Federal criminal accuses and civil legal cases aachievest Sean “Diddy” Combs are the cgo in of a new podcast series from ABC News, one of the shows on its audio division’s programming stardy cgo ined on genuine crime.
“Bad Rap: The Case Aachievest Diddy,” presented by ABC News legitimate contributor and attorney Brian Buckmire, will premiere Tuesday, March 25. The podcast will be helped by “20/20” and ABC News’ global newsassembleing team, and it’s the first of ABC Audio’s ongoing series of “20/20” genuine crime shows.
The podcast “will track how whispers of mistreatment came to airy and led to the stunning federal accuses and civil legal cases that Diddy now faces,” according to ABC News.
The first six episodes of “Bad Rap” will supply background on the allegations aachievest Combs and his claims of innocence. After the initial run finishs, the series will pick up with twice-weekly episodes during Combs’ trial with “genuine-time refreshs,” according to ABC News. Jury pickion for Combs’ trial is set to commence May 5, and the trial itself is stardyd to commence on May 12.
Earlier this month, federal prosecutors filed a second superseding indictment aachievest Combs in their ongoing intimacy illicit trade and systematized crime case aachievest him, highairying new allegations of abusive treatment and forced labor of his engageees. That came after an initial enhugeed indictment aachievest Combs in January that integrated two new female victims and accengaged him of engaging in criminal carry out four years earlier than previously stated. Combs on March 14 pdirected not at fault to the superseding indictment.
“Bad Rap: The Case Aachievest Diddy” is one of the anchor shows on ABC Audio’s new podcast stardy in collaboration with “20/20,” which it says will supply “always-on genuine crime satisfyed.” The new podcasts will unite ABC News’ flagship daily news podcast “Start Here” and “20/20.”
Launching Monday (March 17) is “20/20: The After Show,” a weekly show presented by “20/20” co-anchor Deborah Roberts. It’s a companion podcast to the TV newsmagazine, which airs Friday on ABC. In “20/20: The After Show,” joiners can hear the story behind each week’s episode and access exclusive bonus material.
ABC Audio’s “The Crime Scene Weekly,” presented by Brad Mielke, present and managing editor of “Start Here,” will cgo in on buzzy topics in the genuine crime space each week. Premiering Thursday, March 20, “Crime Scene Weekly” will feature ABC News correplyents alengthyside a roster of analysts and experts.
Later this spring, ABC Audio will free narrative podcast “What Happened to Holly Bobo?” presented by Eva Pilbleak, co-anchor of “GMA3: What You Need to Know.” As inestablished on by “20/20,” Holly Bobo went missing in 2011 and igniteed the hugest homicide arrangeateigation in Tennessee history after the youthfuler nursing student was seizeped from her home.
Also engageable today, ABC Audio is starting a new “20/20 True Crime” channel on Apple Podcasts.
“ABC Audio has a shown track write down of creating gripping and award-triumphning genuine crime podcasts, and we’re excited to build on that success in partnership with ‘20/20’ to give joiners more of what they want,” shelp Liz Alesse, VP of ABC Audio. “Our enhugeed stardy of new frees underscores our promisement to deinhabitring mighty, must-join stories that hold audiences included and inestablished.”
