Prosecutors move to take final ownership of Diddy's Ibiza tapes in a forfeiture case

Prosecutors have asked Judge Arun Subramanian to finalize the forfeiture of a set of Sony DVCAM cassettes labeled "Ibiza Tapes," seized from Diddy's Miami mansion in March 2024. The new filing identifies the tapes only by that label, with no explanation of their contents, recording dates or connection to Ibiza.

"The Government respectfully requests that the Court enter the attached Final Order of Forfeiture in this matter," Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson wrote, noting that Diddy's rights to the property were already ordered forfeited and that no third-party claims were filed within the statutory period. Public notice of the forfeiture ran for 30 consecutive days, from October 15 through November 13, 2025, and the process traces back to an October 2025 order that first required Diddy to hand the recordings, along with cash and other electronics, over to federal custody.

What the tapes actually show remains unclear; the filing does not say whether investigators ever reviewed them or whether they contain any material connected to the criminal case. They are part of a larger haul of electronics and surveillance equipment seized from Diddy since his 2024 arrest, including phones, laptops, hard drives, flash drives, tablets and computers, taken from both the Miami property and his Los Angeles home.

No auction of the tapes has been announced, and the filing does not say whether the public will ever get access to them; Justice Department policy leaves the method of disposal to the executive branch once a court enters its final order. Jurors viewed other explicit recordings during Diddy's trial, which ended in a split verdict: he was convicted on two prostitution-related transportation counts and acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and two sex-trafficking charges. The proposed final forfeiture order remained unsigned when prosecutors submitted their request to the judge on August 4.

The filing comes as other parts of Diddy's case keep moving: his projected release date has separately shifted to February 2028 after a July fight at FCI Fort Dix landed him in solitary confinement, and Keefe D has denied Diddy had any role in the killing of Tupac Shakur ahead of his own trial. MusicSuey follows more hip-hop legal news.