DIDDY WILL BE CHARGED IN ASSAULT CASE

Police sources tell the New York Post that Sean "Diddy" Combs will be charged with assault after he allegedly punched an acquaintance of 13 years in the face at a SoHo night club.

Diddy skipped a scheduled meeting with police Tuesday afternoon as his lawyer released a statement saying that he would not be arrested. At the time, Diddy was meeting with the victim at Butter nightclub to try and work things out without criminal charges being filed.

But the victim, 31-year-old Steven Acevedo, said their lil pow wow did nothing to change his mind about moving forward with the case. In fact, when asked point blank if they had resolved the matter, Acevedo told the Post, "Definitely not" before slowly drawing his finger across his throat – the universal gesture of doom.

As previously reported, Acevedo says Diddy punched him in the face during an altercation – not at Kiosk as originally reported, but at the exclusive nightspot Upstairs, according to the Post. The dispute was allegedly over a blonde woman that Diddy escorted to the Cannes Film Festival last summer and that Acevedo had dated.

Sources tell The Post that Acevedo and Diddy, 37, have known each other from the hip-hop club scene for at least 13 years.

DIDDY'S LEGAL DRAMA

It appears as if Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached out to the man he was accused of punching early Saturday at a Manhattan club, while TMZ.com claims new court documents prove that the mogul was ordered to submit photos of the rings he wore during another alleged assault, despite published reports to the contrary.

In the Manhattan incident, Steven Acevedo told police he was punched in the face by Diddy at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday following an argument inside Kiosk nightclub in Soho. According to the Associated Press, investigators are in the midst of tracking down more witnesses before seeking to question Diddy.

TMZ.com is reporting that Diddy and Acevedo – friends for over 13 years – met quietly Monday night at Butter nightclub to try and settle their differences. Both parties exited the club minutes apart, but neither would speak publicly about what was discussed.

Diddy's lawyer Benjamin Brafman said his client was not going to turn himself in to authorities Tuesday as expected.

"[Diddy] is not going to be arrested today," Brafman said in a statement. "We are hopeful that this matter will be resolved without the filing of any criminal charges as this was a disagreement among acquaintances, not a criminal assault."

Meanwhile, TMZ says it has obtained a minute order in another case accusing Diddy of assault that proves a judge ordered him Friday to submit photographs of the rings he was wearing on the night in question.

It had been reported earlier that the judge dismissed the photo request submitted by lawyers for alleged victim Gerald Rechnitzer, who claimed Diddy assaulted him following an Oscar party in Hollywood.

According to TMZ, the order read: "Lest there be any misapprehension on the part of counsel, the court understood the parties to say at the hearing that defendant had agreed to provide photos of the rings defendant was wearing."

SEAN DIDDY COMBS TO BE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS will be charged with assault after allegedly delivering a bloody rapping to a SOHO clubgoer over the weekend, police sources told THE NEW YORK POST. Cops were reinterviewing witnesses -- and were possibly poised to slap a more serious gun rap against one of the star's bodyguards -- after COMBS roughed up love rival STEVEN ACEVEDO at the trendy club KIOSK in NEW YORK CITY in the wee hours SATURDAY, the sources said.

ACEVEDO told cops that the pair got into an argument at the club around 3:30a and then briefly separated before starting to fight again. COMBS then clocked him twice in the face, busting his lip and bloodying his nose, ACEVEDO claims.

COMBS will be charged with a misdemeanor -- third-degree assault -- and given a desk-appearance ticket for his role in the incident, the sources said. He will not face jail time, they said.