Amy Robach

And they said he violently beat them, he threatened them, he lied to them, he plied them with drugs.

And they argued to this panel, to this appellate court, to do otherwise would have been unfair and unjust.

And that Combs is wrong in his argument that those past acts shouldn't have been considered.

They are saying the judge absolutely did and should have considered all of those other acts,

When putting his sentencing together.

And it's interesting you say that because one of the judges basically said exactly that.

He said he called this an exceptionally difficult case that raises questions of first impression, not only for this court, but for any federal court in the country.

So what happens or what this appellate panel decides, they know is going to have far-reaching and long-lasting effects on cases that may come next.

After this one.

Yes.

They said that there is no there's no expected necessary decision that day, but it could have happened.

So, yes, they folks who went to the court said that this was very much like the trial itself in terms of who was there.

People were all outside the court.

They were waiting there.

to see who would come and go.

They were waiting to see if they could get in.

It was a bit of a media circus once again down there at the federal court.

Oh, this is huge.

Imagine if they decided, if they sided with Diddy's lawyers on this, what this would do to judges when they sentence Robes.

A defendant and defendant is what I was looking for instead of client.