Prosecution Slams Puffy

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A statement issued jointly by Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez was cited by assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos as a violation of the gag order placed on Combs' weapons possession trial by New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon today.

In the statement, issued Tuesday, Combs allegedly professed his innocence and claimed that his defense team would not call Lopez to the witness stand in his defense. On Wednesday, Bogdanos asked Solomon to hold Combs in contempt of court and to sentence him to thirty days in jail for breaking the gag order, which prohibited both prosecution and defense from talking to the press about the case. Combs' attorney Benjamin Brafman countered that the statement fell within the gag order's restrictions, which allow him to maintain his innocence. Solomon is reviewing Bogdanos' request and reiterated his demand that neither side address the press.

The trial continues Thursday. Combs defense has been presenting its case along with co-defendants Anthony Jones and Jamal "Shyne" Barrow for the past week. On Thursday, Combs may finally take the stand in his own defense.

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Song Stories

“V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.”

Fishbone | 1985

Quite a few musicians have utilized initials for song titles -- Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," Abba's "S.O.S.," Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.," etc. But the more curiously initialed tune has to be "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.," short for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts." Fishbone's original guitarist, Kendall Jones, explained to Rolling Stone, "When Norwood [Fisher] wrote it, he introduced it to the band saying, 'Man, I've been hearing about all these Nazi right-wing groups on the news saying the Holocaust was staged. So what if America said it never dropped two atom bombs on Japan, that it was actually Godzilla popping a couple off?' Only Norwood would come up with something that out." The same year "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." was released, the film Godzilla 1985 appeared in North America.

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