{"id":6669,"date":"2025-05-10T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/mark-geragos-says-diddy-is-a-friend-and-he-wont-abandon-him\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T20:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T20:26:32","slug":"mark-geragos-says-diddy-is-a-friend-and-he-wont-abandon-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/mark-geragos-says-diddy-is-a-friend-and-he-wont-abandon-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Geragos Says Diddy is a Friend and He Won&#8217;t Abandon Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Mark Geragos<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Diddy&#8217;s a Friend &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h2\">I Won&#8217;t Abandon Him<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-10T12:00:55-07:00\">May 10, 2025 12:00 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-8f5979ee37ff3b956217862c53b457ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8ea8e6cb-1326-47fe-8023-cd2a0bdf08f1-894436894-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8ea8e6cb-1326-47fe-8023-cd2a0bdf08f1-894436894-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cd\/16by9\/2025\/05\/09\/cde2b282a91949d3835ef450e886b896_md.jpg\" alt=\"2-angry-men-kal-05-09-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">2 Angry Men Podcast<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8f5979ee37ff3b956217862c53b457ac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b050530ed4a96c8e9a84c37a11440cb0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/p-diddy\/\"><strong>Diddy<\/strong><\/a> is a friend who doesn&#8217;t deserve to be abandoned &#8230; so says celebrity attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mark-geragos\/\"><strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong><\/a>, who may or may not be representing him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b050530ed4a96c8e9a84c37a11440cb0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-71433c0ac64a95cc8372cca415056d09\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-71433c0ac64a95cc8372cca415056d09--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4c22e643ed96589d216e2c1a6826e828\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Geragos hedged, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/someone-close-to-diddys-defense-shocked-us\/id1728521271?i=1000707880178\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;2 Angry Men&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> podcast, whether he was among Diddy&#8217;s pack of lawyers repping him in the criminal trial.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4c22e643ed96589d216e2c1a6826e828--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-624d6ef06c3685051c552c5d82ec1540\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250509_5faa444829a349b4b8e651f949f66acc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a2773de6-5264-407c-bdaf-d33112ea04c0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5f\/4by3\/2025\/05\/09\/5faa444829a349b4b8e651f949f66acc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Teny Geragos Marc Agnifilo getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-624d6ef06c3685051c552c5d82ec1540--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52dae6e818bf9aa8c843228c560ecdb7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Harvey pressed him, ticking off a load of evidence pointing to Geragos being part of the team &#8212; he was in the gallery all last week passing notes back and forth with Diddy and his lawyers, he went into chambers with lead attorney <strong>Marc Agnifilo<\/strong> and came out of chambers with an arm wrapped around Agnifilo&#8217;s shoulder and he huddled with the defense team &#8212; including his daughter, <strong>Teny Geragos<\/strong> &#8212; in the 8th floor cafeteria. In fact, he was so involved, he didn&#8217;t have time to press his rumpled suit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52dae6e818bf9aa8c843228c560ecdb7--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-592f98fa20e1d5aee89573f949da31d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-807bf63d-286d-4094-9b0b-aa552a56056d-1318497939-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-807bf63d-286d-4094-9b0b-aa552a56056d-1318497939-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5a\/16by9\/2025\/05\/09\/5a6049f32b4b41ddae89d20fb660cd7d_md.jpg\" alt=\"050925_mark_geragos_white_women_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">5\/2\/25<\/span>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-592f98fa20e1d5aee89573f949da31d1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c76dcf1d38fab060a1abaf9c13fcb3d7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mark didn&#8217;t directly address whether he&#8217;s on the team, but he noted he has repped Diddy in the past and considers him a friend. And Geragos says he will not abandon his friend, who he acknowledges is charged with serious crimes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c76dcf1d38fab060a1abaf9c13fcb3d7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c332064d5e5d808f438b5048bce95b9a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After all, he even gave Diddy his firstborn! Mark&#8217;s words, not ours.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c332064d5e5d808f438b5048bce95b9a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d369c0079763272a88a785ff8b4e2f26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block canvas-iframe-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block--default  \">\n                    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=FOXM7459881891\" class=\"ratio-item \" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n            <\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d369c0079763272a88a785ff8b4e2f26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c9271a0ba3a89010a6a0417b1ecf919b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported, Geragos was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/07\/diddy-trial-judge-warns-mark-geragos-2-angry-men-podcast\/\"><strong>scolded by the judge<\/strong><\/a> for referring to prosecutors as &#8220;a six-pack of white women,&#8221; and the judge made it clear &#8230; he&#8217;ll be listening to &#8220;2 Angry Men&#8221; to hear if Geragos crosses the line again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c9271a0ba3a89010a6a0417b1ecf919b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-58f06b504a93b85a58226a2b244bbcf3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/tv-shows\/200211330\/s01-e101-week-1-big-problems-for-diddy\"><br \/>\n                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f9\/16by9\/2025\/05\/08\/f9930aa6e46f407fa3a4b54354d4d778_md.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy Inside the Trail-INLINE-PROMO-watch-free\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-16by9\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-58f06b504a93b85a58226a2b244bbcf3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-59c8aee8c4227ec0559324fed633be02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>By the way &#8230; Geragos is a regular on the new TMZ Tubi Series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/09\/sean-combs-inside-the-diddy-trial-how-to-watch-tubi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;TMZ Presents United States V. Sean Combs: Inside the Diddy Trial,&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> which you can stream free on <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/tv-shows\/200211330\/s01-e01-week-1-big-problems-for-diddy\"><strong>Tubi<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-59c8aee8c4227ec0559324fed633be02--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/05\/10\/mark-geragos-supporting-diddy-friend-trial-2-angry-men-podcast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Geragos Diddy&#8217;s a Friend &#8230; I Won&#8217;t Abandon Him Published May 10, 2025 12:00 PM PDT Play video content 2 Angry Men Podcast Diddy is a friend who doesn&#8217;t deserve to be abandoned &#8230; so says celebrity attorney Mark Geragos, who may or may not be representing him. 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