Diddy and His Balcony Accuser Both Ask a Judge to Delay Their Trial Five Months
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Bryana Bongolan don’t agree on much — but they agree their trial needs more time.
In a joint filing dated November 11, both sides asked a Los Angeles federal judge to move the civil trial from June 8, 2027 to November 9, 2027 — a five-month delay that still needs the court’s approval before it takes effect.
The reason, according to the filing, starts with Diddy’s imprisonment. The parties wrote that his incarceration “has created significant practical difficulties in communicating with him, as well as coordinating his defense strategy and review of relevant documents.” Lawyers for both sides also cited unfinished witness depositions and the coordination needed with his corporate co-defendants, Bad Boy Entertainment LLC and CeOpco LLC.
Bongolan’s lawsuit centers on an alleged September 2016 encounter at Cassie Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment. She alleges Diddy sexually assaulted her, held her over a 17th-floor balcony and threw her onto patio furniture. Diddy has denied the accusations. Bongolan also testified about the balcony allegation during his criminal trial in June 2025.
The case has moving parts that still aren’t settled. Bongolan’s attorneys previously broadened the alleged date to a wider September 2016 window after the defense challenged her original timeline using travel and performance records. A dismissal motion filed March 6 remains unresolved — the defendants argue some claims were brought too late and others fail to state a legal claim — and the defense has not yet answered her second amended complaint.
Under the proposed new calendar, the fact-discovery cutoff and the mandatory settlement conference would move from November 20, 2026 to April 23, 2027, with expert discovery completed by July 8, 2027. Both sides noted this is their first request to continue the trial.
Combs remains incarcerated at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, where he is serving his federal sentence.
Source: AllHipHop, reporting on the parties’ November 11 joint filing in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
