David Patrick Caracos (Promo Speaker)
Appearances
The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
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The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
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The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
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The Trial of Diddy
It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
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The Trial of Diddy
It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
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The Trial of Diddy
It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
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The Trial of Diddy
The Prior Bad Acts Question
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The Trial of Diddy
The Prior Bad Acts Question
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The Trial of Diddy
The Prior Bad Acts Question
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The Trial of Diddy
He Was So Interesting To The Hilfigers, The Trumps, The Winfreys
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The Trial of Diddy
He Was So Interesting To The Hilfigers, The Trumps, The Winfreys
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The Trial of Diddy
Trial Day is JUST Around the Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
Trial Day is JUST Around the Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
Trial Day is JUST Around the Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So number one, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some type of plea negotiations going on. That would be the first thing. I would also anticipate that for the government, they're getting all their witnesses on board. They're getting everybody lined up. They're doing all their due diligence.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
They're going over discovery, making sure that everything has been provided to Diddy and his counsel that should be required. They're anticipating any motions or any, I'd say, surprises that they think the defense may have. They may do a mock trial if they have the resources, which I anticipate they do. So they're getting their ducks in a row.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
For Diddy and his attorneys, they're doing the same thing for the most part. So the attorneys are meeting with Diddy, I'm sure, quite a bit. They're getting their game plan together. You know, 40 days out, it might seem like a long time, but it really isn't, especially when you're having to anticipate doing different motions and answering different motions.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
You're going to have witnesses that at the very last second become unavailable or at the alternative become available. So you really have to make sure you have everything covered as best you can. And in a jury trial, there's always going to be surprises. You just got to try to anticipate as best you can.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So Marjorie, it's a good question. I have no idea what Diddy's thinking right now, if he's thinking a plea deal or not. But if I'm his attorneys, I'm definitely trying to at least get the best plea deal possible to present to Diddy. Because look, At the end of the day, it's going to be Diddy's decision. The attorneys, they're going to go home at the end of the night. Diddy, 50-50.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Is he going to go home or is he going to stay in prison? I think they have to do it. I don't know if he's ordered them to negotiate that or not, but I think it would be bad luring if they didn't at least try to negotiate to get something. Now, what would it look like? I can't answer that for the simple reason that it seems like the government on its face, they're really going after Diddy.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And, you know, he is, you know, persona non grata, if you will. But behind closed doors, are they softening their stance a little bit? I could potentially see that because you're going to have a ton of witnesses as for the jury. And number one, if you put these witnesses up, they're going to be subject to cross-examination and they could definitely get screwed up in that cross-examination.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Because as a defense attorney, that is your job to go after their credibility. But it may be beneficial to the government to offer some type of a decent plea deal where they could avoid having their witnesses go forward with it because, look, You just don't know how it's going to go in a trial. What would something realistic look like? Another good question.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I mean, it could be 10 to 15 years, maybe. I don't know. Diddy, though, he is eligible for certain programs, number one, that the federal system does provide. There is an early pathway exemption that he can take. He does not have any criminal record, so his score for sentencing purposes would go lower as well, especially being a first-time offender.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So, you know, and also when it comes to these types of pleas, the judge in the case does not have to sentence the person to whatever they want to, to what the government or defense agree to. They could deviate from that. So defense could actually ask for something lower than the agreement. So that's something that potentially could happen.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
But, you know, I still think it's probably a little too early to tell on that one.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I'd be like, you need to get your head examined. I really... don't like having clients testify unless, and this is just a cautionary tale, unless you are losing bad and you're throwing up a Hail Mary. That's the only way I would have somebody testify or recommend they testify. But if not, I would try to do everything in my power to talk them out of it.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Because having the defendant testify, most of the time it doesn't go well. All right. That is when the prosecution eat the defendant up alive. And, you know, defendants, they think they know it all. I don't want to say it's an ego thing, but they probably think, you know, nobody can tell my story like I can. That may be true.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
But there's also nobody who can destroy your story as well like the government can. So I would try to talk Diddy out of testifying if possible. But at the end of the day, it's his decision. Something else I would do, and if he is going to testify, I can almost certainly guarantee they'll do this.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
They will have some type of a legal paper stating that they said that it would be their preference and their opinion, legal opinion, If Diddy did not testify and I would force Diddy to sign that because God forbid, you know, there's some type of appeal for ineffective assistance of counsel. And that's one of the reasons that Diddy testified. I would bring it.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
It is. But look, who knows how the trial goes, all right, if it gets to a trial. You never know. It could go one way, or you think it's going to go one way, and it can go completely the opposite way. So these are game-time decisions. But unless you are losing badly and you know it, it really isn't worth the risk to have Diddy testify. I'm not going to be in that room, so I don't know.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So number one, they're probably going to want minorities. I would anticipate that because I assume one of their themes is going to be that they're going after an African-American wealthy male. So I think they're going to try to get as many black people on the jury as they can.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I also think they're going to try to get women on the jury because women are more sympathetic when it comes to these types of cases than men. I know it doesn't sound like that.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
You would think that, but studies have shown that women being on the jury are more sympathetic. And also, women judge women. harsher than a man judges a woman. Look, again, this is all science, not me.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So there's ways that you want to pick a jury. And those are two of the characteristics that Diddy's team is going to be looking for.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Yeah, 100%. They're going to ask, do you know who he is? Do you know what songs he's been in? Do you know what type of music he sings? And that kind of stuff. So 1,000%. And that's probably going to limit a lot of the jury as well when they do that. Because if I'm the prosecutor, I'm not going to want them being on the jury, especially if they like Diddy's music.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
It's pretty difficult to practice and file lawsuits in a court that you're not allowed to do, isn't it? That's a big no-no. If you get caught doing something like that,
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Not only can your bar license, your legal license, be suspended or taken away in different states that you practice in, but you also could be technically looking at charges being placed against you as well for fraudulently practicing law, even though you are a licensed attorney.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I, I, I'm very, very, uh, skeptical about this and it doesn't make his clients look good at all by him doing that because the court, you know, made the, made, uh, Busby aware multiple times. Again, I don't know what's going on in his head in there. I met the guy, but you can't do that. That's, that's lawyer 101.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
If you're licensed in a federal court anywhere in the country, and it's like this for all the courts, you have to find a member who is in good standing in wherever you want to practice. They have to sponsor you. You fill out an application, and you're accepted. As long as you don't have any ethics complaints or anything like that in other states.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So you don't have to take the other bar unless you want to, but who the hell wants to take another bar exam?
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Yeah. So like we I've I've, for instance, another attorneys who work for me in my firm, we've had to go to different districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York for that matter. And we find people who we know that are in good standing with the bar. They'll sponsor us. Boom, boom, boom. It takes like a couple days, you know, not even.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
He is licensed in New York, where I said that in the beginning. But the state courts and district courts and the federal courts are two different animals. Just because you're licensed in the state court does not mean you're licensed in the federal court. And when you have 15 cases that you file lawsuits in in the federal court, you better know that you are licensed there.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And if you're not licensed there, get somebody else to file it.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
You know, I'm going to make a broken record. I really am. But I don't think it's going to start. You know what? Today is March 26, 2025. Don't see it happening. I think it would have to be in 26 if it did happen. Wow. You know, I just don't see it. I think something's going to happen. I really do.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
That's what I'm saying. I think there could be a plea agreement that occurs prior to it. Or they're going to just say, we still aren't ready. There could be another indictment happening. We need more time.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
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The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Thank you for having me, guys. You know, that's a great entrance right there.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So it's not a flat out dismissal. The judge dismissed five of the eight counts there. I mean, the judge, he pretty much slam dunked the attorney. He's pretty much saying, you realize that defendants are innocent until proven guilty. And he kind of slapped him down. You don't really want that as an attorney, especially in papers where anybody in the country or the world can read this.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So he really embarrassed the attorney for Little Rob, but he deserved to be embarrassed because if you can't figure that part out of the law, you probably shouldn't be practicing law. That really was stunning to me, in my opinion. But the facts of the case, reading it, It was very weak to begin with, and you could kind of tell that was a money grab.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
This was about him not getting royalties from Diddy from a video that they did in 22, I want to say it was. It just didn't add up, you know? And if a judge throws it away, prior to it even getting to a trial. I don't think that is the case. The judge thinks it's the case. So no jury probably would have convicted Diddy on this.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So everybody saw, especially the judge, that this was really a frivolous lawsuit.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
It was. But and also remember, Marjorie, this was not like the first lawsuit. This was towards the end of the lawsuit train, if you will, for Diddy. So, you know, this guy, he's just pretty much piling on whatever else he's heard and all these other allegations. But then the big thing is that he has a retribution where he wasn't paid for his royalties.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So I think this is kind of a payback for him to Diddy, although it didn't really turn out that way for him.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
It could. It certainly could. Now, remember, some of these are put in different jurisdictions. So, you know, you can't ever say what one judge is going to do compared to another one. And every lawsuit's different. Every lawsuit has a different set of facts, even though they're going to have the same defendant and potentially the same allegations
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
But certain facts are going to be stronger in some of the lawsuits and weaker in others. So I wouldn't say that I'm going to be surprised if there's going to be other ones that are dismissed. However, there's a ton of lawsuits right now against Diddy. Having them all dismissed, I don't think that's realistic and I don't think that's going to happen.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Well, number one, it's illegal. You're not allowed to record things from the jail.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So yeah, no issue there that Kanye and Diddy just violated the law. I don't know if this was something that was pre-planned by Diddy and Kanye and the people. It could have been. I have no idea. But it doesn't sound good. And You know, especially the source, you know, Kanye isn't the pillar of the community right now.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So I don't see that him being in Diddy's corner is going to help Diddy in any way. Maybe I'm wrong.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Definitely on Kanye. It depends on Diddy. Look, if he had no idea and it's proven that, then yeah, you can't blame Diddy because, hell, the guy's in prison. How's he going to do anything or record anything or know about it? But if he did know and he did authorize this, then yeah, he could have even more trouble. than what he's already in for.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I mean, the only way you're allowed to record conversations from jail is if you get permission from the federal government, from the federal jail to do so. If you don't have that, you're not allowed to do it. It's very simple. It's cut and dry. So I don't know if there's an investigation going on right now about this, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And if I'm the government here, I'm going to be raising my hands up left and right saying, why is this happening? This should never have happened to begin with. If defense is going to try to use it for evidence or purposes, which I don't think they will, but let's just say they tried to, you know, government is going to object to it because this was not done through the proper channels.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You know, that's one of the first things you find out when you go. They give you a whole manual, pretty much, of what you can and cannot do. And phone calls are one of the highlights of their day. They don't get many highlights in federal prison if people don't realize that by now. So a phone call or visitation, that's a highlight.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And if you violate the conditions, you're not going to get them anymore. The jail can refuse to allow you to have that. And then you're really screwed. So the inmates, they take that stuff pretty seriously and they follow the rules. So not following the rules on this particular one and doing something illegal, potentially, you know, that's not good for Diddy.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So when you step down from a case, there's usually one of two reasons. Mainly, the first one is money. Not getting paid. Very simple. We talked about this at length before, I know. But I don't know how much Didi has paid these firms.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
But if Diddy isn't paying anymore or he's refusing to pay, that's a basis to potentially try to get out of the case because you're still in the middle of everything right now and you're going to do a ton more work, especially if this goes to trial. So the amount of hours that are going to be spent on that, it's going to cost a ton of money to Diddy.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And if he hasn't paid or can't afford to pay him anymore, that wouldn't shock me at all that Rico is getting out of it.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Yeah, it's not a wet dream anymore. It's going to be a nightmare, I guess.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
So that's not the reason, all right, which I would anticipate that's probably a pretty strong reason. But if it's not, the other one would be that just the client is being an asshole. All right, that's as simple as I can make it. We have clients every now and then who are just very difficult clients. to deal with. It's called client control.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
I always want to have client control, meaning, you know, look, the clients, you're in a very tough situation right now. My job is to get you out of this situation. It's to get you the best possible resolution.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And by fighting with me, saying, oh, well, you know, I think you're doing this wrong, or, you know, why don't we go about this, or I didn't do this, you know, whatever's going through their minds. And it makes your job much more difficult. Well, I don't think it would be outlandish to think that Diddy might not be the easiest client to deal with.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Again, very rich man, very powerful man, used to having his way. He's in a jail cell now where he's very tight, tightly confound, and he's probably not in a very good mood. I wouldn't be in a good mood either, and nobody would be in a good mood. I think it's probably fair to say that he's probably not being the easiest client to deal with.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Now, if they look at the paycheck, they're going to be like, oh, okay, I remember why I'm representing him. But if that paycheck has dried up, then they're probably saying, you know, I don't know if this is worth it. And Diddy could also have said, you know what? I don't want you anymore. I don't think you're doing a good job representing me.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And the attorney can then file a motion to be relieved as counsel. For that reason, where there's a mutual decision by the client and the attorney. So there's a couple different reasons why he would get out of it. Those are the big two, though. Money, which is pretty much a reason for everything in life. And the second one is client control or difficulty with the client.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Well, you got to look at it. What's a win? Is a win just a dismissal of everything? Maybe. I mean, to Diddy, I guess it would be. A job as a criminal defense attorney is to make sure that we get you the best resolution, whatever that is, all right, to mitigate your exposure. So Diddy, perfect example, he's looking at life in prison, all right? So your exposure is life in prison.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
If I can get you something so much better without having to go to a trial and gambling, win or lose, if you lose, you're screwed. If you win, yeah, you go free. But what are the odds of that? So that's really what you have to ask yourself. And I always ask this to clients when they approach us and when they want to hire us. What do you want to see happen? Are you looking to get an acquittal?
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
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The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
Are you looking to say, all right, look, I didn't do this. I'm going to fight this tooth and nail. Or do you come in and say, listen, I may or may not have done this, but you got to get me the best possible resolution and do whatever you think. So I don't know if Diddy would listen to the advice of counsel. And I don't know if a win to him is going to necessarily be a win to the attorneys.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
And I also don't know if a win for Diddy is realistic either, what he's looking for to what actually can happen.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
When you say under no circumstances, it's not like, you know, I really don't see me being able to represent, you know, Sean Diddy Combs in an adequate faction anymore. But when you say unequivocally, under no circumstances, there's something there.
The Trial of Diddy
Clients Can Be Assholes
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Not Their Shame, It's His
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Not Their Shame, It's His
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The Trial of Diddy
It's Not Their Shame, It's His
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
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The Trial of Diddy
Millions and Millions of Dollars
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The Trial of Diddy
Millions and Millions of Dollars
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The Trial of Diddy
Millions and Millions of Dollars
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The Trial of Diddy
Trials Are a Crapshoot
Unless it's like a grand slam, which doesn't seem like it for some of these older cases. I don't see the government amending or modifying or adding other charges. It could be wrong, but the government only does things they know for 100 percent certainty that they are going to get a conviction. And with the civil cases, from what I've been reading, I'd be very skeptical.
The Trial of Diddy
Trials Are a Crapshoot
Bingo, Kayla. Absolutely. If I'm Diddy's team, that's exactly how I'm going to be looking at it. And that's going to be kind of my theme at the trial that, look, it's disgusting. It's not for everybody. But this is what Diddy was into. And the other individual, Cassie, she was into it as well. They're two consenting adults. Nobody forced them, coerced them, threatened them to do this.
The Trial of Diddy
Trials Are a Crapshoot
Nobody was drugged. Nobody was blackmailed. This is just two individuals that you may not agree, may not appreciate their lifestyle, but this is what they like to do. That was just between them. So I would definitely be using that if I'm Diddy's attorneys.
The Trial of Diddy
Trials Are a Crapshoot
And again, I think that's going to be a theme when this goes to trial that, look, you may not appreciate it, may not agree with it, but there's nothing wrong with it. Nothing illegal.
The Trial of Diddy
Trials Are a Crapshoot
I agree. And also, let me bring up another point. This is also potentially and I'm just speculating, but potentially this is probably a negotiation plea as well.
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ploy because I don't know if there's been any offers extended to Diddy and his legal team for a potential plea and if there are I'm sure they're incredibly long where probably you know looking at life in prison so maybe this is a ploy by them to lower that number because if they get this and it shows that Cassie you know is potentially is enjoying it on the videos and whatnot and again they're just they're able to
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to go after her credibility, the government will know that and they'll think, you know, maybe if we give a better deal, we don't have her go on the stand and she doesn't have to then answer questions that maybe she won't look good to a jury. It could be a negotiation ploy. I wouldn't put it past them.
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Maybe. I don't know the terms of the settlement. I don't even know that that'll even be allowed to be presented as evidence in the trial. A lot of times when you have a settlement, you're going to have individuals who they sign NDAs, non-disclosures, meaning you can't talk about it unless it has some criminal or illegal aspects of it, which an NDA, you can't.
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So I don't know if that's going to be allowed, but If there was, if it is allowed, Diddy's attorneys are going to tag it. Why did you settle with Diddy? Why didn't you go to trial? Why are you saying, you know, I'll take money and run? Again, goes to her credibility. Credibility is everything when you are going to a trial.
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And when you have a main witness who has credibility issues, which Cassie may or may not, I don't know, but reading all the things so far, they probably, they do have credibility. I'd say some type of credibility issues right now. We're too early on to say everything, but I think you have a point where if this does come out, these attorneys are going to attack it left and right.
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So she's talking about the statute of limitations, I assume. Yeah. Yes. So there are no statute of limitations regarding that. So, yeah, did he? I mean... Just because there aren't statute of limitations that run doesn't necessarily mean that charges will be brought. Government and any prosecutor in this country will always look at the facts and look at the strength of the case.
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If it's not a strong case because of the amount of time that has elapsed, They're not going to charge. They can't because how can you charge somebody when you really don't have any evidence besides just he said, she said thing that happened 20, 30 years ago, potentially. But there are yet to answer a question. There's no statute of limitations. They can they can do it all the way over.
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Probably a couple of times. I can't remember. We have too much fun every time.
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Well, that's a good question. And number one, I 100% still go with my prediction that this is not going to happen in May. It's January, what today? 15th, 2025. Not happening. Oh yeah, right now. When will we know? I'd say it's got to be closer to the trial. I could probably see sometime in April where they would come down with it. Like you said, it could be closer.
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It could be the day or two before trial. There's so much evidence here that it's impossible to prepare for it in that short amount of time. So I can't imagine that it's going to happen in May. I don't know when we're going to hear about it.
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And it could be just the next hearing where they are talking about the evidence and potentially these tapes and the judge rules one way or another, then we could have a much better understanding or a clear understanding, if you will, of when they could postpone it to. But, you know, at this point, I don't think I think it's too premature to say when exactly they are going to make that decision.
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But I'm telling you that right now, it's not going to happen.
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Sort of. I mean, yeah, in layman's terms, yeah, that's the easiest way to do it. But look, so let's just say Diddy's team asked to have this adjourned for X amount of months or however long to prepare. Number one, the state or the government, they have to agree to it. I would assume they would. But the judge then has to agree to it. And I would assume they do vice versa.
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The state wants to have it postponed. Diddy's attorneys have to agree to it as well. And there could be a little game of chicken, if you will, where one party says, oh, yeah, I want to I want to have it postponed. But the other says, no, we're ready to go. The judge is going to have to make the call there. But usually one party wants to have it adjourned and postponed to prepare more.
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The judge is going to agree to do it. Ninety nine percent of the time. I don't see it happening where they're not going to do so.
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It's creative. I will go with that. It's very creative. Look, attorneys, one of our main jobs is to make creative arguments. All right. Because a lot of times we're going to have cases that are not the easiest ones to deal with. They're not black and white by any means. So you have to come up with some creativity. Diddy's attorneys, they're getting paid a ton of money.
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So they're making their money worthier. And I think it's a good argument. I don't know how the judge is going to look at it, but I like it. I think it just shows you're thinking outside the box. To be honest, I think there may be a little truth to it. You know, who is the government to dictate what is good for everybody to see versus not? I think they have something to go back on.
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Well, they don't have a consent agreement between the defense and the government. then they're going to have to argue it. They're going to both brief their own sides, meaning they're going to have to do written arguments, and then they're going to argue them in front of the judge, and the judge is going to rule however they decide.
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I think the judge is going to rule not the whole way that Diddy Seymour wants, but I think they're going to get access to it at a much greater rate than they have it now.
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You have to. I'd be very surprised if Diddy says, I'm guilty. So I don't see that happening. Everybody does that. You have to do that. You always have to enter not guilty pleasing. You have to fight it. You don't know how these cases are going to unravel. All right. Every case is different. I tell this to every client of mine.
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And when I was a prosecutor, I tell it to every victim as well, if there are victims, even though you might have the same charges as, you know, Joe Schmoe with the street. That doesn't necessarily mean that the facts and the evidence are the same because one case is definitely going to be different than the other.
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In this situation, Diddy is very different than pretty much anybody else in the world. He's very wealthy. He's extremely well known. He's a celebrity. So all these things.
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including the evidence that they have or don't have you have to see how it plays out you have to examine every piece of it uh i i could see them maybe trying to get a plea deal but they have to go through every little nook and cranny of discovery meaning the defense does before they should even contemplate having a plea so i i think plea negotiations will happen one way or another.
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I don't know when, but I think it's very likely that it will happen. But for Diddy to proclaim his innocence, if he didn't, I'd be shocked.
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So that does happen, although that's very rare. That's very rare because, you know, when you're in trial, unless it's going horribly for one person or one side, you're going to finish it because you've already gotten this far. Might as well let a jury decide it from there.
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You know, it's a good question. I doubt it due to the fact that we're talking, number one, the DOJ with Pam Bondi and whoever the United States attorney for the Eastern District is going to be. I would have a feeling that they are probably going to be even stronger on crime than the previous DOJ and administration. So I would think it'd be very, very unlikely.
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that anything will change regarding any pleas or how this case is being looked at by the government. If anything, I think it's probably going to be worse for Diddy because the new U.S. attorney, whoever they may be and whoever looks at it, they may say, you know what? I don't like what I see here at all. No deals. Go for it all. So I don't see it changing. I see it potentially getting worse.
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That's a tough one. That's a tough one. I don't know. Look, if I have to say right now, I'd probably say no. But, you know, I'm not 100% about that. Again, trials, they're a crapshoot. And even though the government probably has a ton of evidence, you don't know how 12 jurors are going to act and how they're going to decide. And I think it's going to be very interesting.
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And I don't think we're going to really... fully grasp and fully know what the government has and what Diddy's team has until we get much closer to trial and even in trial. But from everything I'm reading so far and what we all know, it's an uphill climb, but anything can change.
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you know, the sexist manner. I don't know if I buy that, but I do agree with Diddy's attorneys. They should be turned over. If that is going to be evidence that is used, you have an obligation to turn it over. Now, reading the report, I saw that Diddy's attorneys were allowed to view the videos, but they were only allowed to view them in private with law enforcement overseeing everything.
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You can't do that. And Diddy needs to be have an opportunity to also go over because look, defendants, they have to be able to prepare for their own trial, whether they're, you know, innocent, guilty, doesn't matter. You're always innocent until proven guilty in this country. Last time I checked. So he has to be able to prepare. He's got obviously nothing to do during the day. He's in jail all day.
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So he's going to have all the time in the world to prepare. He's got to see what's on these videos. But the other thing that I find very interesting is Diddy doesn't have these videos. Diddy never had these videos. They are in the possession of Cassie. That does undermine her credibility a little bit. It undermines that she is an alleged victim.
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They're saying that she enjoyed the videos, that when you see them, that she enjoyed it. I don't know what's on them or not, but... If she had the videos herself and not Diddy, that would definitely bring a red flag to the government. And that would definitely help me if I'm Diddy's attorney, because I'm going to just go at her on the stand saying, why did you have these videos?
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If you were horrified, if you were sexually assaulted, if there's images that were just gruesome and you'd never consented, why do you have these videos? And not just one, not just two, not just three, but nine of them. So there's a lot of questions that I that I would have. So they I if I'm these attorneys, I'm jumping up and down to have these videos.
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I'm sure they're probably, you know, not very flattering, if you will, and probably maybe embarrassing because who wants to have a sex tape out there? But look, this is a public trial. You have to have it.
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Well, let's just go back for a second, though. They want them to be turned over. That doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to be produced at the trial and that they're going to be used as evidence. Diddy's team just wants to see them. They want to see maybe they are going to use them. Maybe they aren't. Who knows?
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But if it's evidence that the government has, they are entitled to it and they have to be able to have it. So I'm not saying it's going to be in the trial. It may not be. But they're saying that they've already seen it, most of it sounds like. So they obviously think that there's something there.
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I can't imagine that you're going to, that they want to introduce it if you have open drugs and alcohol and everything like that out, you know, in the open, in the videos. So I'd be very interested if I was Diddy's and his attorney to see everything, what they have, and then maybe you'll use it, maybe you won't.
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Yes. Yeah, they're going to have to. They're going to object to it, obviously, and the judge is going to have to rule whether they can be released to Diddy's attorneys. It's going to be interesting to see how the judge rules. I think he's probably going to rule—
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in favor of diddy some way but i don't think it's going to be the whole kit and caboodle because look diddy uh he has not been the model citizen in in the jail so far uh he there's allegations that he's contacted witnesses and tampered with the witnesses and other individuals that are associated with him as well also that
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In the jail, he's also been using individuals' social media and phones to contact individuals. So I don't know if the judge is going to give it all over immediately to Diddy because he could then potentially...
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have other individuals look at it maybe i i don't know i would think there's going to be some type of protection on there that maybe diddy can only see it with his attorneys that the attorneys can't give him a copy of it you know i i don't think that the judge is going to just point blank give everything to diddy and his attorney i think there's going to be some type of protection
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I think it's very fair. And again, Diddy has to prepare for trial. So the only way to prepare is to see all the evidence. And when you're only allowed to look at it for X amount of time and when you have guards and security looking over your shoulder... It's very difficult to do that, and there's no attorney-client privilege that way either.
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Probably. I wouldn't be surprised if there is. The other thing is there could be a consent order from Diddy's attorneys and the government where they enter into some type of an agreement where the attorneys for Diddy will only have access to it. to the Tates and that Diddy can only view them while in the presence of the attorneys.
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So I think that could also be something that would maybe streamline everything. But, you know, this has been a pretty difficult case for everybody involved and everybody is fighting for every little inch. So I wouldn't be surprised if there's going to be some type of a hearing. All right.
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Well, I don't know what's on there, Kayla. So that's the thing. If there is damaging evidence for Cassie on there, and I'm just speculating, but let's just say that she's participating in things and looks like she's having a really good time. that obviously won't look good for her and her claims of what Diddy did. It'll undermine her credibility, like I said just previously.
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So I think the government would try not to allow that to be in. But it's called Brady evidence, meaning you have to turn over Everything that you have, whether you're going to use it or not, whether it's beneficial or not beneficial to the government, you have to turn it over. So I think that they're going to have to do it one way or another.
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I'm sure they're probably scratching at the wall, trying not to turn this particular evidence over. But in the end, the judge is probably going to make them.
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Both are realistic, honestly. Now, remember, you're going to have separate jurisdictions. So if there are claims where he sexually assaulted individuals in, let's say, L.A., well, his trial right now is in New York. So there would have to be separate claims there, separate complaints. But a lot of them are originating out of New York. So, yeah, they could be potentially modified and added into it.
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The problem that you have, though, and this is just goes for all sexual assault cases in general that are pretty old. These a lot of these cases you're hearing about or reading about, they're from the early 2000s or somewhere in the mid 2000s. where it's gonna be difficult to prove. Civil cases have a much lower burden than criminal cases.
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Criminal cases, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. That's a very high burden. Civil cases, preponderance of the evidence, much lower burden. And if they can't even prove it in a civil case, there is no way in blue hell that the government will charge Diddy with these crimes. Because if they can't get it in civil, there's no way they're going to get it in criminal.
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“I Can’t Carry the Shame”
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“I Can’t Carry the Shame”
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