Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been asked to turn in images of his rings to a Los Angeles court, to determine his involvement in an alleged attack on a man at a post-Oscars party earlier this year.

The hip-hop star is accused of punching Gerard Rechnitzer in the jaw after the 27-year-old realtor objected to Combs' attempts to woo his fiancee at a Roosevelt Hotel party on 25 February.

Rechnitzer began court proceedings to sue Combs for the reported attack in March - although the rapper's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, quickly dismissed the allegations as "completely baseless".

Rechnitzer's attorney, Michael M. Marzban, has now filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court detailing the prosecution's request, and he hopes the evidence of the size and shape of the expensive jewellery will be consistent with his client's injuries, proving Combs' part in the incident.

The motion states: "Needless to say, Combs does not wear simple rings. The rings he wore when he struck (Rechnitzer) are important and critical to the biomechanics of this case."

And Marzban claims he was forced to resort to filing a formal request because repeated pleas to Combs' party for photographs of the rings had been ignored.

He adds, "After several conversations with (the defendant's) attorney, it became apparent to me that (Combs') constant partying both in the United States and abroad took priority."

- Diddy Gallery

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