Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ trial enters week six on Monday, June 16. A lot of the earlier week concerned recollections from his alleged ex-girlfriend, who testified below the pseudonym Jane. She’s off the stand after 4 days of questions on her ties to Combs from 2021 till 2024.
Jane revealed a passionate, romantic relationship that escalated to “lodge events” with male entertainers a number of months in. From Could 2021 till 2023, the vast majority of their high quality time was spent having intercourse events. Whereas Jane admitted to organizing a few of the interactions, together with contacting the entertainers, she was adamant that it was below strain from Diddy and/or a want to please her man. A lot of her “lodge nights” particulars mirrored what Cassie described as “freak offs” throughout week certainly one of Diddy’s trial. Jane additionally revealed that Diddy threatened to cease paying her hire when she advocated in opposition to the sexual acts. Combs, per Jane, continues to be paying that invoice, alongside along with her protection lawyer.
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One other notable from week 5 contains Ye, previously Kanye West, pulling as much as the Manhattan courthouse. Additionally, Diddy’s protection filed for a second mistrial after prosecutors filed for the elimination of a Black juror who gave conflicting solutions about the place he resides, New York or New Jersey. The decide denied the petition — and that battle is enjoying out in courtroom on the prime of week six.
By Cassandra Santiago
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Diddy Trial Week 6, Day 24: Decide Dismisses Juror #6
Final week, the prosecution revealed they solely have 5 witnesses to name earlier than the protection begins presenting its case. The witnesses, per CNN, embody three abstract witnesses, a regulation enforcement agent, and one other former assistant of Sean Combs’.
When the trial resumed for day 24, Decide Arun Subramanian circled again to a problem he had tabled on the finish of week 5. He had shared considerations about Juror #6’s “altering solutions and inconsistency,” and the likelihood that he had a private agenda with jury responsibility. On Monday, Subramanian dismissed the juror for his inconsistent disclosures, particularly about his place of residency. Throughout jury choice, he claimed to be residing together with his fiancée and their daughter within the Bronx, however in an inquiry final week, he mentioned he lived in New Jersey with a girl and their baby, however primarily stays together with his aunt within the Bronx. The decide mentioned that persevering with to query the juror may result in extra jaded solutions.
The juror was reportedly a 41-year-old Black man. Diddy’s trial protection beforehand argued that dismissing the juror would have an effect on the jury’s racial variety. To that, the decide responded: “It will be improper to let the race of the juror and the alternate juror issue into the correct course right here in any respect.”
A 57-year-old white man will exchange Juror #6. The alternate lives together with his spouse and two youngsters in Westchester County, has a grasp’s diploma in mechanical engineering, and works as a producing architect. He admitted to listening to about Sean Diddy Combs’ trial on the radio.
Diddy Trial Week 6, Day 24: Decide Presents One other Juror Problem
After dismissing Juror #6 and changing him with the alternate, Decide Subramanian knowledgeable the courtroom of a problem with one other juror. Nevertheless, he clarified that the scenario is “on no account linked” to issues with the dismissed Black male juror. The decide will observe as much as query the second juror after the remainder of the jury is dismissed this afternoon.
Diddy Trial Week 6, Day 24: Paralegal Specialist Takes The Stand
Paralegal specialist Ananya Sankar is the primary abstract witness to testify throughout week six of Diddy’s trial. She works for the US Lawyer’s Workplace of the Southern District of New York. Her job on the stand is to make issues clearer for the jury.
Sankar testified about reviewing the accuracy of presidency charts, which summarize the displays. She mentioned she regarded over “a whole lot and a whole lot” of doc pages that present textual content messages, name logs, audio information, photographs, and video information. Her testimony may also expose textual content messages and different info submitted as proof however not but offered in courtroom.
One thread Sankar learn from a abstract chart was between two of Diddy’s assistants, Kristina Khorram and Ryan Lopez, in December 2019. Within the thread, Lopez instructed Kristina about seeing “one of many cowboys” in a lodge foyer. Khorram replied with laughing emojis and requested about Sean Combs going to sleep, which Lopez mentioned probably gained’t occur till the next night time. The “cowboy” within the thread references a person from a service referred to as ‘Cowboys and Angels,” which Cassie and Jane testified was used to e-book male entertainers.
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