People: Jan. 24, 2000

HERE'S JOHNNIE!

You've got to give the man credit for insisting on working only with A-list talent. In the recording studio, SEAN ("PUFFY") COMBS has produced tracks for Madonna, Mariah Carey and girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. In the Hamptons, he sips Cristal with Martha Stewart and Calvin Klein. So why should he have anything but the best when it comes to legal representation? In anticipation of a weapons-felony indictment last week, Combs signed up attorneys Benjamin Brafman--who represented Mob turncoat Sammy ("the Bull") Gravano--and JOHNNIE COCHRAN (you may remember his work with a certain former football player). "There should not be...

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