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

Anthony Ricco, one of the lawyers representing Sean “Diddy” Combs in his federal case, has entered a bid to withdraw as the imprisoned mogul’s counsel, according to a motion filed on Friday morning.

Combs' defense attorneys claimed prosecutors "singled out" Sean "Diddy" Combs because he is Black, demonstrating "bad faith" and "racial animus" in handling the case.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer, Anthony Ricco, requested to be removed from his human trafficking case on Friday. Combs' sex-trafficking trial will begin on May 5.

Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is a powerful black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,” declares a Tuesday filing by the incarcerated Sean “Diddy” Combs to toss out the government’s claim the Bad Boy Records founder violated the Mann Act,

Anthony L. Ricco, who is representing the rapper in his federal criminal case, filed a motion to withdraw on Friday.

One of the three main attorneys representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in his high-profile federal sex trafficking indictment has filed a motion to withdraw from the case, citing unspecified “sufficient reasons” he can no longer represent the music mogul,