just three months before he's set to go on trial

Anthony Ricco announced that he would no longer represent embattled music mogul, Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy. Anthony Ricco, a defense lawyer renowned for handling notorious cases, joined Diddy’s defense team in September 2024.

One of the attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking case wants to quit the hip-hop mogul’s defense team.

One of Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers filed a motion to withdraw from the mogul's defense team. Anthony Ricco did not provide a reason for his request, in which he wrote, "under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs," according to an affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

Anthony Ricco was one of several attorneys for Combs, who is also represented by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.

As the embattled music mogul faces down a torrent of civil suits and a federal sexual abuse and racketeering case, one his lawyers, Anthony Ricco, is calling it quits. In a motion filed in New York Federal Court Friday,

"Under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs," Anthony Ricco wrote. Sean Combs has lost a lawyer. Anthony Ricco, one of the attorneys representing the music mogul in his criminal sex trafficking case,