Brian Buckmeyer

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 it's in 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 it's in 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.

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.

This isn't about a gun case in Manhattan and all the other things that Combs has been associated with, true or not. This is about whether his life operated as a criminal enterprise for the purpose of coercing women into these sexual acts. I think this is a case from the perspective of prosecutors solely about the victims and how Combs allegedly committed crimes.

This isn't about a gun case in Manhattan and all the other things that Combs has been associated with, true or not. This is about whether his life operated as a criminal enterprise for the purpose of coercing women into these sexual acts. I think this is a case from the perspective of prosecutors solely about the victims and how Combs allegedly committed crimes.

using them, but it is going to be interesting and it's going to be dramatic and it's going to be painful and it's going to be graphic. It will not lack for interesting discourse.

using them, but it is going to be interesting and it's going to be dramatic and it's going to be painful and it's going to be graphic. It will not lack for interesting discourse.

It's not a see you in court.

It's not a see you in court.

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