Diddy's lawyer slammed by judge for calling prosecutors a ‘six-pack of white women'
The judge overseeing Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial ripped a member of his family's legal team Tuesday — after the lawyer griped on his podcast about the all-women team of prosecutors in the case.
'This is ridiculous,' Judge Arun Subramanian said during a behind-closed-doors dressing down of Mark Geragos, who represents Combs' mother and has been seen huddling with the embattled hip-mogul's lawyers, a court transcript shows.
Geragos drew the judge's ire for calling the all women prosecution team 'a six-pack of white women' on a recent episode of a podcast he hosts with TMZ founder Harvey Levin.
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3 Attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman, R, leave the Van Nuys West Courthouse, April 17, 2025.
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'I think referring to the prosecution in this case as a six-pack of white women is outrageous,' Subramanian told Geragos, according to the transcript obtained by The Post.
'This would not be tolerated in any court from any lawyer anywhere across the nation,' the jurist added to the veteran attorney.
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Geragos has repped several celebrity clients over the years, including Michael Jackson and Hunter Biden.
He's not listed as a lawyer on Combs' case but revealed Tuesday that he's working for Combs' mother, Janice, in an undisclosed matter. He's been spotted observing the first two days of jury selection in a section of the Manhattan federal courtroom reserved for Combs' friends and family.
Geragos' daughter, Teny Geragos, is a member of Combs' defense team at the firm Agnifilo Intrater LLP.
The judge's lambasting of Mark Geragos Tuesday morning ended on a lighter note, with the jurist noting that he would be listening to future episodes of the podcast to make sure the attorney did not make similar further comments.
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3 Sean 'Diddy' Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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3 Sean 'Diddy' Combs sits before US District Judge Arun Subramanian as jury selection continued at his sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, on May 6, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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'I'm going to be watching and I'm going to be listening. All right? You have one more listener for your podcast,' the judge said.
'As long as you subscribe, I'm all for it,' Geragos replied.
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Combs, 55, faces up to life in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Jury selection resumes Wednesday.
Mark Geragos could not immediately be reached Tuesday night.
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