Brian Buckmeyer

I don't know that there is, Brian. I think... Look, first, the defense has said a plea deal is off the table. He intends to fight this. He intends to win. He denies ever sexually assaulting anyone, man, woman, child, adult, anybody, his representatives have said. And he believes that the prosecution is in large part underpinned by race and

I don't know that there is, Brian. I think... Look, first, the defense has said a plea deal is off the table. He intends to fight this. He intends to win. He denies ever sexually assaulting anyone, man, woman, child, adult, anybody, his representatives have said. And he believes that the prosecution is in large part underpinned by race and

and that he got a raw deal when the magistrate approved the search warrants of his house and his electronics and the like, and that he can beat this. So a plea deal seems to be off the table from the defense point of view, but there are loads of allegations of... who may have known what, when, and where. Once you have Sean Combs, who else is there really? That was the case with Jeffrey Epstein.

and that he got a raw deal when the magistrate approved the search warrants of his house and his electronics and the like, and that he can beat this. So a plea deal seems to be off the table from the defense point of view, but there are loads of allegations of... who may have known what, when, and where. Once you have Sean Combs, who else is there really? That was the case with Jeffrey Epstein.

They only went after Ghislaine Maxwell after Epstein died by suicide in jail.

They only went after Ghislaine Maxwell after Epstein died by suicide in jail.

Prosecutors were clear in their paperwork that there was this network of individuals that supplied the baby oil and the drugs and got all the hotel rooms ready for the freak-offs and arranged travel for the male prostitutes, which the defense says are legal escorts. Now... Is stacking up boxes of baby oil in a hotel room a charge-worthy crime? I don't know.

Prosecutors were clear in their paperwork that there was this network of individuals that supplied the baby oil and the drugs and got all the hotel rooms ready for the freak-offs and arranged travel for the male prostitutes, which the defense says are legal escorts. Now... Is stacking up boxes of baby oil in a hotel room a charge-worthy crime? I don't know.

Whether their actions are criminal in and of themselves is an open question. And who's to say who's not talking to the feds behind closed doors?

Whether their actions are criminal in and of themselves is an open question. And who's to say who's not talking to the feds behind closed doors?

I mean, everyone always asks me, and I know it's reading tea leaves, but... Defense attorneys always tell his client, no, right? Do not testify. I don't see Sean Combs taking the witness stand. Do you?

I mean, everyone always asks me, and I know it's reading tea leaves, but... Defense attorneys always tell his client, no, right? Do not testify. I don't see Sean Combs taking the witness stand. Do you?

Well, the cross-examination would be brutal because isn't the first question. So when you were hitting Cassie after dragging her through the hallway, were you really mad about something else? And that is you, right? Smacking her. Let's play that again, jurors. Let's see that a third time. That is you, right? Let's just make sure.

Well, the cross-examination would be brutal because isn't the first question. So when you were hitting Cassie after dragging her through the hallway, were you really mad about something else? And that is you, right? Smacking her. Let's play that again, jurors. Let's see that a third time. That is you, right? Let's just make sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sure. We haven't seen his attorneys try to do that yet. So far, they've gone for bigger swings. That does not involve him conceding any aspect of bad behavior. other than maybe at the outset they conceded he had some problems with drugs and alcohol that they didn't specify, but that's what they made it sound like. But they've gone for the bigger swing of this is a racist prosecution.

Sure. We haven't seen his attorneys try to do that yet. So far, they've gone for bigger swings. That does not involve him conceding any aspect of bad behavior. other than maybe at the outset they conceded he had some problems with drugs and alcohol that they didn't specify, but that's what they made it sound like. But they've gone for the bigger swing of this is a racist prosecution.

Cassie was a willing participant. This is a loving relationship. This video isn't what it seems. They haven't done a more nuanced defense, at least yet. And I would look for prosecutors, as much as they included, to also put some blinders on the jury to say, this isn't about Biggie Smalls.

Cassie was a willing participant. This is a loving relationship. This video isn't what it seems. They haven't done a more nuanced defense, at least yet. And I would look for prosecutors, as much as they included, to also put some blinders on the jury to say, this isn't about Biggie Smalls.