Kayla Brantley
Appearances
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah, so Jane took the stand, again, a pseudonym. And she actually, we know that she's an influencer who has a child with one of Diddy's nemeses, you know, a rival of Diddy. Of course, again, she is anonymous, so we don't exactly know who that is. But she testified, you know, that she felt coerced into doing these freak-offs and that Diddy actually paid her rent.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
So she felt like she had no choice but to participate in these freak-offs.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
OK, we will start there with the judge, Judge Aaron Subramanian. He said that he noticed Diddy looking at the jury twice and nodding vigorously. And then he told Diddy's attorney that this is absolutely unacceptable and basically threatened that if it continues to happen, he will have Diddy removed from court and that he can no longer attend his own trial.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
So Judge Aaron Subramanian was not a happy camper today and he made it known.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
This was during the cross-examination of Breonna Bongolin. And Diddy's defense attorney came in hot this entire time. It was Nicole West Merlin who was doing the cross-examination of Breonna. And she really attacked her credibility, brought up all the receipts from her previous discussions with prosecutors to her testimony yesterday and today.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
And Diddy appeared to completely agree with his attorney and really support her. And I guess at that point, he started looking at the jury and was nodding like, yeah, see, she's lying, which is basically what his attorney was trying to get across.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah, that's exactly what they were saying. I mean, Breonna testified that she and Cassie would do a lot of drugs together and she would even sell Cassie drugs. But what was really, you know, their gotcha moment for the prosecution was that she had testified that this happened on or about September 26, 2016. But then...
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
At that time, the defense attorney brought out receipts showing that Diddy was in New York at the Trump International, and she showed his order, his room service. However, that was under the name Frank Black, which is an alias that Diddy uses often. And she asked, you know, do you agree that people can't be in two places at once? To which point, you know, Breonna said, I don't know.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Well, that we have not seen. We've only seen physical receipts is what was presented. We did not see video so far of Diddy on the other side of the U.S.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
I mean, Nicole Westmoreland, Diddy's attorney, was bringing every receipt, but it was all, you know, either text or testimony, you know, from her previous conversations with the government or from her previous complaint.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Now, this woman, Brianna, has sued Diddy for $10 million, and she filed a complaint with all these details, including the rumor that Diddy skinned a dog, that this was something that she had heard. She didn't know if it was true, but that that's what instilled the fear into her. So like you said, it is going to be the defense team's time to, you know, bring all their evidence forward.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
So I think maybe that is when they will start bringing videos, more photos and things like that.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
You know, it was presented in court and I saw yesterday in the courtroom, they put it on the screen and you see it's kind of zoomed in. It's of the back of her thigh, super dark bruise with kind of a dot in the middle. It showed her back with bandages on it. She said she went to the chiropractor. The chiropractor asked her, you know, what happened? Who did this? And she refused to answer.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Again, what she said was out of fear.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah, that's exactly what she said, that she would give all the money back. She wouldn't want any
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
millions 1 million 10 million if she can reverse the damage that's been done she said she wakes up you know from nightmares and is very paranoid when she walks into her house she looks around to make sure nobody's there so she said you know she's suing for 10 million dollars for justice but there's no price on the pain that's been allegedly inflicted
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah, so she was very soft-spoken. You know, she... Especially when she was describing the scene on the balcony, very soft-spoken, very demure. She took pauses. And then when the defense came on and they started asking her, she was very short with her answers. A lot of things had to be repeated because... You know, they were trying to make her out to seem like a liar.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
And she could tell that that was happening. So it was a lot of, I don't know, I don't recall... you know, she did sign immunity. She does have immunity for this. So, you know, that means that anything she says on the stand, she can't be prosecuted for because she did, you know, admit to doing lots of drugs, to selling drugs.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
And Diddy's defense lawyer did say to her, you know, if you lie on the stand, that immunity goes away. So, you know, she was speaking with that in the back of her mind and just very careful, very careful with her words.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Oh, yeah. Yeah, Mia. So she worked for Diddy for from 2009 to 2017. You know, Mia is a pseudonym. So, you know, her identity hasn't been revealed. She's claimed that she was abused by Combs both sexually, you know, psychologically and
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
and that there were moments, some harrowing stories that she described, you know, a trip in Turks and Caicos where she escaped with Cassie on a paddleboard in the ocean and then a storm rolled in and they had to decide, you know, are we going to face Mother Nature or are we going to go back to the beach and face Diddy?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
So these are the types of stories that we were hearing and that she had to describe her job description and In her job description, one of her duties was to stay in Diddy's line of sight, to not be out of his sight. So there was some harrowing, harrowing testimony from Mia.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Oh, absolutely. They are sitting right in front of him. So when you look at the setup of the court, there's a witness stand, of course, that's right next to the judge. Diddy is in, he's in about the third row. So there's teams of attorneys. He's back in the third row, but you have a clear view of him. So I know when Cassie was testifying, he didn't really look
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
at her directly in the eye but you know she could see him and when these witnesses are testifying he's you know writing things down he's whispering to his attorneys and you know apparently he's nodding at the jury now i also read that um during the testimony of uh bongolin
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah. So throughout this trial, the jury really has remained calm, cool, collective. They haven't really shown much of a reaction, which is very good on them. They're listening to some very disturbing details. However, I was in the court overflow room yesterday during this testimony. And to explain what that is, basically, you have to line up super early. They have
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
line professional line holders to get into the courtroom. And then once that fills up, they bring you into another courtroom, which is empty except for, you know, the gallery and their screens that are live streaming what's going on in court. In there, there are some journalists, you know, who I recognize, who I know. They take all of your electronics before you get in.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
So it's paper and pen and highlighters, just like the old days. But then there were people, members of the public who were there. Lots of what I would say from what I observed, Diddy supporters. There were times when Brianna Bongolin was testifying and when she was under cross-examination. You know, they asked her something where it appeared she was caught in a lie.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
And at one point I saw a guy turn around and say to his friend, oh, she's lying. She's lying. Which, of course, is not allowed. We are in a federal courtroom, whether it's where the court is actually happening or in the overflow room. And there was a guard who told everyone to simmer down.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
Yeah, well, the contents of it so far haven't been revealed, but they are not going to be definitely not distributed to the public. But earlier this week, we had a specialist, Frank Piazza, come on the stand, and he testified that these are all legitimate videos, that they haven't been doctored, which has been Diddy's team's argument. You know, they're not true in the age of AI. How can you
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Judge Gives Diddy A Warning, Bill Maher Backlash, and More Meghan Markle Mania
prove this and he kind of put that to bed. So those are completely accurate videos.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
It was a selfie of him and his mom getting IVs together.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
So it was a thing. It was a thing.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I'm not saying that, but just you mentioned- I know you're not.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
And if you want to think- Well, some mothers kiss their children on the lips. I mean, I feel like that's a debate.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Well, that is one thing that we're definitely going to look at to see if that evidence does come forward, because there have been whispers of, you know, did he had cameras everywhere? Did he had dirt on people? So this is one of the things that we have been hearing. And we're just waiting for the prosecution to bring that evidence forward.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah, you know, I'd say we're maybe at a six. I think I'm able to keep it together a little bit. But it's just been crazy. Like you said, bombshell after bombshell. Today we had Kid Cudi on the stand. I mean, that's what you expect from a high-profile case like this.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Well, one thing that I think everyone can agree with, and you see this in like the Harvey Weinstein case and the Jeffrey Epstein case, is that these things were an open secret. I feel like that is just the recurring theme. And it's, you know, everyone was saying it. You have quotes, you have videos of people saying, oh yeah, what goes on at a Diddy party?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Everyone knew that something- LeBron, LeBron, LeBron.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Exactly.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah, I did see that. Yeah. Yeah, the thing is, if you're a celebrity, you want to distance yourself from this as far as possible. 50 Cent has always had a rivalry, a back and forth with Diddy. But if you're any of his friends, other than really Kanye is the only one who's coming out in support of Diddy, but I don't think anyone really wants Kanye's support right now.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I hope so. I hope so.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I think they're low right now.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Right now, in the opening statements, Diddy's defense team said, this is a man guilty of abuse, of domestic violence. You know, you're going to hear about kinks that you might find uncomfortable, but they're not going to prove the charges with which he's charged with. And so far, I don't think they have racketeering, running a criminal enterprise, running it. Exactly.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
And so far, you know, the testimony has been depraved and it's been unsettling, but I haven't seen them prove these RICO charges. Not yet.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Technically, I would say yes. But I mean, the Punisher, he's a New York local, and he was hired to go to Trump International in New York. So I just haven't seen that proven yet.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah, well, exactly like you just said, Maureen. I mean... This was a bombshell testimony. We first heard about this blown up Porsche back in Cassie's lawsuit in 2023. And that was a bombshell in and of itself. But today was the first time that we really heard that confirmed out of Kid Cudi's mouth to say, yeah, actually, Diddy broke into my home in December of 2011.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
And then a few weeks later, in January of 2012, his Porsche blows up by a Molotov cocktail.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Well, it would appear that that's what they're really leading up to here because that's what everyone's waiting for, for them to really prove that this was a big racketeering conspiracy, an enterprise, if you will. But yeah, so the way that he knew or felt that he knew, of course, you know, did he never admitted it? But he was dating Cassie at that time while Cassie... Kid Cudi was.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yes, Kid Cudi was dating Cassie while Cassie and Diddy were on a break. She ended up going back to Diddy. And... He actually testified that Cassie had told him that Diddy had gotten violent with her, that he had never seen it with his own eyes, but he knew, and this is what he said, he knew Diddy to be a violent man, that he had wanted to talk to him and Diddy had ignored him.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
And then finally, after his Porsche caught on fire, Kid Cudi reached out to Diddy to say, all right, let's meet. They met up at Soho House, spoke man to man. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Kid Cudi said that when he arrived, Diddy was standing there with his hands behind his back like a Marvel supervillain. That's how he described him. And of course, there was laughter there in court. You know, there was some levity there and that they spoke, you know, man to man. He or Cuddy told Diddy, you know, Cassie told me you guys were broken up. They had since broken up.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Cuddy said that he felt that he got played by Cassie because he really did love her. And she, of course, ended up going back to Diddy. But then when Kid Cudi asked, so what about my car? Did he turned around and he completely denied knowing anything about his car? And he said that it was very off-putting because he was very calm throughout the whole interaction.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
You can't make it up. You really can't make it up. But then back to Soho House, years later, Cudi and Diddy run into each other at Soho House. Cudi testified that Diddy took him to the side and apologized. And he said he was shocked. And he apologized for all of the BS. He didn't go into detail, but that basically confirmed. He said he made peace with it there.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Well, the Punisher. Let's start with the Punisher. He's apparently a very popular escort.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
He has about 200,000 followers on Instagram. I got to join. Yeah. The Punisher is on Instagram. So... He testified that he at first didn't know who hired him. And it was the second time around that there was a man who would come into the room wearing a burka or a veil. His face was covered.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
A burqa, a veil. I'm not sure those details, but he was covering his face, so he didn't know it was Diddy, but it was a naked man carrying lubricant. Basically... Being the director and then directing what he wanted to see, you know, with the Punisher and Cassie while he masturbated and watched. So that was after the first time he left with about twelve hundred dollars in cash in his hand.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
And then he comes back. He's in the hotel room. He always had a nice hotel, a lot of times staying at a Trump hotel in New York. And he turns on the TV and sees that the hotel TV has a welcome sign that says, welcome Sean Combs. And that's when he realized who had hired him.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I guess so.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah. Yeah. So we did get photos from the Miami raid on his house. And there were photos of AR-15s. There were photos of seven inch heels, women's heels, about 13 pairs, I believe. Rope, you know, you looked in the dresser, in the closet, tons of baby oil, lubricant. What was most intriguing to me was in Diddy's bathroom, there were affirmations written on the mirror. Like what?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Different handwritings. Love was one of them. I'm going to have to look up my notes, but it was ridiculous.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I mean, I'm not sure if it was live, laugh, love, but kind of like, you know, affirmations.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Potentially.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
Yeah, and this was at the time that Cassie was dating Kid Cudi. So Diddy was extremely jealous, as you can imagine, and going so far as to reach out to Cassie's mother. And she took out, I believe, a refinance or something against her home. Get the $20,000, ended up paying it because she feared for her daughter, and then eventually got the money back when Cassie eventually got back with Diddy.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
His mother shows up every day. Janice is there. Yesterday, he was seen blowing her a kiss. You know, he likes to do the heart hands. He calls himself Love, one of his many names. His daughters were there. They were actually there for... really gut-wrenching testimony and really disturbing testimony from Cassie. They were there for the first day of that. They eventually went back to L.A.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
to, I believe, attend their prom. So they missed day two of Cassie's just completely disturbing testimony. But his sons are still showing up, and they all have his support.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
I mean, it's very sullen, obviously. You're dealing with very disturbing subject matter. But, you know, there was some levity when we spoke about freezer meat. You know, the punisher in his book, Freezer Meat. There was some levity when... Kid Cudi testified that all he could think was what the F. So, you know, there is some laughter, but the jurors are really keeping straight faces.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
They're trying not to show much emotion. Same as Diddy. He's keeping a straight face. He'll whisper to his attorneys, pass notes to his attorneys. But everyone's really just playing it cool.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Dirty Diddy Details Overload, Bogus Claims About Drinking Exposed, and Terrible Advice Columns
That's actually a great, great question. And I mean, I think, like you said, he had a team of people. So they must be staying with him, near him. So I would assume so. You'll have to fact check me on that one, whether or not they did get adjoining rooms. But you brought up the IV and you brought up his mom. When he first, I believe, got arrested, a photo resurfaced of him.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Well, the prosecution also brought in an expert on abuse to kind of answer to those texts of Cassie saying she wants to freak off forever. It's something we have seen in other trials, including the Amber Heard trial with the same expert, actually. How effective do you think these experts are to a jury? They are there to exactly answer to all these things you have said.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Well, why would she say she loved freak-offs while the expert says because she's been traumatized, she's been beat up, she's scared?
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
So I've also been struck by Diddy really putting on the charisma in the courtroom. I mean, he's talking to reporters. He's asking people, how are you doing? He's blowing kisses. And he is really seeming to direct his team. In fact, I just saw a report that when they were done cross-examining Kid Cudi, Diddy's lawyers asked him if he wanted them to ask him another question. And Diddy said no.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
So he's directing his team to that level. Can this backfire on Diddy or will this help him, you know, with the jury as seen as a mogul who's very smart, who rose up from the bottom, who has all this charisma?
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Well, thank you so much to our legal expert, David Gellman. Hopefully we'll have you back on the podcast soon. Thank you.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
That's right, Kayla. But of course, because of Memorial Day, the court was not in session on Friday the 23rd and Monday the 26th. But we're back in session today, the 27th of May, and we're going to be bringing you all of the latest developments from the rest of the week. Today, we have a special guest. Attorney David Gelman is with us to discuss everything we know so far about the case.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
She said that she was also taken to an empty office, which was due to be the new Bad Boy Records headquarters and forced to take a lie detector test about missing jewelry. She was allegedly told that if she failed the test, she would be thrown into the East River.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
You'll remember we heard last week from David James, who was another employee of Diddy's, who also said he was forced to take a lie detector test over some missing jewelry. Now, we heard today that because Clark was so nervous and scared, she actually failed the test and she was forced to repeat it for five days straight. She said she would spend an entire workday taking it over and over again.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
She said that Uncle Pauly would pick her up and take her to the empty office every day and she would have to keep taking the test and not be able to leave until they, quote, got to the bottom of this.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
I like guns. Clark also spoke about a time that an actress, Lauren London, who was a mutual friend, was in the kitchen and they were chatting about why they did not have men at the time. She said Diddy then called Cassie into the room and ordered her to sit down, stand up, turn around, turn the other way, and so on.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Cassie complied with Diddy's demands and Diddy let Clark and London know that this is why they don't have men. Because quote, you bitches won't do that. To which Clark and London replied, you're motherfucking right.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
She said that Diddy threatened to kill all of them, Clark, Cassie and Cuddy, if Clark and Cassie did not convince Cuddy to not go to the police.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Okay, Kayla. So for the past three weeks, we have heard testimony from a lot of people about the way that Diddy behaved. We've heard from his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, his former bandmate, Don Richard, his former assistants, George Kaplan and David James, as well as rapper Kid Cudi.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
We also heard shocking testimony from two male escorts who participated in the freak-offs with Cassie and Diddy, Daniel Phillip and Sharae Hayes, a.k.a. The Punisher.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
In addition, we also heard from the federal agents who performed the raids on his Miami mansion and the New York City hotel where Diddy was staying before his arrest.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Now, the agents told the jury that during the raids they found part of assault rifles, an excessive amount of baby oil, drugs, tens of thousands of dollars in cash, and a bathroom mirror covered in what could only be described as positive affirmations.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Welcome back, David. So, David, it's very interesting because the defense has quite an interesting strategy, which is to say Diddy might be guilty of domestic violence. He might be a terrible person. He is a drug addict, but that's much different than being a sex trafficker or the head of a criminal enterprise.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
So tell me the difference between that, because his charges are federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, and whether you think the prosecution has been making that point.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. Everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now, he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
So just a follow up on that. What is the extra step that the prosecutors have to prove to take this from a case of domestic violence to sex trafficking? What else would they have to show? Because they do have a few weeks left to expose their case.
The Trial of Diddy
“He’s Going to Get Himself Killed!”
Another woman has now come forward, alleging Combs of sexual assault. Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy. She claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. Oh, this guy is dangerous.
The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
So yesterday was a very dramatic day. The trial got underway with both the lead prosecutor for the government and Diddy's defense lawyer opening their cases in front of the jury.
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An Opening to Remember
Johnson also explained in a bit more detail the exact charges that Diddy is facing. And I think it's worth noting for our American listeners that that they may know the legal terminology, but in case our British listeners are unsure, Johnson said that he has been charged with racketeering conspiracy, which essentially is an agreement to commit crime as part of an enterprise.
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An Opening to Remember
We heard for the first time the government's shocking case against Diddy, how he's accused of forcing women to take part in a drug-fueled freak-off sex party, how he ran a criminal enterprise moving women and male escorts around the U.S. and around the world. how he used violence and beat up women that refused to take part, and got his bodyguards and staff to cover up his crimes.
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In this case, she said the enterprise was allegedly Diddy's inner circle, his bodyguards, his chiefs of staff, and his most trusted lieutenants. She said some of these people came and went over the 20 years, but he was the consistent presence. The man at the top who was running the operation and orchestrating the alleged crimes.
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Together, this group allegedly agreed to carry out kidnappings, commit bribery and arson. She said they helped Diddy distribute drugs, exploit staff such as Mia, traffic and transport women and men for prostitution. Now, she also said there are two specific counts of sex trafficking related to Cassie and Jane related.
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who were allegedly forced to have sex with male escorts under threat of violence. Finally, she said Diddy is charged with two counts of transporting Cassie and Jane, plus the male escorts across state lines for prostitution.
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An Opening to Remember
She said the jury would also see dozens of texts and graphic footage of the freak-offs, which could be uncomfortable to watch. She said they would hear Diddy directing the girls' performances, see footage of him beating up Cassie, and photographs of the damage allegedly caused by him to Jane's home.
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An Opening to Remember
She also said they will play a bombshell phone call that he made to Jane after Cassie filed her multi-million dollar lawsuit against him.
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An Opening to Remember
So that's the case for the prosecution. But Diddy's defense lawyer, Tenny Garagos, also got the chance to bite back on Monday and lay out just why they say the government has got it all wrong and Diddy won't be found guilty of any of the charges laid against him. Again, we've had her words voiced by an actor.
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An Opening to Remember
We also learned how he'll admit to being a domestic abuser, a sexual deviant, a drug user, and a jealous lover. But that did not make him guilty of racketeering or sex trafficking. We'll be hearing more about the opening statements from the prosecution and the defense as the jury heard them later in the episode, as we have all the testimony from the first witnesses called to give evidence.
The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Kayla Brantley. And I'm Germania Rodriguez-Poleo. We'll be back in a second.
The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
She said they would learn he has a bad temper, that he gets jealous and lies to his girlfriends. She said they would hear that he was sometimes violent and beat up those girlfriends.
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She said that despite the violence, the jury will hear that both women stayed with him. Other witnesses also failed to go to the police. And she suggested this was because they were motivated by money, millions of dollars of money.
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An Opening to Remember
But before we get into that, we should start with Cassie Ventura. She's the prosecution's star witness. As we know, she dated Diddy for 10 years and really was the catalyst to this whole case. And she took the stand today.
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An Opening to Remember
But she told the jury that soon the relationship turned abusive and very controlling. She said he controlled her career, the way she dressed, everything she did. She said the freak-offs began when she was only 22.
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But Cassie says she agreed because she loved him very much and couldn't feel like she could say no. She said the freak-offs took up to 72 hours of her week, with the longest one ever lasting for four days. And at this point, she got quite emotional, pausing to wipe her eyes and place her hands on her belly.
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An Opening to Remember
Throughout her testimony, Cassie referred to Diddy as Sean. She and Diddy didn't look at each other at all during her testimony, and instead he passed notes to his attorneys and whispered to them as she spoke. It's also worth noting that Diddy's 18-year-old twin daughters were seen walking into court and were likely there during this disturbing testimony.
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An Opening to Remember
We'll be bringing you Cassie's testimony verbatim in our episode on Friday. Now let's take a quick break.
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An Opening to Remember
So let's rewind a bit now and go back to what exactly the jury heard late yesterday and early today. We're going to start with one of the other witnesses the jury heard from. That's a male stripper and his name is Daniel Phillip.
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He said he first met Cassie and Diddy when he was asked to go perform for a group of women celebrating a bachelorette party at the Gramercy Hotel in downtown Manhattan back in 2012.
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He said she was dressed in just her lingerie, a pair of high heels and a red wig, and he thought she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. She immediately gave him several thousand dollars and ushered him into the living room of the hotel suite, where he said he noticed a man was sitting. The man was wearing a bandana over his nose and mouth and a baseball cap.
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He said he couldn't see the man's face, but as soon as he spoke, he recognized his voice as that of Sean Combs. Here's Comey again.
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He said the sex was over quite quickly and he left in shock. But soon afterwards, he received a text from Cassie asking him to send a picture of his private parts and to go back to see them again. He and Cassie had sex again, but this time the session lasted for several hours. After that, he said Diddy paid him several times to take part in orchestrated sex sessions with Cassie while he watched.
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The sessions took place in several different hotels across New York and at Diddy and Cassie's private residences. Phillips said sometimes when he turned up, there would be dirty towels and empty bottles of baby oil littered around the room, and it appeared like another man had been there before him. He told the jury Diddy was in charge during the sessions.
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He told the jury he witnessed Diddy attacking Cassie and soon afterwards stopped being invited to the sex parties because he was unable to perform or get sexually aroused. In fact, he recounted a time when he saw Diddy drag Cassie by the hair into the bedroom of a hotel suite, which left him shocked for hers and his safety.
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Diddy's lawyer, Xavier Donaldson, suggested to Mr. Phillip that he hadn't been sent by his company to perform at the bachelorette party that night. And in fact, Cassie had called him personally to go to the hotel. He said she told him it was her birthday and her husband wanted to give her something special.
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An Opening to Remember
So before the break, we brought you testimony from one of the first witnesses to take the stand. But we also wanted to walk you through in a bit more detail exactly what the jury heard in the opening statements on Monday made by the main prosecutor. That's Emily Ann Johnson and Diddy's main defense lawyer, Tenny Garagos. Some of the language and the wording they used was very powerful.
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An Opening to Remember
So we wanted to bring it to you exactly as the jury heard it in court on Monday. Ms. Johnson began her address by talking to them about the man on trial and the shocking crimes he's been accused of. Remember, these are various serious felonies. And if found guilty, Diddy could face life in prison. He denies all the charges. We've had Ms. Johnson's words voiced by an actor.
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An Opening to Remember
From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens.
The Trial of Diddy
An Opening to Remember
She said the jury will hear that Diddy and his entourage were involved in kidnapping and violence. One time, they set a man's car on fire, the prosecutor said. And another, they dangled a woman out of a window. This inner circle allegedly helped him source drugs, move women and escorts over state lines, and even out of the country for those secret sex sessions that he called freak-offs.
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It said, quote, Puff, I hope on this day you get to sit back and take it all in how much you've accomplished. I put together this book of magazine articles from 1991 to 1999 that will stir up some memories. Happy, happy birthday. I love you forever and ever, Mia. Their words have been voiced by actors.
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Are You Done?!
But Brian Steele then used this response to confront her about her accusations. He suggested that she was lying about the way that Diddy treated her.
The Trial of Diddy
Are You Done?!
We'll hear how the rapper paid a security guard at the Intercontinental Hotel $100,000 and made him sign an NDA in return for the footage of his March 2016 attack on Cassie.
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Are You Done?!
Yeah, and again, Diddy's defense attorney, Brian Steele's questioning was at times confrontational and aggressive. He really grilled her about her friendly text messages she'd sent Diddy between 2019 and 2022 after she had stopped working for him, in which her tone and words toward him seemed to be very positive and encouraging. In one message sent in January 2019, she wrote, quote,
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Just thinking of you today and every day. I had a nightmare I was trapped in an elevator with R. Kelly. I screamed and you came to rescue me. So thank you for that too. Sending you love. Here's Brian Steele again. His words have been voiced by an actor.
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Steele asked her why she would have written that message if Diddy had really sexually assaulted and been abusive toward her. But she insisted that at the time she felt she was brainwashed by him.
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Are You Done?!
Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Kayla Brantley. And I'm Germania Rodriguez-Paleo. We'll be back in a second.
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Are You Done?!
Now, Hermania, there was a pretty astonishing moment in the courtroom after she gave this gut-wrenching explanation about feeling brainwashed. Because at the end of it, Steele retorted with an aggressive, quote, are you done? Yeah, it was quite a moment.
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So then after that, Steele moved on to Mia's exit from Diddy's employment in March 2017 and the settlement she received. She admitted that she'd requested $10 million but only received $400,000 and that she only ended up with half that amount after she'd paid all her legal fees.
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She admitted she was surprised she'd been let go by Diddy but denied it was because she was late and had been caught drinking on the job, which he had claimed.
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The jury was shown her resume and heard that prior to working for Diddy, she was the personal assistant to the actor and comedian Mike Myers. And then after leaving Diddy, she went on to work for Madonna, but she denied Diddy helping her get the job with Madonna or that she had been in any way blacklisted.
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So on Friday, we brought you the start of Mia's evidence. Mia is, of course, the personal assistant who claims Diddy raped and sexually assaulted her several times. Mia is using a pseudonym that is not her real name. And she was on the stand for three days. And we're going to hear a lot more from her spiky cross-examination later in today's episode.
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Are You Done?!
So that's it for today. We'll be back as usual on Friday with every detail from this case.
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Are You Done?!
But before we get into the evidence, we should just tell you about an incident that happened in the courtroom Tuesday when a woman in the public gallery started yelling and shouting, quote, at the system. She said, quote, Diddy, these mother effers are laughing at you in every courtroom. Now, she said this before the judge swiftly asked security to escort her out.
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Garcia said that after the assault, he received a call from Diddy's right-hand woman, Christina Karam. We've heard her name come up a lot. And she claimed that Diddy had been intoxicated and didn't remember exactly what happened and asked to see the footage. He told her he would need to contact management about that request.
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But hours later, he said that Karam showed up at the hotel looking for him. And later that evening, he received a call from Diddy himself. Garcia said, quote, Mr. Combs sounded very nervous. He was talking really fast, was saying that he had a little too much to drink and that I knew how things were with women. One thing led to another. If this got out, it could ruin him.
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Yeah, and we know that that $50,000 agreed payout ended up turning into a $100,000 payout. But he went on to tell the court that Diddy was thrilled to hear the news and that Diddy even called him, quote, Eddie, my angel. But he also said Diddy warned him not to make any extravagant purchases that would draw attention to himself.
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He said he gave $50,000 to his boss and $20,000 to another guard who was also on duty that night. He was left with $30,000, which he said he used to buy a new car. He said he didn't deposit any of the money into a bank account or report it on his taxes.
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Are You Done?!
So that's Eddie Garcia's testimony, but now we're going to take you back a bit and bring you Mia's testimony, which began last week. As we said earlier, she's Diddy's former personal assistant who worked for him between 2009 and 2017. She was on the stand for three days, finally wrapping up on Monday.
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She claimed she was raped and sexually assaulted by Diddy on four different occasions, that he was frequently angry and violent toward her, and that she kept it all to herself out of embarrassment and fear.
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Smizer asked her if anyone had spoken up about the alleged abuse by Diddy. She said there was a former employee named Kayla Faulkner who had tried to.
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Mia was also asked about why she never told police about the alleged assaults. She spoke in detail about how she had been pulled over for driving without a valid license. But once the cops found out that she worked for Diddy, all they wanted was what she called, quote, an exciting conversation. And then they simply let her go.
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Yeah, she said he poured them both shots of vodka to cheers to his birthday and that she drank too. But she said that they hit her kind of hard and she said, quote, I remember thinking like, whoa, I did not eat or something because they affected me. Again, this exchange between her and Smizer has been voiced by actors.
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Mia said that the next thing she remembered was sitting in the main party room with the sun coming up. Smizer asked her about her perception of Diddy's role and she said, quote, he was my boss. He was a powerful person. I looked at him like an older adult. He was the king.
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She also described another incident in St. Barts, and this was New Year's Eve in 2010. She said they were on a yacht and he had asked her to count some money in the safe. But then he started yelling and shouting a tirade of abuse at her because he said she wasn't counting his money fast enough. She said she ended up running for her life to get away from him. We'll be back with more after this.
The Trial of Diddy
Are You Done?!
Yeah, there was a lot of tough cross-examination there, and Steele began by focusing on her social media history. He suggested posts and messages on her various accounts were proof that she was not afraid of Diddy as she claims. He pulled up her Instagram account and specifically pointed to one post which she had posted on Diddy's birthday in November of 2013.
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The post included a video shoot of her pretending to give birth. She's in a hospital gown and Diddy is dressed as a doctor holding the newborn baby. Actor Paul Rudd is also in the scene. Alongside the video, Mia had written, quote, last non-B day, shout out to my mentor, and then she tagged Diddy. Thank you for always letting me give birth to my dreams. Steele, of course, asked about this post.
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Yeah, she denied she'd posted the video on Instagram four years later because she was celebrating the anniversary of the sexual assault and insisted she'd simply created the post to mark Diddy's birthday. Steele then asked her to read the rest of the message she'd written alongside the video out loud. Her words here have been voiced by an actor.
The Trial of Diddy
Are You Done?!
From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens. Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy. We are now in week four of this trial, and as always, the bombshells just keep on coming.
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Are You Done?!
Now here is when the cross-examination really began to heat up. Steele showed the jury a scrapbook of press clippings Mia had made and given to Diddy for his 45th birthday that same year. Across the front in big red letters was written, Happy 45th Birthday Puff Daddy. A note she'd handwritten inside was also read to the court.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
And welcome to episode 32 of The Trial of Diddy. It was a quiet week, maybe, Marjorie, no? I mean, I feel like there are no quiet weeks, but after eight months doing this podcast, doing this show, and of Diddy being behind bars, you know, I think we could all use a quiet week.
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I think for Hollywood itself, you know, there's been a reckoning since 2017, since the Me Too movement. Do you think that now this is going to actually change things in Hollywood? Save your breath.
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Then what about the victims? I mean, we had a whole Me Too movement that was supposed to empower, you know, women to come forward. Do you think that that's had an effect at least to maybe call out these big powerhouse, big players? I do.
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And I think every legal expert has said it's an absolutely horrible idea for Diddy to take the stand. But do you think that there is a reality in which his ego is so big that he would want to get up there? Totally.
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Nancy, we have a few minutes left with you. What are your final thoughts on this case three weeks out from jury selection?
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Yeah. And Diddy, he actually did appear in court on Monday to enter his plea of not guilty to an additional charge of sex trafficking. and another charge of transportation to engage in prostitution before U.S. District Judge Aaron Sabermanian in Manhattan.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
And it's important to reiterate, as we do every week, and we make our lawyers very happy here at Daily Mail, that Diddy has always denied each and every allegation made in all recent lawsuits filed against him, and he has also denied all the federal charges that have been filed against him. Like everyone else in the legal system, he remains innocent until such time as he's been proven guilty.
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I chose journalism as a major specifically, so I didn't have to do math. So no, I would not want to take a guess.
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And as we understand it, both sides will be back in court for another hearing on Friday, April 18th, which is when everyone will be listening to this episode when it comes out. Although we are recording this on Wednesday, two days before that. But Marjorie, I'm not sure if you saw this story. It was actually the New York Times that Diddy has been...
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trading canned mackerel mackerel one dollar canned tinned fish from the commissary yeah which i thought was an interesting uh a line there it is one way inmates make their living or stay alive there is they trade and barter goods that they get from commissary Exactly. From going to like eating caviar and filet mignon to now trading mackerel.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
It was, you know, just the stark reality of prison and really his fall from grace.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
But with all that being said, earlier this week, I caught up with legal commentator, trial lawyer and host of Crime Stories, the amazing Nancy Grace, to find out how she views this case. And here we are together. Take a listen. I want to welcome Nancy Grace to the podcast, multi-hyphenated attorney, TV host, crime expert. Thank you for being here, Nancy. Thank you for inviting me.
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This is very special because usually I'm a guest on your show. So, so happy to have you on The Trial of Diddy. It feels like we've been talking about this forever. I mean, Diddy got arrested back in the fall. We're finally about three weeks away from trial. What are your predictions from now until the start of the trial?
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez. And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
I mean, because when you think about it, who doesn't know about this case? Who doesn't have an opinion on this case? I personally feel like a little girl.
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It’s Not About Diddy, It’s About These Women
Can you trust a jury to not go on their phone and look at social media and not talk about this with their family and friends?
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Yeah, this reminds me of the Ghislaine Maxwell case of the juror who said he's never experienced any type of, you know, sexual harassment or anything like that. Come to find out he forgot that he was a victim of sexual abuse and that nearly derailed the entire case.
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I mean, yeah, we're all looking forward to getting our hands on that questionnaire and seeing what's going to be on there. I think it's supposed to be released any day now, which is very exciting. You know, we're all looking forward to seeing that, but let's talk about the witnesses. We know that Cassie Ventura is supposed to be there.
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A lot of Jane does, you know, there's some people who have been named. Do you think there'll be any surprise celebrity appearances?
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Yeah, and I don't think that we'll be seeing any celebrities really supporting him either, because that at this point is career suicide.
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And the trial hasn't even started yet. So I can only imagine what evidence, you know, once it's out there that we'll end up seeing and we'll end up talking about on the show and crime stories. But do you think that there's a chance that once this all happens, once all the evidence is presented, that Diddy can be found not guilty and walk free?
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The Prior Bad Acts Question
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in New York.
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The Prior Bad Acts Question
And welcome to episode 31 of The Trial of Diddy. And yet again, Marge, what a week it's been. And before we get into it, we're planning a show where we answer some of your questions as the listeners about the trial itself. So if you've got a query that's been burning a hole in your brain for a while, let us know in the comments or email us, thetrial at dailymail.com.
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Now, so to the big news of the last few days, that came in a motion filed right at the end of last week when it was confirmed that Cassie Ventura, Diddy's ex, will testify against Diddy under her own name in court rather than testifying anonymously as prosecutors had previously stated.
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The Southern District of New York federal judiciary also revealed last Monday that they plan to include testimony about, quote, sexual abuse of other victims at Combs' trial.
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Yeah. And then the prosecution really wasted no time in replying to that, saying, quote, since his arrest, the defendant has insisted that every victim in this case consented to every act the government has identified. Having made his intention to argue at trial that he believed every alleged coercive sex act was consensual, the defendant has put his knowledge and intent squarely at issue.
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And then the statement goes on to say, quote, The defense's motion to prevent the jury from hearing this damning evidence should be denied." And that really says it all. That's a very powerful statement from that side. And yeah, let's talk about that more. Like, what does that mean? And, you know, the judge hasn't really spoken on it yet, Marge.
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Yeah, and that just sounds like there's a lot to do before the start of the trial and before selecting the jury and everything. But on the same day, federal prosecutors amended the indictment against Combs for a third time by adding two new charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. Both these charges relate to a woman known only as Victim 2.
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Prosecutors have alleged that Combs used forced fraud or coercion to recruit, harbor and transport the woman across state lines with the intent of engaging in prostitution. And all this happened between 2021 and 2024, they say. This new charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. In a statement, Combs' lawyer said, quote,
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And I think that's interesting because when we were talking to Renato, what he kept bringing up was the argument that Diddy's team is going to make that like, yeah, a lot of this stuff could have happened and maybe it did happen, but it was all consensual. And that's exactly what you're seeing Diddy's team saying here, saying that it was their private sex life.
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And, you know, he didn't coerce them to do any of this, that it was all consensual. So we're already really getting a little bit of that taste here.
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Yeah, and at one point in the story, Howard says that he was asked by Diddy to play some of his own music, and he did, but says that Diddy continued to, quote, look at him, making him feel, quote, bewildered. Later, apparently feeling unsettled by the encounter, Terrence Howard claims he confided his discomfort to his assistant, who suspected that Diddy had been making a subtle sexual advance.
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I think he's trying to F you, Howard remembers the assistant saying of Diddy. We have, of course, reached out to Diddy's team for comment. And it's important to reiterate that Diddy has vehemently denied all allegations made in all recent lawsuits filed against him. And he has also denied all federal charges filed against him last year.
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Like everyone else in the legal system, he remains innocent until proven guilty. I mean, I think this is a pretty big star to come out and claim that against Diddy. And it's a very, you know, famous, prominent male actor. And, you know, we've been saying how we haven't seen any support, any public support for Diddy really. I mean, other than Kanye. Yeah.
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But everyone who has come out against him, you know, other than like Cassie and Don Richard, those were all women in his orbit. I don't think anyone really placed Terrence Howard with Diddy, you know, even as friends, really.
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Yeah, I think that is what everyone's really going to be looking for. And of course, we don't want to speculate because our lawyers will not let us do that. But yeah, we will just see, you know, who's walking up into that courthouse, maybe sneaking through back doors on the day of and then we find it out once we're actually in court.
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I mean, I'm definitely going to try to be down at the courthouse and find out. Exciting. I know you're in L.A. I'm here in New York. I could get down to the courthouse within 20 minutes on the subway. You're going to be coming, I hope.
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We do have a reporter who will be in the court every single day. You know, it's very limited. You can't really have your laptops or only certain people are allowed electronics there. Um, and we have a designated reporter there who will be writing down everything as they hear it, you know, color commentary and sending it back to us, to our news desk.
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I'm going to go down there, try to get a seat either in the courtroom and the overflow room. And if I can't get inside, don't worry guys, I will be right outside giving a play by play of everything that we see. Um, Hopefully, we'll see what celebrities show up, maybe some Diddy supporters. I can just imagine with a high profile case like this that it'll be a sight to see.
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Yeah. So I never really go down to the courthouse. I more so in my past being a news reporter have been the one on the receiving end. So Dan Bates will always be in court. He's an excellent courthouse reporter. And then he files like dribs and drabs of, you know, notes as they're happening, maybe every like five to 10 minutes, little updates here and there.
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And then I would then take that, you know, put it into a real story. We did that with the Epstein case, which was absolutely huge because it was the same federal deal where, you know, all you're getting is court sketches at the end of the day. You're not getting live photos and a live feed. unlike Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, which I worked on, which was, you know, live streamed.
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I watched it all day long. I just remember for the Epstein trial and the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, especially, you see every day, you know, pictures coming through of the victims who were showing up to court with their lawyers, you know, Lisa Bloom, a friend of the pod, a lot of times would be pictured walking into the court with her clients.
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And then as it happens, we're getting real time updates from inside the court. So that's, I'm excited to be at the courthouse this time. Hopefully I get inside and I will be reporting back everything I hear.
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I know. I would love if you were over here. That would be awesome.
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He Was So Interesting To The Hilfigers, The Trumps, The Winfreys
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He Was So Interesting To The Hilfigers, The Trumps, The Winfreys
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He Was So Interesting To The Hilfigers, The Trumps, The Winfreys
I'm David Patrick-Aricos, and on this week's episode of Apocalypse Now, as Donald Trump heads to Doha, we discuss Qatar, a small state at the center of a world increasingly ridden with faction and conflict. Listen to Apocalypse Now wherever you get your podcasts.
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The "King" on Trial
From free golfs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens. Welcome to the Trial of Diddy. So as we said before, this day has been very much anticipated.
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And thanks to everyone, thanks to all our listeners who've been following this podcast up to this point, because at times there were doubts that this trial would even take place. But today, it finally all began. And people started lining up outside the Manhattan federal court in New York, where the trial is being held as early as yesterday afternoon.
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And by this morning, there was a huge crowd, around 150 members of the public, waiting outside for a chance to get a front row seat at the most important show of Diddy's career. Our reporter Marjorie Hernandez has been there all day for us. So let's hear for her on the vibe down at the courthouse.
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We'll be back in a second. So, Hermania, the day is finally here. We've been waiting nine months for this trial to start, and I feel like it's not an exaggeration to say that it's really one of the most anticipated entertainment cases in recent history. That's right.
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And I just want to remind all of our listeners that Diddy is charged with five serious federal charges. It's two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution, and one count of racketeering, all of which he denies. If Diddy is found guilty, he will go to prison for the rest of his life.
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And we should also say here that cameras and microphones are not allowed in federal court. This is not a televised trial. So we'll be bringing you everything from the courtroom on the podcast.
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Then finally, once jury selection was over, it was over to the main prosecutor, Emily Ann Johnson, to open the case. We're going to be bringing you a lot of the detail about what she said in our full episode tomorrow. But for now, we're just going to give you a bit of an overview. So Emily Ann Johnson, she told the court that to the public, Sean Combs is known as Puff Daddy or Diddy.
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She called him a cultural icon and a businessman who's larger than life. But she said there's also another side to him, a side that the public is unaware of. She said that side involved him using his vast wealth and power to run a criminal enterprise for more than two decades.
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The main prosecutor said that much of the evidence will involve two particular women and would be difficult to hear. The first, of course, is Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. We know her as the R&B singer who first met him as a teenager in 2006 and was with him for 12 years. The reason we can name her now is because she has waived her right to anonymity.
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Now, the other woman who can't be named for legal reasons, but the court is calling her Jane. She was a single mom when she met and quickly fell in love with Diddy in 2020 and was his girlfriend for three years.
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Ms. Johnson said the jury would see that now infamous video from an L.A. hotel hallway, which has been talked about so much already and which I know everyone already knows about. It's the video of Cassie back in March 2016. And she claimed that Diddy was attacking and kicking her because he wanted to force her back into the hotel room where they'd been with a male prostitute.
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She said Diddy's staff handed over $100,000 in cash in a brown paper bag to a hotel security guard for what they thought was the only copy of the footage. But obviously another copy existed and was given to CNN and aired last year.
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We'll hear how it's claimed he physically assaulted and sexually exploited multiple women, including his girlfriend Cassie Ventura and another woman known only as Jane.
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She also accepted that that hotel footage was indefensible and showed, quote, horrible dehumanizing violence. But she insisted the full film, which has never been made public, would show that he and Cassie were actually fighting over alleged infidelity. She said he was an extremely jealous man and they had a toxic relationship.
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But while she admitted his behavior did amount to domestic violence, it was not sex trafficking or racketeering, which this whole case is about. She said both women were capable, strong women and consenting adults who chose to stay with Diddy for years after the alleged assault.
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Diddy also shared a moment with his family and as a trial adjourned for the lunch break, Diddy blew a kiss to his mom and made heart hands to one of his daughters. And after the break, Israel Flores was the first witness of this case to be called. Now he's an LA police officer and at the time he was working as the assistant director of security at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles.
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This, of course, is where Diddy allegedly attacked Cassie on March 5th, 2016 in the video that we've all seen.
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How he allegedly called himself the king and expected his staff to cater to his every desire.
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The first piece of evidence was then introduced to the jury in the form of an incident report that Mr. Flores wrote for his boss, which revealed that when he returned to talk to Diddy with a colleague, Diddy got upset and tried to grab the colleague's phone because he was worried he was being filmed. Mr. Flores said he was forced to pin Diddy against the wall.
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It was at that point that Diddy told him, quote, it's just that I don't want to lose anything and I can lose it all.
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But Mr. Flores insisted the money was because he, quote, didn't want anybody to know. He insisted Diddy told him, take care of it. I don't want people to find out. The jury were then told that the CNN clip of that hallway incident was only a small part of what had actually happened.
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And they were shown two cell phone videos and three hotel surveillance videos, which showed the attack from different angles.
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Mr. Flores said he even made a copy on his cell phone to show his wife because he thought she wouldn't believe him. So that's what we have for today. It's honestly been a whirlwind and it's only day one. There's been a lot of information and a lot of shocking details.
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But tomorrow we will hear from more witnesses and we will be bringing you the word for word account of what is happening in the courtroom via our transcripts. So make sure you tune in to The Trial of Diddy every Tuesday and Friday, everywhere you get your podcasts.
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100 Problems and Diddy's One
Hey everyone, I'm Kayla Brantley and welcome to a very special episode of the Trial of Diddy podcast. Today we have a super quick update because on Sunday, December 8th, 2024, Jay-Z was pulled into the heart of the Diddy case and he found himself having to deny allegations that he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl alongside Diddy during an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in 2000.
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Now, the original federal lawsuit, which had only named Sean Combs, has now been refiled by Texas-based attorney Tony Busby. Busby, who we've spoken a lot about on this show. Now, it cites the accuser known only as Jane Doe, who alleges that she was assaulted at the house party by the two superstars. And she also alleges that an unnamed female celebrity was in the room at the time.
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100 Problems and Diddy's One
The lawsuit states that the 13-year-old girl was drugged and raped by both Jay-Z and Diddy at a party hosted by Diddy himself. The accuser alleges that Jay-Z and Combs actually took turns raping her at the party after she had consumed a drink that made her feel, quote, woozy and lightheaded.
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She says she later escaped by hitting Combs in the neck as he assaulted her before running to a gas station where she was picked up by her father. Now, of course, Jay-Z has already come out hitting back at these accusations. In a lengthy statement on X, Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter, said, quote, Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away.
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Would you not agree? These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case. This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these types of theatrics. Now the lawyer that Jay-Z is referring to, as we said before, is Tony Busby. He'd previously sent Jay-Z a letter seeking to mediate a settlement.
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Now Busby said the lawsuit, quote, speaks for itself and that this is, quote, a very serious matter that will be litigated in court. Jay-Z's statement went on to offer support to, quote, So those are very harsh words there by Jay-Z. He stated that Busby's, quote, terrible error in judgment was assuming the same thing about all celebrities. I'm not from your world, Jay-Z wrote.
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I'm a young man who made it out of the projects of Brooklyn. We don't play these games. We have very strict codes and honor. Now, Jay-Z goes on to say we protect children. And then he's speaking to Busby directly when he says you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists, fake physics, which we think he means to say psychics there.
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100 Problems and Diddy's One
Now, clearly, those are such strong words by Jay-Z. This is an emphatic denial, and he goes straight after Busby here.
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100 Problems and Diddy's One
Molly McPherson, who's a journalist and crisis communication expert, reacted to Jay-Z's statement in a piece for Forbes.com saying, "...instead of sticking to a careful, polished narrative, he's rolling out a hodgepodge of tough talk, personal history, and brand clout, all smashed together to force a shift in the conversation.
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He decided to come out swinging, and one thing is clear, Jay-Z is not admitting anything, and he's ready for a fight." Now, that proves absolutely clear. If you listen to any of the words that Jay-Z wrote there, he means business, and he's absolutely denying all these claims and really going after them and the alleged victim in this matter.
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100 Problems and Diddy's One
Now, Sean Combs, Diddy has, it's important to say, denied all allegations against him, and that includes this latest one. He's currently in jail on federal sex trafficking charges, to which he's pleaded not guilty. We'll be following up on this story with an expert guest this week.
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So don't forget to follow us on TikTok at DailyMailCrime and follow The Trial of Diddy wherever you get your podcasts. Goodbye.
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Trial Day is JUST Around the Corner
We have voice actors who will play out each role. So here you really have the opportunity to be inside the courtroom that only a handful of people do get. So we absolutely hope that you listen along. We'll be here every Tuesday and Friday with the new episodes, recapping what's gone on during the trial.
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Thanks for listening, everyone. I am going inside. Out of the rain. To get out of this rain. Yes. Thank you, Kayla.
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Marjorie, I am currently standing outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan in the rain with my umbrella. So you listeners, you're really getting the real deal over here. And Marjorie, you're in New York this week. Very nice to have you.
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Yeah, I think there's a few of our guests who betted on this trial not making it to today, not starting today. And Diddy even rejected a plea deal just a few days ago. So this trial is full steam ahead. And both of us were at the courthouse this morning. I was surprised, actually, at... how empty and dead it was. There were a handful of media.
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There was press all lined up, camera crews right outside of the courthouse. But other than that, I thought we would see either fans or maybe ditty protesters. Usually high-profile trials like this really attract a crowd.
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Yeah, I think that actually might be the case, too, because, you know, jury selection is typically pretty boring. It's a whole bunch of jurors sitting there getting asked questions. Do you know about this trial? What do you know? Can you be impartial? So really, the drama happens. What everyone really wants to know about starts next week on Monday.
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Austin Powers. That's how I know Mike Myers the best.
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Oh, wow. Michael B. Jordan's having a big moment right now. His movie Sinners just came out. That's number one at the box office, in the news. Everyone's so into it. This is a surprise to me to hear that Michael B. Jordan's name is brought up at all. Of course, just because his name is brought up doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean he had anything to do with anything.
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But if you're a celebrity and you have status, the last thing you want is to be tied to this in any way. You don't want your name thrown out at all. So I can only imagine that Michael B. Jordan, who, you know, right now you can say is at the height of his career, wants nothing to do with this.
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Yeah. And from reading Dan's story, I believe there was a potential juror who worked for a publisher, Simon & Schuster, who had insight knowledge because I believe they repped Albie Shore's book. Mm-hmm. Al Bishore, who's an R&B singer. And then he said it is a salary position, but that he gets commission based off sales. So is the outcome of the trial going to affect how he makes his money?
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Is that going to affect the book sales that would eventually put money in his pocket? You know what I mean? So there's a lot that needs to be taken into account.
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And I do just want to make it clear to our listeners that the reason that I'll be sure that connection to the juror could potentially be problematic is because, yes, I'll be sure dated Kim Porter. They have a child, Quincy, together. And Kim Porter is Diddy's ex who passed away a few years ago. There were claims that said Diddy was involved. Of course, none of those were substantiated.
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I believe the cause of death was pneumonia. But Quincy, which is their son, is basically adopted by Diddy. Quincy considers Diddy a father. So there's a lot of conflict of interest there when it comes to Albie Shore and then that potential juror.
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Yeah, I wonder what the decision was behind him having the gray beard, gray hair. If that was to gain sympathy, that look at this guy who is so put together, look how he's aged, he needs to get out type of thing.
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Because correct me if I'm wrong, I think they could get their hands on some hair dye, his team, if they wanted to make him look more presentable in court or just make him look like the Diddy that we all know.
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Absolutely. I guarantee you that if Diddy wasn't in court right now behind bars, he would be one of the co-chairs of the Met Gala. You have Lewis Hamilton, you have LeBron James, lots of successful Black men because the theme this year is tailoring Black style, the Black dandy style. So this really would be Diddy's time to shine.
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And before all of this happened, he was revered in both the music industry and the fashion industry. You He frequented the Met Gala. He was on those steps with Cassie in the past, elaborate outfits. So this was definitely his kind of place. And this weird poetic justice that the day that his trial begins is the biggest day in fashion. and in Hollywood.
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Welcome back to the trial of Diddy. I am still outside in the rain outside of the courthouse where Diddy's inside as jury selection is underway day one of jury selection. But this morning, Marjorie, you got off a plane in New York at midnight from LA. And I texted you this morning saying I'm heading down to the courthouse.
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And he said, I'm going to be running a little late because I'm writing this exclusive story about the case. So can you tell our listeners what that was all about?
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I haven't seen her come in this morning. I got here this morning pretty early, around 9 a.m. Jury selection started at 9.30, but when I got here, it was already packed. And I spoke to a lot of the photographers, videographers, crew that were all here, some who had been here since 4 a.m., others since 6 a.m. And then I was worried that I may have missed something.
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But what they told me is that they hadn't seen any of Diddy's legal team walk in. They hadn't seen Linda Moreno. They haven't even seen any of his family members come in, which strikes me as a little strange. I don't know about you, Marjorie, but his family, for the most part, has been at most, if not all of his hearings.
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Very interesting considering everyone wants to get out of jury duty. Nobody wants to typically sit in a courthouse, typically sit in a courthouse for that long, getting pennies a day, missing work, missing collecting their livelihoods. I don't know any self jurors. I don't think I would want to be a self juror, but they do exist according to our jury experts.
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And I do want our viewers to remember that we are in U.S. federal court where there are no cameras allowed, no photos allowed to be taken. We're only getting court sketches and we have reporters inside doing great work, sending along information as fast as they can, as accurate as they can. But here on the Trial of Diddy, we take the transcripts from each day.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
Yeah. So now you have people like Ted Cruz who are calling on Donald Trump to release all the files related to Diddy's trial. So what needs to happen to get those files released?
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
And from your experience covering Trump, do you think this is something that he would be on board with?
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
What's interesting to me is that we have videos and flight logs of all the interactions between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. So I would think that, you know, unless Donald Trump knows for a fact that there's nothing very incriminating there, that he wouldn't want that to be released.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan. And we have a quick update episode this week because on Thursday, prosecutors filed a new indictment accusing Diddy of sex trafficking two additional women. So originally he was accused of sex trafficking one woman. And now prosecutors have filed a new indictment.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
In your story, while Trump might not be the one saying, you know, release the Diddy trials, you have his pick for FBI director, Kash Patel. You have Ted Cruz, as I mentioned before, and you have Elon Musk, who have all come out and said and have said, you know, release the Diddy files, release this list. Is there an actual list that exists, do you think?
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Also, it's Friday, January 31st. It's been 11 days of Trump's presidency and it feels like so many things have happened and he's signed a bunch of orders and this Seems like, would you say that this is an order that is meaningful to people or just something that kind of is for like shock value?
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Thank you so much, Charlie. And also the reason for this update episode is because on Thursday, prosecutors filed a criminal indictment against Sean Diddy Combs accusing him of sex trafficking three women.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
He was previously alleged to have trafficked one woman across state lines, but in the superseding indictment, which was obtained by DailyMail.com, it accuses him of trafficking two additional women. But despite these new accusations, no additional charges have been filed against him.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
Also, there have been calls from people in Washington to release the Diddy files, to release the name of all those involved in Diddy's alleged schemes. So we're speaking with senior political reporter at the Daily Mail, Charlie Spearing, who has been covering this story where Washington intersects with Hollywood. So thanks for being here, Charlie.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
In the indictment, prosecutors allege that Combs transported the three women as well as professional sex workers across state lines.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
None of the women have been identified by name in this indictment, but one of the women is apparently Diddy's ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, who's the one who kicked this whole investigation off when she accused him of rape and physical abuse in her lawsuit that was filed in November 2023. And it is important to note that Diddy's team has completely denied all of the allegations.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
Diddy's team said in a statement that the latest indictment contains no new offenses and that the prosecution's theory remains flawed. His team went on to say that the government has added the ridiculous theory that two of Mr. Combs' former girlfriends were not girlfriends at all, but were prostitutes. Mr. Combs is as committed as ever to fighting these charges and winning at trial.
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Bonus: Diddy's Lawyers respond to new indictment & Trump gets involved
So thank you guys for listening into this quick update episode. We're always trying to bring you stuff as it's happening in real time. And thank you to Charlie Spearing in DC for coming to chat with us. So for now, that's it. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, what other trials would you like us to cover?
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I'm good. I'm good. And I saw your report. It's like a crossing of both worlds. Now we have Ted Cruz jumping into the conversation of Diddy and you are a political reporter. So this seemed like the perfect crossover. So we would love for you to talk about your latest reporting.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
And welcome back to episode 20-0 of The Trial of Diddy. I cannot believe we are five months into this story and it just does not let up. Just this week, we've seen the release of Investigation Discovery's The Fall of Diddy documentary, and there were some major allegations in there. including actor Kat Passione claiming she had a non-consensual sexual encounter with Combs in 2021.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
A lot of these allegations, like the two things that you said just really stood out for you. It sounds like everything that we've already heard before. So was there anything in this documentary that while it's new information, was there anything that was shocking that, you know, maybe seemed kind of left field?
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
In the documentary, did Cat Passion say whether or not she was one of the Jane Does in the civil suits against Diddy?
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And Marjorie, watching this documentary, what was the feeling that you were left with? Like what was the overall view of Diddy that these documentary filmmakers kind of left you with?
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
And if you're the prosecution watching this, you absolutely will want Pines taking the stand testifying against Diddy. Like these are such strong claims and such a strong testimony that I can only imagine that this is somebody that we'll be seeing in court.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
So in response to this, of course, Diddy's team came out with a statement, and this one's regarding Phil Pine's claims. Quote, We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth, and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
From this documentary, you see a lot of people speaking out about the alleged abuse that they experienced. from Diddy, but nowhere in that documentary did you see anyone coming to his defense, anyone on Diddy's side, no one really defending him.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
We have so much more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy. Let's get into these brand new rulings from Judge Aaron Sabermanian. On Thursday, the trial judge, Judge Aaron Sabermanian, actually ruled to leave the protective order regarding the sex tapes and therefore denied Diddy's request for access.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
If you guys remember, Diddy's lawyers were basically saying that these tapes would absolve him of any wrongdoing and show the world that this was, quote, private sexual activity between himself and Cassie Ventura.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
And what was striking in that letter from Diddy's team is that they said, quote, any fair minded viewer of the videos will quickly conclude that the prosecution of Mr. Combs is both sexist and puritanical. And they said it's sexist because the government's theory perpetuates stereotypes of female victimhood and lack of agency. So that was a few weeks ago. Now we have a ruling from the judge.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
He's completely denied Diddy's request. And I'll read part of that ruling. So it was a memorandum, a letter motion as to Sean Combs. And I'll just read a little part of it. It says, quote, defendant's motion to amend the protective order is denied without prejudice.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
While the government objects to handing the videos over, they provide several options for defendant to consider that would permit the defense to view the videos, access the information they're looking for, and even allow them to manipulate the videos as they see fit. To the extent these options are insufficient, the defense may propose other options to the government.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
It doesn't appear that the defense did this before raising the issue with the court. Also, the judge ruled that Diddy and his team can't share the contents of the videos or whatever they have access to with anyone. So these videos, the judge is saying they absolutely cannot be shared. Like, they're sex tapes. They should not be shared with anyone.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
Of course, if they're not two consenting adults who want it to be shared, which I highly doubt Cassie Ventura wants these tapes out there. I will read part of the letter from the judge. It says, quote, the party should have these discussions. And then if they really reach an impasse, the defense can come back to the court.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
If that happens, they should be prepared to clearly articulate why they need possession of the videos, despite the options furnished by the government. So the judge is giving them options. They're saying, look, if you can't come to an agreement, the defense can come back to the court and they can argue their case, articulate why they need possession of these videos.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
But for now, the judge is not having it. So obviously, there's a lot of legal jargon in these memorandums. And I think next week would be great to have one of our legal friends come on and discuss what's going on here. It is pretty straightforward, but, you know, we always love to have one of our friends of the show on and give their legal expertise. So for now, that's it.
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Defendants Motion is DENIED
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In an attempt to discredit Officer Ignacio's account of what happened at Cuddy's house, Diddy's attorney, Brian Steele, cross-examined him. He asked him about how he remembered the details of an incident from 13 years ago and why he did not follow the black Escalade if he suspected that it could be part of a crime. Here's Brian Steele, voiced by an actor.
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He also caused outrage in the courtroom when he indicated that the fingerprint evidence from that incident had been destroyed in August 2012, and he claimed it was authorized by someone within the LAPD. What happened to the print cards?
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She dropped bombshell after bombshell on the entire alleged Kid Cudi home invasion.
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But the judge denied the motion, telling the jury to disregard the question and he allowed the trial to proceed. Well, that's it for today. We'll be back as usual next week with every detail from the case. And just a quick shout out for another episode of The Trial is covering.
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On the other side of the world in Australia, that's the trial of Erin Patterson, who was accused of killing and attempting to kill members of her husband's family with death cap mushrooms. She denies the charges. A new episode is landing in a few hours, so search for The Trial of Aaron Patterson wherever you get your podcasts.
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And don't forget, we'll be back next week with everything here in New York.
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Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Kayla Brantley. And I'm Hermania Rodriguez-Poleo. We'll be back in a second.
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So right now it's Thursday, May 29th, 1.17 p.m. And Diddy's former assistant, who is choosing to remain anonymous by using the pseudonym Mia, has just taken the stand. Mia was Diddy's assistant and then was the director of development and acquisitions for Revolt TV from 2009 to 2017. She said that she applied for the job in her mid-20s while living in New York City.
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She recalled how the interview process was normal, involved meetings with Vashta Wilson, who was the head of HR, and a lot of other members of the staff. However, for her interview with Diddy, she said that it took place at his apartment and that he answered the door in his underwear. When she arrived, Vashta was there, introduced her to Diddy, and then left shortly after.
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Then on Wednesday, stylist Deontay Nash took the stand looking fabulous and all white. He originally said that he didn't want to testify, but he was subpoenaed to do so anyway. He started working with Diddy and Cassie in 2008 after moving to New York, and he responded to a Craigslist ad for an internship in the fashion department at Bad Boy Records.
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He stopped working for Diddy in 2018 after about 10 years. Now, there haven't been many moments of levity in this trial so far. Obviously, the content is very heavy. But Nash did provide some when he was shown a photo of himself by prosecutor Maureen Comey. Their words are voiced by actors. How'd you get hired to work for them?
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Yeah, Nash spoke of three standout moments of violence that he witnessed towards Cassie from Diddy. He said that Mia, the anonymous witness we've just been hearing from, was present for one time when he was helping Cassie get ready for OVO Fest in Canada, which was Drake's music festival. He said Diddy came to the house in a rage because Cassie didn't answer the phone.
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Diddy grabbed her off the couch by her hair and started to hit her. Nash said he and Mia ran into Cassie's bedroom and attempted to close the door, but Diddy pushed it open and continued attacking Cassie with his fists and kicking her.
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Yeah, Nash said that he tried to call 911 but was told to immediately hang up. And Diddy said that Cassie was going to the plastic surgeon with DRock. He said the next time he saw Cassie after that incident was the next day on FaceTime when she had stitches in her eyebrow and a gash on her forehead. Now, this is all corroborated with Cassie's testimony.
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But Cassie said that Diddy was not on the tapes. It was just her with other guys. He also spoke about a third time at the Les Montrose Hotel where he went to Cassie's room and when he opened the door and turned on the lights, she jumped. He said she was frightened that Diddy was downstairs and she said, oh no. And then she went toward the balcony saying she was going to go over. Here's Ms.
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All right. Now, on Tuesday, we heard from Diddy's former assistant, Capricorn Clark, who gave dramatic testimony about the many times Diddy threatened her life, as well as a string of alleged abuses, violence and kidnappings.
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In fact, she said that when she first started working for Diddy in 2004 and during her very first day on the job, she was kidnapped by Diddy and his head of security, Uncle Pauly. Prosecutor Mitzi Steiner asked Clark about this incident. Their words are voiced by actors.
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Capricorn Clark said that she could see that he was upset and that a big part of her job at the time was to make sure that his name and likeness were OK, which basically means his image and reputation is intact. So she opened the door to make sure that everything was OK. She said that Diddy came in screaming, quote, Why didn't you tell me?
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When Clark inquired about what he was referring to, he said, quote, Who is Scott? Referring to Kid Cudi's real name, Scott Muscati. She replied, quote, oh, Cassie's friend, to which Diddy then replied, get dressed. We're going to kill this N-word.
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From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens. Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. Welcome back to the trial of Diddy. We are now approaching the end of week three of the U.S. versus Sean Combs case. On Tuesday, we heard from Capricorn Clark, who's Diddy's former assistant.
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Because it kind of makes you wonder why. Why put smoke detectors? I know a conspiracy or a rumor that's been floated is that maybe there were cameras in them because allegations have been floated around that Diddy did have cameras at his parties.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
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And of course, with a piece of information like that, it could be as innocent as, you know, it's just a policy thing or, you know, some people's minds after all these allegations goes wild. straight to the worst thing possible. So, of course, that's for the investigators to find out. Yeah, for sure. That's not our jobs.
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Definitely. And the release of the shocking footage of Cassie being assaulted by Diddy, that was definitely a major turning point, both in his criminal case and in the court of public opinion. Obviously, this was footage from a party. You didn't see any abuse going on, but do you think that a video like the one that you released could have an impact in the case?
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And have you received any feedback or pushback after this story went live?
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Well, thanks for listening, everyone. Marjorie will be back next week and we are planning another Q&A episode. So we will both be diving into all of your comments, thoughts and suggestions for the show. In the meantime, what would you like us to cover? What other trials are you interested in? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657512.
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Oh, this guy is dangerous. Another woman has now come forward alleging Combs of sexual assault. She claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez. And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the Trial of Diddy.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan, and welcome to episode 12 of The Trial of Diddy. A couple weeks ago, we were all thinking, you know what, this is really all settling down, and clearly it looks like we were wrong because there's been a lot going on. So let me fill you in on what's been happening since our last episode.
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Shortly after our last episode, federal judge Arun Subramanian pushed back making a decision to this week on whether Diddy could be released on bail. Several other judges have, of course, denied multiple past requests, mentioning their fears he would attempt to interfere in the government's case against him if he's released.
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And for everyone who's been listening, you already know this, but in case you forgot, Sean Combs is accused of sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy. And it's important to state here that he denies all the allegations made against him.
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Federal government attorneys have long argued against Diddy's $50 million bail package, claiming it, quote, "...does not come close to ensuring the security of the community." They believe there's sufficient evidence to say that Combs may interfere with the case or even try to flee before the trial, which is set for May 2025.
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And they've talked about an alleged quote, pattern of violence toward women and his own staff. Now Combs defense attorneys are arguing he's been unconstitutionally held in jail. and effectively silenced since he was first arrested back in September.
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They go on to claim the government has launched a campaign against Combs to prevent him from getting a fair trial and that their client is quote, not required to sit idly by and acquiesce to all of this. Judge Subramanian, who reportedly was open to the idea of potentially releasing Combs to detention,
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with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, is expected to make a decision on bail by Thanksgiving. Right now, it's Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, 1.41 p.m., and there's been no word yet. So once we get that, we will update you ASAP.
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Of course, if Diddy is still in jail on Thanksgiving, which honestly at this point looks increasingly likely, then you might be wondering what he'll be eating. Luckily, much of the world's media has also wondered the same thing, and it's been revealed that it's honestly looking pretty basic for the special day.
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Should Diddy spend the holiday at his current location, the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, then People magazine have reported that Combs will go for breakfast at 6 a.m. And he'll have fruit, cereal and the nonspecific sounding breakfast pastries on Thursday, November 28th.
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And if that breakfast wasn't filling enough, at 11 a.m., lunch is set to include roast turkey or hot and sour tofu for the vegans and vegetarians, with side dishes of mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, and the ever-delicious dinner rolls. And while that does sound like typical Thanksgiving food, obviously it's probably nowhere near his mom's home-cooked meal.
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And I know what you're all thinking. That all sounds pretty good, Kayla, but will there be holiday pie? And yes, there will be because holiday pie is on the menu. I don't know what kind, but there will be pie. And look, I know Thanksgiving dinner is typically much earlier than regular dinner time. My family's probably eating around 3 p.m., but this Thanksgiving dinner is at 11 a.m.
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So that is much, much earlier than we'll probably all be having our Thanksgiving meals. Then shortly after the 4 p.m. headcount, a very sad dinner of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, potato chips, whole wheat bread and fruit will be dished up to all the inmates. So after hearing all of that, those three pleas for bail really are seeming much more understandable now, aren't they?
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And so for today's guest, we have UK-based journalist Ben Barry, who is senior U.S. reporter at Southwest News Service, a British news agency and media company. Ben covers U.S. news, crime, human interest, and viral stories, and he certainly had one of those this month with his exclusive piece on the footage from a birthday party Diddy threw for rapper Meek Mill,
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at a $7.5 million Las Vegas mansion. We were fascinated by the story. So we reached out to Ben and here he is. Welcome to the show, Ben.
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Obviously, this is a podcast, so if our listeners haven't seen that footage, can you describe a lot of what goes on in it?
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Yeah, and I saw the video, you do see just women laying out on the table, people all around her, sushi all over her naked body, everyone just grabbing like she was a serving platter.
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Yeah. And Ben, you're a journalist, so obviously you can't tell us all of your secrets of how you get your scoops. But is there anything that you can tell us of how you obtained this footage?
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Yeah. And to catch our listeners up, Jason Haight, who turned over the footage, was the property manager where the Las Vegas party was thrown. So he was managing the property. It was a big mansion in Las Vegas where this huge bash was.
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And do you know if federal authorities have, after your report came out, either spoken to Jason or have they contacted you to seize that footage? Has there been any movement with that?
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One of the things, especially in such a huge case like this, a difficulty that I know a lot of journalists have is getting people who may know things to speak. So covering this case and covering even a lot of other big cases, how difficult has that been for you?
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Yeah, and you mentioned some of the requests that Haight had told you from Diddy's team, whether it was changing locks. But one of the details that we found really interesting in your story was that Diddy's team sent Haight their own smoke detectors, which they requested to be installed in place of regular ones. Do you know if Haight's people had inspected those smoke detectors at all?
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Well, David, we are 40 days away from the beginning of this trial jury selection on May 5th. I remember you saying absolutely no way was it going to trial on May 5th, but as of now, it is Wednesday, March 26th. We're still slated to start the trial on that date. What are both teams doing right now to prepare?
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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I didn't even know that that was a thing. That's like full protection. Like we said, do not do this and you're going against us. So you have to be very confident to get up on that stand in that case.
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What are some of the ideal characteristics that Diddy's team is looking for when selecting a jury? Who are the types of people that they want on that jury?
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And welcome to episode 29 of The Trial of Diddy. And what an up and down week it's been for Mr. Sean John Combs.
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Yeah, that's interesting because you would think like if the alleged abuse is against a lot of women, you wouldn't want women involved.
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I wonder if in like the Voyeur, it's like, are you a Diddy fan? Have you listened to Diddy's music? Because it's going to be hard to find somebody who doesn't listen to Diddy, who hasn't listened to Diddy, who doesn't like one of his songs. Especially in New York.
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David, is there a separate bar exam for the Southern district of New York versus the Northern district of New York?
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So it was just a matter of like filing that paperwork, not like, oh, I didn't realize I didn't take that test, that very important test that I needed to.
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Okay, so 40 days out from the start of the trial. Do you have any final thoughts?
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Always. Honestly, this whole case has been filled with highs and lows for both sides. As we record this on Wednesday, it is March 26th. We're 40 days until jury selection begins on May 5th and 47 days until the trial itself begins with those opening statements. So it's fair to say that things are really heating up for the defense and the prosecution.
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I mean, and it could happen up until like the day before, right?
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Day of, yeah. It can happen. Yeah. Yeah, true. So 40 days might not seem like a lot, but. He could take a plea for all we know.
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So for now, that's it. Thanks again to this week's guest, David Gelman. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657-512 and make sure to start your message with trial. As ever, thank you for listening.
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As ever, it is important to say that Diddy has vehemently denied all allegations made in all recent lawsuits filed against him. And he's also denied all federal charges filed against him last year. Like everyone else in the legal system, he remains innocent until he's been proven guilty.
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Well, usually we give our listeners a weekly roundup of everything that's gone down. But we kind of figured this week that we just talk through it with you and get your take on what's been going on. One of them being Little Rod's Rico dismissal. What can you tell us about any of that?
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I want to switch gears a little here to that phone call between Diddy and Kanye. Now that was absolutely incredible. I couldn't believe that we were hearing Diddy's voice on the other line from jail. He was telling Kanye that people are out to get him. What do you make of that? Is this something that's normal to jailhouse phone calls?
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Sources did claim that Diddy had no idea that the phone call was being recorded. So I do want to get that out there. But you said that it's illegal. Would that be on Kanye or on Diddy or on both of them?
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David, I actually specifically remember that you called this an attorney's wet dream because of how much money they could potentially make from this case. So yeah, if they're not getting that payday, I can totally imagine.
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It's a nightmare. Exactly. Okay. And then the second reason they could potentially withdraw.
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I do wonder if, and I feel like a lot of attorneys probably don't want to admit this, but if they look at this case and they're just like, there's no way we're winning this. So you might as well just back out before trial or, you know, maybe to avoid embarrassment. I don't know. Is that something that happens?
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There's so much more coming up. But for now, let's pause for a break.
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But of course, he is still considered innocent and proven guilty. He has not gone to trial yet, which for right now is scheduled for May 5th. So he has a long way to go to see what happens.
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But I find it interesting that a lot of these defense teams actually bring someone in like you from the very beginning to kind of map out what could happen and I guess what could be a worst case scenario for them.
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That makes sense when obviously, especially somebody who has never had any experience of being arrested or facing federal charges, that's huge. Do you also get involved with their family?
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So somebody like you who has insider knowledge and can more easily access those folks so you kind of serve as a conduit to the family to let them know, hey, this is what went down.
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We have so much more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Welcome back. And we're still here with federal prison consultant, Sam Mangle. So your client, he actually is in the same area as where Diddy's house and where Mangione's house?
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Two cells over. Wow. Has he even interacted with Diddy or spoken to him or seen him? Yes.
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Hey, I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor, and welcome to episode 24 of The Trial of Diddy. The day we released our last episode, it was announced that one of three main attorneys representing Diddy filed a motion to withdraw from the case.
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It's interesting that you brought out that inmates on that floor, they might be playing checkers or watch TV together. I can't fathom Diddy having a sit down and playing checkers with another individual in jail. Is that the kind of interaction that he would be having or is he mostly in his cell?
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So again, so that was around the holidays, Christmas time when a client of yours had that interaction with Diddy.
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Wow, that's interesting. Just him still having that interaction with other people. And like you said, it's kind of being in prison. It's kind of like the equalizer, right? The great equalizer. The great equalizer. But he's out there playing cards with his fellow inmates, I guess, at this point.
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I'm also curious that, you know, there is obviously the concern that he could be a target because of who he is and given the charges he's facing. If you were his consultant, is that something that you would warn him about? Or what would you say to him in terms of protecting himself?
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Lawyer Anthony Rico cited unspecified, quote, sufficient reasons that meant he could no longer represent Diddy, who is currently in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial on human trafficking and racketing charges that he has repeatedly and strenuously denied. Rico has said that, quote, under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs.
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And it could be any penitentiary in the country.
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I mean, what you do is very interesting, the fact that you're kind of starting from the beginning. When you have somebody like a big name like Diddy, what would you suggest to him in preparing for the trial?
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Like you said, he's still considered innocent until proven guilty. And we have a long way to go until he goes to trial. So we'll see how that shakes out. So, Sam, you mentioned that if found guilty, Diddy would go to a U.S. penitentiary somewhere in the country, but normally it would be somewhere near his family.
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But can you explain what the difference is between where he is now in the Brooklyn facility versus a U.S. penitentiary where he could end up?
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And while he didn't lay out the specific reasons, driving his decision to leave the case, he did say they do exist and are protected by attorney-client privilege. At this time, Diddy's other attorneys, Mark Agnefilo and Tenny Garagos, are expected to continue representing him. Dailymail.com has approached Rico for comment.
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So ultimately a judge would decide, again, if he is found guilty, he hasn't been, ultimately decide where he would go. No, no. Oh, it's not.
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Oh, okay. Gotcha. So obviously the judge hands out the sentence and then you guys then come in and say, this is where we would want to place him. Who decides where he goes?
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So it's the Bureau of Prisons. Gotcha. Yes. Interesting. So for right now, Tucson is the best place as far as you know. Wow.
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Very fascinating stuff. I've learned a lot from Sam today. It's very fascinating. I find it interesting that a lot of people like you are part of the legal team, right? Kind of help navigate worst case scenario, I guess.
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Now, in the meantime, these attorneys filed on February 26, a memorandum opposing Texas-based attorney Tony Busby to represent various clients who have filed cases in the Southern District of New York. They said Busby conducted, quote, egregious misconduct by filing 22 cases in that district since they claim Busby is barred from practicing in New York.
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Do you know if Diddy has a prison consultant like you?
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So the best defense is to prepare yourself for any scenario.
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So for now, that's it. Thanks again to this week's guest, Sam Mangle. Great to have him on the pod. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, or whenever that might actually be, what other trials would you like for us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us on plus44.com. 7 7 9 6 6 5 7 5 1 2 and start your message with trial.
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Diddy's attorneys wrote, quote, in countless social media posts, media appearances, and a press conference, Busby has inappropriately commented on pending litigation in a manner that violates his professional and ethical obligations by, among other things, opining on Mr. Combs' guilt on criminal charges that are scheduled to be tried in this district beginning on May 5th, 2025.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
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Worse, he has falsely accused Mr. Combs of sexually abusing dozens of children when Mr. Combs has never been charged with such crimes.
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Diddy's attorneys also said, "...rather than acknowledging the limitations of his practice authority, Mr. Busby instead chose to make a public statement that deflected, claiming that reports of him being barred from practicing in New York State were, quote, trash and pure bunk." Meanwhile, Busby responded to claims that he can't practice in New York with a post on his social media.
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So in this post, Busby took a snapshot of a certificate from the Pelt Division of New York Supreme Court that reads that he is actually licensed to practice in the state since January 17th, 2019. Busby goes on to say that there have been rumors swirling that he was not licensed in New York, but he adds in a statement, quote, let me be clear, I'm licensed to practice in New York.
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I'm in good standing with the state bar and have always been. Although I prefer Texas, I'm proud of the legal work we are doing in New York. Don't believe the clickbait or dramatic headlines. We have also reached out to Mr. Busby for comment. Okay, and with that, let's welcome this week's guest, federal prison consultant, Sam Mangle. Hello, Sam.
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Can you go into what exactly does a prison consultant do?
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Now, how did you get into the consulting business?
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So that's where you first learned about this job or this career path. Wow. Yes. So being the fact that you were incarcerated, you knew what it was like being in there. Do you think that gives you better insight as to what federal prisoners are going through?
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And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the trial of Diddy.
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So folks who have been found guilty and are going to be sentenced, seek out your help to help them navigate through the system and find essentially how to survive the system.
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But the fact that you also have been in the prisons, you were in the system, and you mentioned that the jail where Diddy is now is very similar to one of the lockups where you were at. Right now, he's in Brooklyn MVC, Metropolitan Detention Center, which is notorious for having really awful conditions. There have been prisoners who have died there.
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Can you give me any insight into what someone like Diddy is facing in a place like that?
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Normally, they're allowed, what, an hour or so? No, no.
The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
So someone like Diddy, who's obviously very well known, and we've had sources who have said, you know, he might have a target on his back just because of his high profile. He's actually in general population?
The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
So during the lockdown, are they even able to see family members and get visits?
The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
The only visits permitted during this lockdown are legal visits. Wow. How did that start up this riot that happened last Friday?
The Trial of Diddy
It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
So when you have high-profile individuals like Diddy and Sam Backman-Fried and Luigi Mangione, are there extra steps taken to, I don't know, separate them or protect them in any way? Because, you know, when you hear riot, that rings some bells and some concerns.
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It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
which is the lockdown, that they're not gonna be able to have visits.
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It's Certainly Not A Four Seasons
When you hear something like that, what do you tell your clients in terms of helping themselves get through something like that?
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It's Not Their Shame, It's His
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Weekly Update: Celebrity extortion claim explained!
Right. And I think that this is also something important to remind our listeners that not everything you may read about this case is automatically true. You know, make your own opinions on it. Read all the facts. A lot of stuff that is coming out, you know, is from the prosecution side that is trying to find him guilty and that everything coming from Diddy's side is trying to find him innocent.
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So take with that what you will.
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Diddy's attorneys recently, this also came up this week, asked the judge if he could appear unshackled for all his future court dates because they claim it would prejudice the jury. Like you and I know that all U.S. federal courts, you know, TV and phone cameras are not allowed. So there's no real visual representation of this other than, I guess, you know, a court sketch.
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But the attorney said that several news outlets have reported on him being shackled and that it would sway the jury one way or another. What are your thoughts on this?
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Yeah, it reminds me of several other high profile, very successful people on trial whom I shall not name that, you know, cared about their image and cared how they were perceived from even the court sketches and how it was reported. So I think you make a great point there. But do you think the judge would rule to not have him shackled?
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Okay. Well, this is something that has been going on for weeks, that Diddy's alleged victims and the various civil lawsuits, that they've been Jane and John Doe, and that Diddy's team had argued that they can't really fight these allegations if they don't know who these people are and have really fought to reveal their identity. How can Diddy's legal team prepare if they don't know these people?
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They make a decent point, I think.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan, and welcome to episode 11 of The Trial of Diddy. My co-host Marjorie is off this week, so it's me just doing double duty, and it's been a busy few days for Diddy this week with an appearance in court on Tuesday, and there will be a ruling on his latest bail plea on Friday the 22nd.
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Weekly Update: Celebrity extortion claim explained!
Yeah, that was my next question, yeah.
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Yeah. I mean, a lot of these alleged victims come out because they feel that they can, you know, hide behind the guise of a Jane Doe, a John Doe. So do you think that they would have known that eventually their name would come out?
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And that's released to Diddy's team. That's not necessarily released to the general public.
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Yeah, and you bring up a point from a few episodes back when Diddy's team was accusing the prosecution of leaking things to the media.
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They have denied it, by the way.
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So let's dig into what's been going on this week. Tuesday in court, prosecutors alleged that Diddy had been breaking prison rules by contacting potential witnesses. It's claimed that Diddy had made, quote, In a court filing, prosecutors claimed a review of recorded calls also found that Diddy had encouraged his own family to contact potential witnesses in his case.
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And what are the prosecutors required to reveal to Didi's legal team while they're continuing their investigation?
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This is a huge case and the allegations spanned decades. With all the investigation that needs to happen, a date has been set for May 5th, 2025. Do you think that we'll actually see a trial happen May 5th or is it likely that this will just get pushed back? Nope.
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The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
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Yeah, I think a lot of people were shocked that the judge even agreed to set a trial date for May.
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Would his team be doing themselves a disservice by pushing it that fast? I know they're the ones who said that they want this as quick as possible. Is that just because they want him out of prison? What would the reasoning behind that be?
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The LA Times reported that an LA-based celebrity who's keeping his identity a secret, he's a John Doe, is suing Tony Busby, who's the lawyer representing 120 alleged victims of Diddy. So the man says that the lawyer tried to extort a payout in return for not identifying him as a sexual abuser who's linked to Diddy.
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Diddy has, like always, pleaded not guilty to all of these charges and denies any wrongdoing. So there's been a lot going on. And at Tuesday's hearing, the judge overseeing the case, his name is Aran Sabramanian, he ordered that prosecutors destroy copies of materials seized in Combs' jail cell as the judge decided whether they could be used in court.
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The attorneys for that celebrity said that Busby threatened to unleash entirely fabricated malicious allegations and it's textbook extortion. Meanwhile, Busby saying, you know, he's not going to allow the powerful people to intimidate him and silence his sexual survivors. So this is a very interesting case of a lawyer who's now representing these alleged victims now being accused.
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I don't know what you make of this as a lawyer yourself.
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You bring up a great point. So what's like the fine line between a settlement and extortion?
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Well, David, you know your stuff. Thank you so much for joining us.
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We had a great response to our Q&A episode last week and it was a lot of fun to look at all your questions. So please do check that out if you haven't heard it already and we'll dig into some more of those comments and questions very soon. In the meantime, what would you like us to cover? What other trials are you interested in?
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So now Diddy's defense team are claiming that government prosecutors illegally seized these personal notes during a search of a cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. His team argued that some of the detailed information in the material is protected under attorney-client privilege, which shields information discussed between a client and their attorney.
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Diddy's lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro, argued that it was impossible for her client to prepare for child from his cell because of the, quote, incredibly voluminous amount of material to review, especially without a laptop. So Shapiro said that detention is denying Combs of any real opportunity to be ready for trial, which is something that violates his rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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Now, in response, prosecutors again are arguing that Diddy should be denied bail. They allege that he, quote, poses serious risks of danger and obstruction of these proceedings. Now, Diddy is accused of using social media posts to influence any potential jury pool at his trial.
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Prosecutors further allege that there was a strong inference that Combs paid a witness after she posted her support statement online. Prosecutors characterized Combs as running a, quote, relentless scheme to contact potential witnesses, including victims of his abuse who could provide powerful testimony against him.
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And we all saw Combs' children post a video of themselves singing happy birthday to their father while on the phone. And according to the filing, Diddy then monitored the analytics of the post engagement and, quote, explicitly discussed with his family how to ensure that the video had his desired effect on potential jury members.
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Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times has reported that a, quote, mystery L.A. celebrity says a lawyer for accusers of Sean Combs tried to extort a payout. A Los Angeles-based celebrity who's keeping his identity secret is suing Tony Busby, the lawyer representing 120 alleged victims of Diddy.
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The man says that the lawyer tried to extort a payout in return for not identifying him as a sexual abuser linked to to Diddy. Journalist Richard Winton writes that a celebrity referred to in the lawsuit as a, quote, high profile individual and identified only as John Doe through his lawyers, says Houston based Busby wrote demand letters in which he made, quote, wildly false, horrific allegations.
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Busby said the individual raped minors at a Combs party and that unless he agrees to a mediated settlement, there would be consequences, according to the lawsuit. Now attorneys for the celebrity said Busby threatened to, quote, unleash entirely fabricated and malicious allegations of sexual assault, adding this is textbook extortion.
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Busby hit back saying that he and his firm would, quote, not allow the powerful and their high dollar lawyers to intimidate or silence sexual survivors. He goes on saying, I'm a U.S. Marine. I won't be silenced or intimidated. Neither will my clients. And Busby wrote that on his own personal Instagram.
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So Winton goes on to explain how Busby has previously vowed to name celebrities who he says were involved in the alleged sexual abuse. During a news conference in September, Busby claimed that the names contained in the suits would, quote, shock. Combs' attorneys denied Busby's allegations. They say Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone adult or minor, man or woman.
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Diddy's attorneys are even asking the judge if he could appear in court without the customary shackles because they claim it would, quote, prejudice the jury. And this is something that I'm very excited to ask our next guest about. And I wonder what he thinks.
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And today I have with me former federal prosecutor and defense attorney David Gelman, whose practice areas include criminal defense, drug charges, sex crimes and weapons charges. So, David, you're kind of the perfect person to talk about this with.
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And I know you've been following the case. So I just kind of want to talk first about some of the latest updates. So one huge thing we had this week was news that there was a raid on Diddy's jail cell and his jail cell was searched. His personal notebooks were seized and his defense is saying that this is completely violating attorney client privilege. What do you make of this?
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And there's something that I actually don't really, I'm not very knowledgeable on this, is a filter team. So regarding the notes that were seized from Diddy's cell, the prosecution said they found the following items. So one was a manila folder marked legal, a notebook, an address book, and other, quote, personal effects.
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Now, a prosecutor said that a photographer took photos of the notebook and address book and then an investigator submitted the items to a filter team. Can you explain what that filter team does?
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Well, you said that this was a big no-no by the prosecution. So could there be a possibility now that Diddy's legal team could file a motion to remove the prosecution from the case?
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You did mention the alleged witness tampering.
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It's all allegations. Make sure we throw in the word alleged. And alleged obstruction. Could, if Diddy is found that he did obstruct justice, if he was witness tampering, could he now face a harsher punishment?
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Yeah. And speaking of Diddy trying to get out of jail, how many times can his team, you know, make a bid to get him out of jail before a judge is like, this is too much. You've asked enough. I've said no enough times. Is there a limit?
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Yeah. And you mentioned Diddy's family. And I don't know if you saw the Instagram post for his birthday. It was a video of his children on the phone with him. Diddy was on speaker. They sing him happy birthday. Now the prosecution is alleging what looked like a very innocent family moment was actually a ploy to influence potential witnesses or influence potential jury members.
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And what do you make of that now that It seems that his family could potentially be getting involved.
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I mean, I wouldn't put it past them, but they allege they allege that Diddy was looking at the social media analytics and kind of seeing how that, you know, Was maybe received. Again, it seems like it's very difficult to prove.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy. We're still here with attorney Lou Shapiro.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
And welcome to the trial of Diddy. And what a week it's been, Marge.
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Yeah. And Tony Busby is a name that we've been hearing every single week on this show. He's been representing numerous alleged victims, numerous Diddy accusers. So this is really shocking because I feel like a lot of these cases do come out of New York and this is a Texas based attorney. So it seems like there's some legal stuff going on there in the weeds.
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So for now, that's it. Thanks again to this week's guest, Lou Shapiro. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657512. Make sure to start your message with trial.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
Last Friday, we jumped right back into making an extra show to cover Diddy's appearance in a New York courtroom. And as you can see, we're here a few days later and there's still so much more to cover.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
Diddy has always, always denied the charges of racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. And there's now just under two months to go until this trial. And speaking of which, we do have that May 5th start date, but we are starting with jury selection. Now that's going to last a week.
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And then opening statements, the real beginning of the trial will start on May 12th. So our friend of the podcast, attorney David Gelman, He was kind of right that, you know, the trial will not really start on May 5th, but it is starting on May 5th with jury selection. So give or take, he was kind of right, kind of wrong, whatever.
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But until then, Diddy is, of course, being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. So what is new this week, Marjorie? What's the news?
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Christina Kram went on to say, quote, The idea that I could be accused of playing a role in or even being a bystander to the rape of anyone is beyond upsetting, disturbing, and unthinkable. That is not who I am, and my heart goes out to all victims of sexual assault. I am confident that the allegations against me will be proven to be untrue.
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Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault.
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And as you might remember that Jones alleged in his lawsuit that when he told Karam about the unwanted encounters he'd had with Combs, she allegedly responded, you know, Sean will be Sean. And he claimed, quote, attempted to downplay Mr. Combs groping as friendly horseplay, stating that those acts were Mr. Combs way of, quote, showing that he likes you.
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Jones's lawsuit also alleged that Karam had oversight across all aspects of Diddy's personal life, including paying hired sex workers and requiring all of his personal employees to carry a bag filled with a variety of illicit substances that she allegedly ordered and distributed, including, quote, cocaine, GHB, ecstasy, marijuana gummies, and 2C, which is a pink drug that is a combination of ecstasy and cocaine.
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Yeah, and there's more. Just this week, The Shade Room released a video purporting to show Kanye West talking on the phone with Diddy, who's behind bars. Now, the video appears to have been recorded by Kanye from his perspective with Diddy on speakerphone, but it's not clear who actually leaked the clip, but it was released as The Shade Room's exclusive.
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A story in the New York Post has an insider saying, quote, Puff didn't know it was being recorded and that Diddy, quote, thought he was having a friend call him to check on his kids.
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All He Has Is Kanye in His Corner
And with all that being said, let's meet this week's guest, L.A.-based state and federal criminal law attorney Lou Shapiro. Marjorie caught up with Lou late last night after he'd had another full day in court. And here they are.
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There's more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan. And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor. And welcome to episode 23 of The Trial of Diddy. I actually began last week's show by saying another week, another lawsuit. And guess what? It is another week, and now there's another request to drop a lawsuit.
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We have so much more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Yesterday, which was Tuesday, February 18th, Diddy's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss count three of the U.S. attorney's case against him from a superseding indictment last month, namely transportation to engage in prostitution, claiming that, quote, no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution.
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This is such a high profile case, Kelly. And I mean, obviously we've been covering it for 23 weeks now. How much more difficult does that make the job for both the prosecution and for Diddy's team?
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Well, I do wonder if they're going to be looking for people who have never heard of Diddy or people who kind of know the case but don't really have any thoughts about it. Because, I mean, obviously we're all in media, so it feels almost impossible to ignore.
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But especially a trial that's in New York where he's from, I feel like there's going to be a very difficult time trying to find someone who's never heard of Diddy.
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And I do wonder if they're going to sequester this jury, too, because of the high profile of this case.
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And Kelly, from your experience, I mean, this has been going on 23 plus weeks now. Diddy has an army of attorneys battling cases everywhere. How much do you think this is costing him?
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Yeah, I'm sure. And there's also attorneys that, you know, you see the ones filing the motions who are kind of like the faces and the names. but just think about how many behind the scenes are billing numerous, countless hours.
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The attorneys that are sending us statements every time something happens and we're reaching out.
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The settlement with Cassie Ventura, his ex, just this week, she announced that she's expecting her third child, you know, with her husband. So it really does feel like she has put this all behind her. But I do wonder if she will be called to testify at all in any of these trials. Yeah.
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Diddy goes on to claim that, quote, the use of escorts, male or female, is common and indeed widely accepted in American culture today, and that the escort service related to his case is, quote, a legitimate commercial business operating out in the open, which I personally thought was a very interesting argument that he's like, hey, what do you mean? Everyone's trafficking prostitutes.
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We never even knew the details of the settlement. We don't know how much. We don't know any of the details. So I also do wonder if that's going to come out in due time, if she does get subpoenaed. And there's a lot of question marks still. If I had to guess. I love your crystal ball. I really do. I'm not sure how broken it is. I'm not sure how broken it is.
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I thought that was interesting. But his attorneys are claiming that the government has, quote, concocted a criminal case based primarily on allegations that Mr. Combs and two of his longtime girlfriends sometimes brought a third party, a male escort, into their sexual relationship.
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And that, quote, no other person, and certainly no white person, has ever previously been prosecuted under the White Slave Traffic Act for hiring male escorts from another state. They go on to say that, quote, what was racist in its inception has often been racist in operation.
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Adding, quote, the statute's target was black male sexuality and the statute's most notorious persecution targeted famous black men accused of deviant sexual behavior.
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I think it's so interesting that his team has actually said that this is targeting black male sexuality and famous black men accused of deviant sexual behavior. I think that this is like the first time that we've heard Diddy reference sexuality or anything like that. No one was really talking about
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that these allegations from men are in some way allegedly outing Diddy because he's never once come out and said that he's gay. He's never come out and once said that he's had relationships with men. In fact, it's been the opposite. He's always had music videos with women on his arm and has dated very famous women. And these allegations from men fly right in the face of that.
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But there's always more. And just after we recorded last week, the super high profile suit that accused Diddy and Jay-Z of raping a 13 year old girl in 2000 was actually dropped by the plaintiff's lawyers after both Combs and Jay-Z denied the allegations.
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The filing was submitted by Texas-based attorney Tony Busby, but the plaintiff, quote, hereby gives notice that the action is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice. Because the dismissal is with prejudice, the lawsuit cannot again be refiled in its current form, which obviously is a huge victory for Diddy, but an even bigger victory for Jay-Z, who this was the only real connection that Jay-Z had
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to the Diddy case was this lawsuit here. And so Roc Nation issued a statement signed by Jay-Z referring to the dismissal as a victory. And it reads, quote, the frivolous, fictitious, and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil suit was without merit and was never going anywhere. The fictional tale they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims.
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And then Jay-Z gets personal, saying, the trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones, and I have endured can never be dismissed. The courts must protect the innocent from being accused without a shred of evidence. May the truth prevail for all victims and those falsely accused equally.
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And not only does this exonerate Diddy in this case and Jay-Z, but remember this was the case where there was that third female mystery celebrity. Celebrity B. Yeah, Celebrity B who allegedly watched and watched was involved, now this alleged celebrity who was there is also off the hook if they ever existed in the first place.
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Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. Combs can be seen grabbing Ventura and throwing her to the ground.
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Never named, and we were never going to speculate. Our lawyers would never let us get away with that.
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Hi, thank you so much for having me on your show. Thank you for being with us. You're from in sunny Florida. I'm so jealous. Marjorie was working on a story, I think, today about the latest filings.
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You mentioned that each individual case, you know, it's kind of difficult to do a class action lawsuit. But what we've seen in a lot of these allegations are really a similar pattern where someone claims that they were given a drink and then they felt woozy and then they woke up and, you know, woke up to being allegedly assaulted.
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So I do wonder if because a lot of these stories are so similar, if that would assist in a potential class action lawsuit.
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And the criminal trial right now is set for May 5th. And we've asked many of our guests who have a legal background if they think that the May 5th date is going to hold up. And we actually will go to trial on that date. What do you think?
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Lonely This Christmas
Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy. And we are still here with Larry Levine.
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Lonely This Christmas
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan. And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor. And welcome to episode 16 of The Trial of Diddy. So Marjorie, episode 16, I can't believe we've been here for 16 weeks.
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Larry, I want to go back to Diddy's Christmas and the sacks that you're talking about. What was in your sack or in these Christmas bags?
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Yeah, so we might as well just get into it now. We have a lot of news to catch up on as well as our guest today.
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Lonely This Christmas
All right, so we'll now be off duty for a couple of weeks enjoying the holidays and we'll return on Friday, January 10th with our long promised second Q&A episode. So we will both spend some quality holiday time diving into all of your comments, thoughts and suggestions for the show. In the meantime, what would you like us to cover? What other trials are you interested in?
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Yeah, so clearly Larry has a lot of inside knowledge on what it's like inside prison, and he also teaches survival skills, and he knows all about life inside. So who better to tell us what Christmas is really going to be like when, like Diddy, you're locked up? That's coming up in a bit, but first, let's catch you up on what's been going on.
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Diddy's lawyers immediately dismissed these new lawsuits, suggesting they were, quote, full of lies. And speaking to BBC, Diddy's lawyers went on saying, quote, we will prove them false and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who filed fictional claims against him.
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And it's always important to say that Sean Combs has pleaded not guilty to all of the accusations. Both he and his legal team have repeatedly and strongly asserted his innocence. Diddy's trial is currently scheduled for May 2025.
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And the headline goes on to quote Jay-Z himself, who has said, quote, true justice is coming.
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And I do want to add that at this point, Jay-Z, Sean Carter and Diddy have both strongly denied the allegations. Now, the woman and her lawyers have acknowledged that there were some inconsistencies in her account when responding to questions from NBC News. She told NBC, I have made some mistakes, but she stands by her allegations overall.
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And these inconsistencies related to an alleged attack 24 years ago do not necessarily mean the allegations are false. And Marjorie, can you break these elements down for us?
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Marjorie, her story was shocking already, but it is interesting that there have been inconsistencies with her story. But yeah, again, like you said, this doesn't mean that she's not telling the truth. And last Friday, Jay-Z issued a new statement which proclaimed his innocence and went on to denounce the woman's attorney, Tony Busby.
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Jay-Z was quoted as saying this incident didn't happen, and yet he, talking about Busby, filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True justice is coming. We fight from victory, not for victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn't realize it yet, but soon."
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In a statement, Diddy's legal team called the allegations, quote, shameless publicity stunts designed to extract payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them. Just as lies have been spread about Mr. Combs, while Jay-Z called the claims idiotic.
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And just so you know, barratry is a criminal offense that involves instigating or encouraging groundless litigation for profit or harassment. It can also refer to repeated or persistent litigation for the same purposes. Barratry is illegal in all 50 states.
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Busby writes, let me be clear, we will not be bullied or intimidated and intend to cooperate with authorities to ensure all involved are prosecuted to the full extent allowed under Texas law. So we will absolutely be tracking this one closely.
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And to get Diddy's exact quote, his lawyers wrote, Mr. Combs does not seek to appeal the district court's denial of his renewed motion and hereby moves to voluntarily dismiss the appeal. A signed statement from Diddy himself clarifies that he did this voluntarily and he understands the ramifications of dismissing the appeal. So for now, that's it.
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Diddy will stay at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn ahead of his trial next year. It's been 94 days since his arrest back in September, and one week today will be Christmas Day. So what will that be like if you're locked up? Well, if there's one person who really knows, it'll be someone who spent 10 years inside. And today, that's guest Larry Levine.
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Okay, Larry, if our listeners don't remember, please tell us about yourself.
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Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy Combs has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez. And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm.
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And with Diddy's team trying to get these tapes released, do you feel that this is part of Diddy's team's way at a play that's just, you know, as horrifying as these videos might be, that these are two consenting adults?
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Yeah, unless I feel like on the tapes, there's someone who looks, you know, obviously unconscious or completely out of it, clearly drugged. I do think that that is definitely, you know, an argument that they can try.
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And it also reminds me of the Armie Hammer case, who obviously this wasn't like a criminal case or anything, but it got into the conversation of what's consensual and kind of like kink shaming. You know what I mean?
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So that's definitely I could see that being an argument there.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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And welcome to episode 18 of The Trial of Diddy. Marjorie, last week when we spoke to you, the fires had just really started going. Can you give us a quick LA Fires update? How are things out there? How are you? How's your family?
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Welcome back, and we're still here with criminal defense attorney David Gelman.
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We had a Q&A episode last week, and a listener named Leah Roche asked us a very legal question, and we said we were going to leave it up to the expert. So this week we do have an expert. We did not forget Leah. So she asked us about settling out of court when the alleged crime that occurred... was perpetrated upon a minor. So she wants to know if federal statutes come into play here.
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And basically summarizing the question, I think it's can a crime against a minor simply run out of time to be prosecuted?
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And we asked you this back. When did we have you on? November, maybe?
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OK, well, I remember the last time you said, I, David Gelman, am saying that the trial is not starting May 5th like they said it will. Well, it's January 15th when we're recording this. As of now, it's still on track for May 5th. What needs to happen for it to get delayed? Like, I mean, you're not the only one who thinks it's going to get delayed. A lot of people do.
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And when would we find that out? Would it be like May 4th? And it's, you know, actually we're not starting or when would that be?
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Yeah. And is it just a matter of Diddy's team or the prosecution filing a motion to delay and that's it?
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The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.
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I'm glad that you and your family are okay. The photos coming out and the videos are just pure devastation. And I always feel like Los Angeles is the sister city to New York. So we on the East Coast and around the country, around the world are really feeling for you guys. But we're glad that you're OK. And there's also a lot happening in Diddy world.
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Obviously, we're getting a new administration in five days. The inauguration is the 20th. And with that comes a change in the Department of Justice. Could that change potentially affect this case?
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Well, thank you, David, for being with us today. A friend of the show, we always love having you on. And you offer us some amazing insights.
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It certainly is. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us on plus44-7796-657512. And make sure you start your message with trial.
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So let's just get into it, starting with this new story of Diddy allegedly demanding that authorities hand over videos of his freak offs, claiming that they'll prove he's completely innocent.
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In a letter to Judge Aaron Subramanian on Tuesday, reported in a story by Daily Mail's Joe Hutchinson this week, Diddy's lawyers asked to have prosecutors produce all nine videos he said to have appeared in for them to review. Prosecutors have previously described them as, quote, elaborate and produced sex performances arranged and directed by Combs, which to me is completely shocking.
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Diddy's legal letter claims that Ventura, named in the indictment and court documents as victim one, quote, not only consented, but thoroughly enjoyed herself. And it goes on to say there are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors, and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence.
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Diddy's lawyers say these videos are at the core of this case and are necessary material in preparing their own defense.
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Now let's welcome this week's guest, New Jersey criminal defense attorney and longtime friend of the show, David Gelman.
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Yeah. And the case just it seems like it just keeps going. And there's just so many more developments. Marjorie, you actually had flagged to us that there was a development. So do you kind of want to talk about that for a little bit?
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I mean, I was surprised when I read that Diddy's team wants these videos handed over of these alleged freak offs and that they said that it would prove him completely innocent. If anything, I was thinking he would want those under lock and key because from what's been speculated at least, these videos were kind of supposed to be blackmail for the people that are in them.
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So it's really interesting and maybe even a little bit telling that Diddy's team wants them to be turned over.
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And for our listeners, could you just explain what the benefit would be for the prosecution for Diddy's team to not see any of these videos?
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Welcome to the podcast. Right now, it's Thursday, May 15th. When we're recording this, it's 1.07 p.m. in New York. Today, Cassie is back on the stand for the third day in a row, and she's approaching nearly 20 hours of testimony. And so far, we've heard what can only be described as gut-wrenching testimony. But today, she's under cross-examination, and it has finally begun.
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Because it was something I hated doing. Cassie said she became addicted to opiates, which she used to come down off of the party drugs. She said she relied on them because they made her feel numb and she wanted to, quote, escape what was going on in her life. She also said she took anti-anxiety pills such as Valium and Xanax to calm her down.
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But she insisted she hasn't used any illegal drugs since she went into rehab and got clean in 2022.
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Yeah, Cassie went on to say that the freak-offs had a damaging impact on her body and she would get mouth sores and regular painful urinary tract infections. And honestly, it's not surprising that at one point she told the jury that she felt awkward discussing such intimate details in front of a packed courtroom.
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Cassie also said that Diddy's desire to control her coupled with the freak-offs stifled her career. She said he wanted her to be in the studio making music, and she did make hundreds of songs, but most were never even released. And in fact, she said she only released one album despite having a 10-album deal.
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Cassie said Diddy made daily comments about her appearance. He liked her to have white or French tip nails and to wear high heels. He talked about her having breast implants and made demands on how she should look.
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We'll be bringing you her words shortly, exactly as we heard them in court.
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Cassie also said she and Diddy visited sex clubs together in New York and one in Las Vegas called The Green Door.
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Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Kayla Brantley. And I'm Germania Rodriguez-Poleo. We'll be back in a second.
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Yeah, you'll hear how she broke down and revealed that she considered, quote, walking into traffic because of recurring flashbacks from the hundreds of sex parties she says she was forced to partake in.
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And on Monday, on the first day of trial, we heard from Israel Flores, who was the former security guard at that hotel who called to help. He told the court he asked Cassie if she wanted to call the police, but she declined and instead went home to her apartment. The jury were shown photos she took of herself in an Uber on the way home.
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She agreed the photo showed her with a fat lip and that she was wearing sunglasses to hide her black eye. There were also shown text exchanges between Cassie and Diddy soon afterwards. The texts begin with Diddy and have been voiced by actors.
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She said when she got home, her best friend, Carrie Morgan, was there. Her friend Carrie was so upset when she saw the state of Cassie's face that she's the one who called the police. But when the officers arrived, Cassie said she decided she didn't want to report Diddy. She said she wanted to protect him.
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And Cassie told the jury that it wasn't the first time Diddy put his hands on her and hit and kicked her during a freak off. She said his bodyguards and assistants would also witness the physical assaults. She said one actually quit after witnessing it.
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And we'll hear how she settled her lawsuit for $20 million just 24 hours after she filed it back in 2023.
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So Cassie said that a story actually appeared on the internet about the assault but neither Diddy or herself were named. She said her mom saw the report and asked her if she was involved and she admitted she lied to her mom because she was ashamed and quote didn't want to put her mother in danger by knowing something of that magnitude.
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Cassie went on to say that Diddy gave her a black eye during a trip to a music festival in Jamaica around 2013 or 2014, and she said he beat her up in a bathroom of a hotel in Las Vegas again in September of 2015. She said the attack only ended when his bodyguard, D-Rock, and a manager named James Cruz came in and intervened. She said they were upset and D-Rock started to cry when he saw her.
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So it was then that Cassie started dating her personal trainer, Alex Fine, who we now know is her husband. But in August 2018, Cassie agreed to go to dinner with Diddy in Malibu. And she said that the dinner was really nice. She said it was playful. They were laughing and there was a romantic vibe there. But then Cassie said that when he dropped her off at home, Diddy raped her.
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And we should let our listeners know that at this point, Cassie started weeping, got very emotional, and that this part of her evidence is very distressing.
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So we know that Cassie married Alex Fine in 2019 and the couple had two children together and they're expecting their third. But a few years later in February, 2023, she said she started having flashbacks to the alleged abuse. So she decided to go into rehab and do some trauma therapy.
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And it was at this point that Cassie completely broke down in tears as she told the jury she actually considered taking her own life.
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Cassie said that she sent Diddy the book to read, but one of his assistants later told her it hadn't been taken seriously and she has no idea if he ever even looked at it. She said later in 2023, she filed a civil lawsuit against Diddy and his company. She said she wanted to be compensated, quote, for the time, the pain, and the many, many years of having to fix her life.
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And now we know that he agreed to pay her $20 million to settle that lawsuit just 24 hours later.
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Thank you everyone for tuning into The Trial of Diddy. Please continue to listen every Tuesday and Friday for word for word coverage of The Trial wherever you get your podcasts.
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Yeah, but first, just in the last few hours, a cross-examination began on Cassie by Diddy's defense lawyer, Anna Estevo. Cassie is eight and a half months pregnant. She could give birth any day now, and she's been giving evidence in this case approaching 20 hours. And she showed up to court today wearing an oversized tuxedo jacket and black pants wearing with her hair slicked back in a ponytail.
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Now, Diddy, he was wearing a yellow sweater and he was heard over the microphone telling his defense lawyer, Estevo, that he was, quote, proud of her just before she began her cross-examination.
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You and Sean Combs were in love for 11 years, right? Yeah. You loved him? I did. You believed he loved you?
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During those 11 years you took care of him? In the ways I could, yes. You believed he needed someone to take care of him? I don't know. In some ways? Yes.
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She continued asking Cassie about her relationship with Diddy.
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We've also just been shown a series of text messages between Diddy and Cassie, which were sent on August 5th, 2009.
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Diddy, I miss you already. Me too. Diddy, when do you want to freak off? Laugh out loud.
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So this was what the defense say was just a flavor of what the messages say. And what the defense claim these messages show is not what was happening during the freak offs, but rather what Cassie was anticipating or wanting to happen. This was an email sent by Cassie to Diddy, which Estevo made Cassie read out loud to the court.
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She asked Cassie if it's, quote, fair to say that Diddy's career was ruined after she sued him in November of 2023. And of course, when that happened, it made the whole concept of freak-offs public for the first time. Estevo also repeated Cassie's claim that she was afraid Diddy would release tapes of the freak-offs. Cassie said that this was part of why she felt she couldn't say no to the star.
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Yeah, Hermione, we know that Cassie was just 19 when she signed a 10-album deal with Diddy's record label, Bad Boy Records, and that was in January of 2006. She said at first their relationship was platonic, but around 18 months later, in August of 2007, Diddy kissed her for the first time.
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She said that was during a trip to the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, where she'd gone on to celebrate her 21st birthday. She said Diddy threw her a party, and then she name-dropped Britney Spears and said that Britney was there. Emily Johnson, who's the lead prosecutor on the case, asked her about this, and their words have been voiced by actors.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all.
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Another woman has now come forward, alleging Combs of sexual assault. Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy. He claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. Oh, this guy is dangerous.
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Cassie broke down in tears as she told the court how Diddy introduced her to freak-offs when she was just 22 years old. She said she was nervous and confused when he asked her to take part, but she said she was in love with him and she was young. And remember, he was 39 at the time when all this was happening.
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She said the freak offs became a weekly occurrence and she was given ecstasy and later cocaine to help her stay awake and perform for Diddy for days on end. But pretty quickly, she says she realized she didn't want to be involved.
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From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens.
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The jury was shown several stills from videos of Cassie and various escorts at freak-offs. And we should say here that the public and media in the court were unable to see these intimate photographs to protect her.
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She said expensive scented candles would be used in the hotel rooms and as many as 10 large bottles of baby oil were poured all over her and the escort during each freak-off because Diddy liked them to appear, quote, glistening. She also recounted one occasion at the La Hermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills where a blow-up pool full of baby oil was set up for them to get into.
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Later, she said Diddy asked his assistants to bring studio lighting, lighting which changed colors in time to the music, to the freak-offs. She also said that the rooms would be left in a mess with baby oil all over the walls and all over the furniture. And sometimes hotels demanded they pay compensation because they need to be cleaned up or redecorated.
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Right. And a lot of the victims who have spoken to us before have also said it took them years to have the courage to come forward on these alleged allegations. So we'll see how it unfolds during the trial.
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Yeah, I mean, obviously, a lot of these theories have been out there some for years. And it seems like in those other social media platforms, it's gone a little bit wild. But it's interesting, nonetheless, to read all the comments on there as well.
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This has been great. We love receiving and reading your thoughts and comments. So please do keep them coming. And we're here for any questions that you might have. What would you like us to cover? What other trials are you interested in? Let us know by email. It's the trial at mailmetromedia.co.uk. Or you can WhatsApp us on plus447796657512. And start your message with trial.
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Finally, a quick bit of housekeeping. We will, like the case itself, be going a little quieter soon ahead of Diddy's trial in May. But please keep following the trial of Diddy as we will for sure be dropping shows when new information appears. But in the meantime, we will be back next week with a full episode and a special guest.
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And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, West Coast news editor for DailyMail.com in Los Angeles.
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Thanks, Kayla. Well, this week, Sean Combs' legal team has asked the court for him to be released from jail in order to prepare for his trial beginning May 5th, 2025. The reason for this, his team have put forward is, quote, changed circumstances and they say new evidence. So his lawyers have filed this latest request for bail in a Manhattan federal court.
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Of course. And in their court filing, his attorneys have proposed a, quote, far more robust bail package that would involve Diddy surrendering to a strict around-the-clock security monitoring and almost 100% restrictions on his ability to contact anybody but his lawyers. And also in his bail request, it comes with a cash package attached. as all of his other previous ones have.
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And it's actually the same amount of $50 million or nearly 39 million pounds. So if we dive into the document, we can see that there's a memo filed by Diddy's attorneys for his bond motion, which actually will be discussed next Friday on November 22nd. Other documents filed by the defense alleged the prosecutors actually have been leaking information to the media.
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They're actually asking the judge to do something about, quote, the leaks and claim this is actually endangering Diddy's right to a fair trial. So the defense also provided their reasons why the prosecution should disclose names of the alleged victims. They're arguing that there's no way to prepare for Diddy's defense if they don't know exactly who will be called to testify against him.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
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That's right. And what's interesting is that his lawyers have said this case is, quote, sui generis, meaning in U.S. law that it's unique and it doesn't fit into any existing legal category or precedent. The lawyers are also saying that Combs has, quote, no way of knowing whose claims the government is crediting.
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And they go on to say that it's impossible to prepare for his defense in such a circumstance. So I think the November 22nd hearing will just be about the bail motion, but the issues concerning the press leaks and the defense requests to name the alleged victims will also probably be argued in a future date.
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And that's it for today's news update. But as Kayla said earlier, we wanted to get into some of your thoughts and comments that we've received. And there are some great ones. These are from Spotify listeners. Missy Holland Chamberlain wrote, less music, please. It's kind of annoying. Sorry, but it is. Sorry, Missy. Sorry, Missy. But that one was from one of the earlier episodes. But you know what?
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We love music. So I guess we're sorry, but not sorry.
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That's right. And Anne Phan, again on Spotify, said rather cryptically, I woke up with Diddy. Now, there's different ways to interpret that. One is simply this person on some unspecified morning just woke up with Diddy. Nice.
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Another is that their consciousness was awoken by the allegations in the case.
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That's an interesting idea. We really need some more details from Enfan to fully understand and to get to the heart of what's going on there.
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Oh, well, thank you so much, Christine. My family are very supportive of my work. Thank you, fam.
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is pretty good also there's some there are some harsh words from um hd again on spotify quote really disappointed with this podcast it's overproduced music competes too much for the voices and the host speaks in a slow and condescending way Oh gosh, everyone's a critic, Marge. Ouch. Well, HD continues, this is more akin to an entertainment show than just reporting facts.
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Well, we are an entertainment show, HD, but we also report facts. So thank you for listening also.
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Oh yeah, I used to watch those all the time. Yeah, it's hard to see whether that's a good or bad thing. I mean, I also, I would always watch what was behind the music show, so.
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After listening to Why Now episode, Wendy007 wrote a long comment, some of which reads, quote, Amen. They go on to mention Sam Beckman-Fried and a recording studio in Tampa, Florida, and and an alleged encounter with Diddy on the No Way Out tour. And again, we're quoting this person, Windy007. Everything these people are saying is true, alleges Windy. We will naturally let the courts decide.
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Can't ignore his his big contribution to hip hop and the culture.
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And in similar vein, Sophia Gabini wrote, this episode seems pretty tone deaf. Diddy is rich and a powerful man who can do as he pleases and will get more than a fair trial.
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But Kayla just said, you know, everybody deserves a fair trial and all incarcerated people deserve decent living conditions to which, you know, I would add, whatever you think of Diddy due to him standing trial, they are still and he is still innocent until proven guilty.
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Yeah, I agree. Precious was very clear about how little power influence she had during those situations. And the responsibility really rests on the alleged perpetrators, not the alleged victims. So I also like this comment from Marie Perfini, who, after listening to our Larry Levine episode, wrote, quote, Don't think this guy was a great addition to the podcast.
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I actually would disagree, respectfully, Murray. I love Larry. Larry was a tremendously insightful guest. You know, he's had a lot of experience inside and out of prison. But it's just a shame that we had to cut so much of his interview. Because he went all in. He went all in on that topic.
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We're ready to do the Q&A. Yes, yes. Then we have Danielle, who, after listening to the Dion Best interview, wrote, I don't see relevance of this episode. Dion would not speak on any of the allegations that Diddy is waiting trial for. Well, that's true. And, you know, Dion had his own reasons for not doing so.
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But on our podcast, he did reveal exclusively to us that he is preparing to launch his own lawsuit. So again, Diddy has not been convicted of anything yet, and he deserves a fair trial.
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Right. And back in those days, everybody, all the A-listers went to these parties. Right. So and also the alleged Epstein connection came up a few times with questions. Yeah. With questions asking if we could do an episode based on the comparisons on how they were linked. You know, my suspicion is no.
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And we would definitely not want to get into some of the wilder conspiracies around the celebrities story.
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What did his demeanor look like outside of his appearance?
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You talk about the jury, and from my understanding, they actually talked about Vardere, and there's some discussion, obviously, about as a trial day comes forward. Can you talk about exactly what they discussed in terms of jurors and questioning jurors?
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
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Now, one of Diddy's attorneys, Mark Agnifilo, he mentioned about sequestering, and as you mentioned, sequestering, but did they talk about just voir dire or throughout the trial as well?
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Right. I've heard, obviously, going back to the OJ Simpson case, that jury was sequestered, but I've never heard of during the jury selection process that they would be sequestered.
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What other things popped up in terms of new, I guess, details within the case? I heard that there was some discussion on medical records.
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So it's going to be sealed more than likely?
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Really, a lot of things happen, you know, in these pre-trial hearings, but it seems like there was a lot of discussion from today's hearing.
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So that's available on the commissary list. Interesting.
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Well, who gets to dye his hair, though? He has to do it himself, I guess.
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And he also appeared, correct me if I'm wrong, obviously there was a superseding indictment that was filed. Did he also enter a plea of not guilty?
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Anything else we haven't covered, Dan, that you'd like to add?
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Oh, this guy is dangerous. Another woman has now come forward alleging Combs of sexual assault. She claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. I'm DailyMail.com journalist Marjorie Hernandez. And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to The Trial of Diddy.
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But obviously, again, the big reveal of him looking... I've read other reports that say he looked bloated.
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And it wasn't too long ago that he actually was sent to the jail hospital because he had knee issues, from what I understand.
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stodgy stodgy food in the mdc i mean i mean i think that anyone would struggle to you know maintain their figure on that diet well wonderful thank you again dan for taking the time out to speak to us sure no worries that's it for now thanks again to daniel bates for coming to us live from court and we'll have more next week
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Hi, we're here on some breaking news. We have reporter Daniel Bates in front of New York federal courts, and he was covering Diddy's appearance today. Hi, Dan. Thanks so much for joining us on the pod.
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Can you tell us exactly what happened this morning? Why was he in court today?
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That Friendship is Done
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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That Friendship is Done
And welcome to episode 26 of The Trial of Diddy. Give or take a week or so, we're six months into this mad adventure and truly what a journey it's been. When we launched back at the beginning of October last year, Diddy had only been in the MDC for a little over two weeks and everything was brand new. And since then, Marjorie, a lot has happened.
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And Diddy has always vehemently denied all the allegations he's faced literally since we started six months ago. He's pleaded not guilty after charges were initially filed. Diddy himself has called the allegations sickening and has said they quote, were made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday.
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His lawyers told dailymail.com quote, Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process. In court, the truth will prevail that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor.
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And back in mid-February, Diddy's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss an aspect of the federal indictment in which he is accused of, quote, transportation to engage in prostitution, claiming that no white person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution.
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A few weeks ago, Diddy claimed he's been singled out because of his race and is being, quote, prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished because he is, quote, a powerful black man. So, Marjorie, you've been deep into this story for a very long time now. What have you learned up to this point and what specifically sticks in your mind when you think of this case?
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Yeah, and I think since then, it's like that was the big shocking visual aspect. And since then, there's been a lot of allegations, a lot of lawsuits, as we've said, like over 100.
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Margie just said the superseding indictment has just been filed. There's no new victims, charges, co-defendants, but prosecutors did say that the superseding indictment includes new allegations related to forced labor claims. Can you explain to our listeners exactly what a superseding indictment is and what this represents?
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There's more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Yeah, Marjorie, and also this week, I was very shocked to hear this news, but 30-year-old comedian, actor, and influencer Drewski and 32-year-old NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., they both found themselves named in a new sexual assault lawsuit against Diddy. Drewski and Beckham have both vehemently denied any involvement in the alleged 2018 incident.
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The claimant, her name is Ashley Parham, and she filed her initial lawsuit against Diddy last October, accusing him of violently gang raping her at a house in Orinda, California, back in March 2018. The filing also alleges kidnapping and sex trafficking, while Diddy was also previously accused of sexually assaulting Parham with a television remote.
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Yeah, and Odell Buckham Jr. had his own reply that was a little more casual. He said, quote, boy, I'll tell you what, this world makes absolutely no sense. I am covered by God. He will prevail. I know who I am. I know who you are. Keep your head. That name will be cleared. Shit's stupid.
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In a further twist, Maui police chief John Pelletier has been accused of helping to cover up Parham's alleged gang rape. It's been alleged that Pelletier, who at the time was a Las Vegas police captain, posed as a sheriff's deputy in California. The alleged victim claims that after the alleged attack, Pelletier instructed her to go home and offered her no help or medical care.
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It's also been claimed that Pelletier gave an envelope to a neighbor, which she believed to be full of cash.
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That Friendship is Done
Nope. And we will be here as long as there's updates. We will be here. Honestly, we thought that we were going to have to take a break until the trial because we didn't think that there was going to be anything else to talk about. But there's so many more updates, Marjorie.
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Yeah, well, for now, that is it. And as we do prepare for Diddy's trial in May, or whenever it may be, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657512. Make sure to start your message with trial.
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Diddy's $100m Fight Back
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for The Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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Diddy's $100m Fight Back
And welcome to episode 22 of The Trial of Diddy. Another week, another lawsuit, and again, just as we were preparing to record this episode, a new case dropped. And this one is from Diddy himself. And while we usually have guests as many episodes as we can, this one's just gonna be an update episode because there's a lot to update you on, so you get the two of us, everybody. Just me and Marge.
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So the news came in this morning that today Diddy's attorney, her name's Erica Wolfe, she's launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit alleging that NBC Universal Media, Peacock TV, and documentary makers Ample made, quote, "...a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expense of truth, decency, and basic standards of professional journalism."
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So Wolf's statement, it goes on to say that those companies were, quote, grossly exploiting the trust of their audience and racing to outdo their competition for the most salacious diddy expose. Defendants maliciously and recklessly broadcast outrageous lies in the Diddy, the Making of a Bad Boy documentary.
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So this lawyer goes on to say that in the documentary, the defendants accuse Diddy of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors, which I feel like murder is kind of a new one. Like we've heard all of these sexual assault allegations, but serial murder is interesting. It goes on to say that they said all this knowing that there's no evidence to support these claims.
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It goes on to say that Mr. Combs brings this lawsuit to hold defendants accountable for the extraordinary damage their reckless statements have caused.
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So the first person who's mentioned in this filing who was in the documentary is Albie Shore. And Wolf claims he conclusively asserts that Miss Porter was murdered. And in the documentary, you hear Albie Shore saying, do I have to say allegedly when he's talking about Kim Porter's death and the allegations that Diddy's somehow responsible?
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Albie Shore goes on to claim, which Diddy's team says falsely claim, that before her death, Ms. Porter was keeping a diary and was planning to reveal all, but that someone, implying Diddy, found out that she was writing what was going on behind closed doors and basically alluding that that was the reason that she died.
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DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Combs, NBCUniversal, Ample Productions, Peacock, and NewsNation for comment. This isn't Diddy's first defamation lawsuit in January, which I know feels like years ago, but was only a few weeks ago. He also filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against an accuser for exposing alleged sex tapes with celebrities.
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Diddy claims that Courtney Burgess, his lawyer and News Nation, deliberately fabricated and amplified false claims about him for financial gain. And there's also this new case filed by Texas-based attorney Tony Busby, which I know we've been hearing that name a lot. This was just filed on Monday, accusing Diddy of sexually assaulting a man in 2022.
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The alleged victim, who's filing anonymously as John Doe, has alleged in a New York County Supreme Court filing that he was, quote, drugged and forcefully raped by Diddy. The alleged incident happened after he was seen busking on the street outside a nightclub in Los Angeles in November of 2022.
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The claimant, who says he was a young musician at the time, claimed Diddy's team invited him to attend an exclusive A-list birthday party at a private home where he met Sean Combs. As has been alleged numerous times before, Diddy is said to have given the man a spiked drink while making promises about helping him secure a, quote, major recording contract.
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Lawyers for Diddy, who has denied all of the claims against him, told DailyMail.com in a statement Monday, quote, As we've said before, Mr. Combs cannot respond to every new publicity stunt, even in response to claims that are factually ridiculous or demonstrably false. Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.
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In court, the truth will prevail that Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor.
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As we all know by now, the start date for Diddy's trial is set for May 5th. That's 82 days or 11 and a half weeks from the day that we're recording this on Wednesday, February 12th. Our guest last week, New Jersey criminal defense attorney and longtime friend of the show, David Gelman. He has always said that he thinks this is very unlikely, but we shall see.
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If one thing's for sure, we've learned this over the last five months. Nothing about this trial is predictable.
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As ever, thank you all for listening. Please share your comments, suggestions, and thoughts on The Trial of Diddy on Apple or Spotify and follow us on TikTok at Daily Mail Crime. Do follow The Trial of Diddy as we will be here each week with fresh information, new insights, and some expert guests. Goodbye.
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Billionaire Bullies
Is your team pulling any of the footage from making the band as evidence?
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Billionaire Bullies
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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Billionaire Bullies
Lisa, I want to look to the latest allegations, a suit that was filed against Jay-Z that added Jay-Z along with Sean Combs. Jay-Z has come out swinging against these allegations and has also... targeted the lawyer who filed this civil suit, you know, calling it blackmail and every name in the book.
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What are your thoughts on that from a legal perspective, from somebody who is representing a victim, an alleged victim?
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Billionaire Bullies
Well, that was in his statement. He said, you know, why bring a civil suit? Why not bring on a criminal suit? He's welcoming it.
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And Marjorie, you spoke about optics and how, you know, everyone's going to deny, as you said, Lisa Bloom, whether you're guilty or you're innocent. But when it comes to and just call me a devil's advocate for point of conversation, when it comes to a settlement.
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Say, you know, Daily Mail got our hands on the fact that Jay-Z settled with, you know, someone who claims they were 13 when he raped her. When that comes out from the court of public opinion, he would appear to be guilty. So I think there's just kind of no winning, I guess, when you have these allegations against you.
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I do think that that's interesting, Lisa, that you said that, you know, the defense will find out who these people are, because one of the things that Diddy's team has argued is that they can't really build a case without knowing who this person is. And so, you know, what you said kind of blows that all out of the water that they will know who it is. It's just not going to be known to the public.
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Was there a moment with your client, Dawn Richard? Obviously, she's so well known. She's from Danity Kane. We've seen her on Making the Band. Was there a decision where she decided, you know, I'm going to come forward with my name? Because obviously, she could have filed as a Jane Doe and remained anonymous.
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I would definitely watch that one. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial to start in May, what else would you like us to cover? What other trials are you interested in? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus447796657512. And make sure you start your message with trial.
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Your Thoughts, Comments and Suggestions
Marge, I can hear the fire trucks outside. Yep.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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And welcome to episode 17 of The Trial of Diddy. Happy New Year. It's our first episode of 2025. Marjorie, you're out in L.A. and hello. There's all these wildfires going on. How are you? What's happening?
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Yeah. Well, stay safe. I hope you and your family are safe. And Marjorie, as we logged on to this call to start recording, you got an email saying,
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Wow. So, Marge, are you surprised by that response at all? Because I'm not.
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But I do want to give props to the Daily Mail journalists who got that scoop and wrote that story. That's James Ventusca and Hermania Rodriguez-Poleo. And they did a great job, that story. So to give you guys some background, it claims that Diddy is...
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furious that Luigi Mangione who's accused of killing the CEO of United Healthcare obviously that was a huge story they're housed in the same MDC in the same prison and apparently Luigi is beloved by all the inmates and Diddy's getting so much hate and a source goes on to say that you know Diddy has an ego that's bigger than life even in prison and Luigi allegedly
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shot someone killed someone on camera whereas Diddy claims that he's completely innocent and yet he's being treated poorly and not to mention that Luigi is really getting along with these prisoners because they've been sharing their own stories horror stories of you know the health care system in the U.S.
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and how their families have been affected so apparently that does not go over too well with Diddy behind bars.
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Yeah, the source told Daily Mail, quote, that the two really have zero in common. So they haven't crossed paths. Why would they really? But, you know, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center also holds other high profile inmates, including Sam Bankman Freed. And at one time, it even housed Jeffrey Epstein.
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Yeah, Marjorie. And this story is so good. It's like I went on Nancy Grace earlier today to speak about this story specifically. And I called it the crossover of the century in the MDC. Like these are two of the biggest crime stories going on right now. And the fact that one, they share a legal team, two, they're sharing a prison. And now they're both in the headlines.
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You know, one's jealous of another. Like it's just you can't make this stuff up, Marjorie.
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Yeah. And Gagnolo. And anyway, this brings us to our show today. The world is getting back to normal-ish, I guess, after the holiday break. I hope you had a nice break, Marge.
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Good, good, good. Okay, so we have a very fun show today. We're going to get into your thoughts, your questions and comments, the nice ones and the not so nice ones.
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Chanel wrote this after our last Q&A episode. I was really enjoying your podcast.
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Of course there is. But I waited a whole week for you to read through the comments. Sorry, girls. That has left me disappointed. I would prefer you to interview people close to the situation or with past interactions with Diddy. Okay, Chanel, that's a great point. We have had guests like Precious Muir, Dion Best, and Rachel Kennedy who've all found themselves in Diddy's world at times.
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But as the case progresses, people do naturally go quiet in preparation for a trial. But rest assured, we are always looking to book guests who have direct experience with Diddy. We always want that. Those are, you know, some of our... Best episodes and our favorite episodes because we get to speak to people who, you know, have had firsthand accounts and you get to hear it from them. Definitely.
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We have so much more coming up, but for now, let's pause to take a break.
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This is another really nice one. Holly Fig writes, I think you guys are great. The trial hasn't started yet, so of course you're doing background and interviews. I know you'll be on the front line of reporting the trial when it starts. And yes, Holly Fig, we will for sure be there every step of the way updating you guys once this does start. And in the interest of balance, JT...
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Mayumi writes, wow, people are hard on you guys. I love your podcast. Thanks, Mayumi. After listening to episode 12, No Bail, All Jail, Paige Alicia wrote, I don't like the phrase fighting for his meaning Diddy's life. He's not. He's fighting for his freedom. That's actually a good point. I mean, yeah. Is he fighting for his life or is he fighting for his freedom?
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But if you think about it, his freedom is his life, especially the lifestyle that Diddy lived. If you're just fighting to stay in jail, you're fighting for the life that you once had. And I think that that's kind of what we mean. He's fighting for his reputation, his legacy, and the lifestyle that he had.
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After our super mini update episode, Bethany Mae Patton wrote, I love the trial pods, but why do a seven minute update with a third of it being adverts slash intro? I don't think that's fair on your listeners. It's hardly worth listening to, babe. Hey, babe. That's honestly a fair point, Bethany. And I don't think we really thought twice about it.
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But, you know, we wanted to get this update out ASAP and to not clash with the full episode that we had coming. So, yeah, I hope that makes sense. A lot of times we have episodes that, you know, were already recorded and it's already in production. We have an amazing team of producers and editors. So when there was like a big update, it was like, why not just... throw a quick mini one out.
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And as far as the ads, I don't know. We got to keep the lights on. We got to pay the bills. I'm so sorry.
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Yeah, I think that was one of my favorite episodes. I really love all of Lisa's insight. And after that same episode, Leah Roche wrote, I've been enjoying your coverage the most out of other pods. Thanks. Lisa Bloom helped fill in gaps and answer some questions I had as a layperson.
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Leah says she's wondered about the settling out of court part when the crime that occurred was perpetrated upon a minor. How do federal statues come into play here? Leah, I wonder if you're talking about like the statutes of limitations, like which federal statutes, but that's definitely a question we can put to Lisa Bloom or David Gelman or any of our other legal expert friends.
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I, and I'm sure Marge don't want to answer and give you, um, incorrect information.
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That's the million-dollar question everyone wants to know. And Doreen is talking about the allegations that Diddy and Jay-Z had sex with a minor and that there was a third famous person, a woman, there watching. We don't know. And even if we kind of had an inkling, our lawyers would get very mad at us for speculating and calling someone out. So... I don't know.
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I'm sure there's like theories out there, but cannot confirm that for you guys. And finally, Becca Laura wrote about Larry. I find his comments regarding a gift from prison ridiculous. Why should inmates get anything for free? They have a better time than the homeless at this time of year.
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I feel like we could dive into a history of prison reform and theories about punishment versus rehabilitation here. This would actually make a really interesting episode topic. But I mean, me personally, I don't think a few bits from the prison shop that are nearing their sell-by date really amount to, you know, being home with your family and having a proper Christmas.
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But I do think that's interesting. This could be a future episode on prisons.
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
Obviously, ever since he's gone to jail and is facing very serious crimes, there are a lot of people coming out of the woodwork to talk about their dealings with Puff.
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
Right. He said everything that Puff had made in Bad Boy, he had put under his mother's name, allegedly. Yes. Yeah. Are you saying the same thing, that whatever dealings you've had with Puff was under her name, his mother's name?
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Those are the plaques that you see for your involvement in the album. Yes. Or the song. Yes. Can I see? Yes. So you have this. This is Born Again. This was Biggie's album. Mm-hmm.
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Black Rob obviously was also under Bad Boy. And this is the album. Light Story. Right, Light Story. And then you have a third one there with you.
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
So in the contract, again, when you signed it, it actually said it was Janice. It went to Janice's, Mrs. Coombs. Can you explain that again?
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So your partner had signed it over to Bad Boy and then Bad Boy had put it under Janice's name. Is that?
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Are you also planning to sue him as well or just her and her company?
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Have you at any point had spoken to Janice or Puff? When was the last time you spoke to him?
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Dionne, I do want to kind of shift to the allegations now against Diddy, you know, the allegations of abuse, sexual abuse, you know, drugging, rape. And though you haven't seen him or spoken to him in 20, 30 years, was there any evidence of that back then?
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So can you say that you were surprised by these charges or his arrest?
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
But again, looking back at the times where you spent with them, you didn't see any of that?
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, West Coast news editor for DailyMail.com in Los Angeles.
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Weekly Update: "No Sympathy"
And welcome to episode nine of The Trial of Diddy. On this week's episode, we speak to Dion Best, a.k.a. D1. Best was a member of the Crip Set based in L.A. 's mid-Wilshire area known as the Mansfield Crips. Because of their location on the west side of Los Angeles, they had some affiliation with Hollywood and ended up making inroads into the entertainment industry.
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If you had a chance to speak to him, what would you say to him?
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Well, Marjorie, that was really insightful. And it's so cool to be able to speak to somebody who was so close to Diddy and so close to Biggie at the time of, you know, Biggie's height and that Diddy was really starting to make a name for himself before all of the glitz and glamour of who he is now.
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Right. It was really interesting to talk to somebody who was there also in one of the most pivotal parts of Diddy's life, which is the death of his friend Biggie and his biggest artist at the time. And you can tell also that Dion really is still affected by it 30 years later to have seen or to have been there at the time of when Biggie was shot.
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And also now, just like all the other allegations he's come forward that, you know, exclusively he told us that he is also planning to possibly look into legal actions against not Diddy, but his mother, Janice Combs, and his allegations that Puff essentially have put everything in Janice's name. So it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
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Thank you again to Dionne Best for joining us on the show this week. And next week, we've lined up a great guest who, while not really knowing Diddy, can speak with absolute clarity on claims of abuse happening within the entertainment industry. They certainly can.
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Yes, but Bess got to know Diddy through another connection. Before Keefy D, Bess was one of the people Puff called in the late 1990s when he would come to L.A. and need, quote unquote, protection. There is ongoing beef with Suge and the Blood Gang. So in those early days, the only way Diddy could run around L.A. was to get an OK from the Crips, who then would protect him.
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Bess also managed a handful of hip hop artists and signed a few to Bad Boy before he himself ended up going to prison. He's now been out of the gang life for many years, has turned to the church and leads a football league for kids in L.A.
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But before we get into our interview with Dion, let's get an update on what's happened in Diddy's cases since our last episode.
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Yeah, so this week, Diddy's attorneys have requested that each and every potential witnesses in the federal trial against him be completely barred from speaking in public about the case.
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At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all. It seemed like everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now the once untouchable hip-hop mogul is fighting for his life as he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
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Diddy's lawyers submitted a letter to the federal judge overseeing his sex trafficking and racketeering case and asked to place a gag order on the witnesses, citing, quote, a deluge of improper pretrial publicity. They have claimed that statements made by certain individuals are, quote, undermining Mr. Combs' right to a fair trial and the integrity of the grand jury proceedings.
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This comes after one apparent grand jury witness gave a press conference that included, according to his attorneys, false and outrageous claims about Diddy's involvement in alleged sexual assault of both celebrities and minors.
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Daily Mail wrote about this story, pointing out how lawyers have hit out specifically at one of Diddy's former friends, Courtney Burgess, who has claimed in online interviews that he's seen videos of major celebrities being, quote, victimized at Diddy's notorious freak-off parties.
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That's right. And Berkus had claimed the videos were on a flash drive kept by Diddy's late ex, Kim Porter, who died in 2018. Now, Diddy's lawyers have said, quote, These stories have spread rapidly through the media and created the impression that such videos exist, which is false, and that the government is actually crediting his sensational claims, which is profoundly prejudicial.
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And Diddy celebrated his 55th birthday behind bars this week, and there's a story regarding that too.
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Well, of course there is, Kayla. It's been reported that Diddy has been heard on a call from prison this week as his children rang to wish him happy birthday. On Monday, Diddy's son, Justin Combs, shared a video in which Diddy could be heard on the phone talking with his kids, Quincy Brown, Justin... Christian King, Chance, Jesse, Delilah, and Love.
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This is one of the first times his voice has been heard since his arrest back in September, which is odd to think about when we're all used to hearing him so often.
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Yeah. And in that video, you can hear Diddy saying things like, I love you guys so much. I can't wait to see you all. He tells them how proud he is of them, especially the girls. He says, thank you all for being strong. Thanks for being by my side, for supporting him. He continues to say that he loves them, that he has the best family in the world.
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And he actually says that he's happy and thanks them for the call.
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Yeah, it kind of makes you wonder how many more Diddy's birthday messages will be coming from jail. You know, as we mentioned a moment ago, he turned 55 this week and will face a jury in the spring of 2025. So Diddy is now and has been for the past seven and a half weeks. He's been incarcerated at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.
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And also his requests for bail have been denied and he's facing a life sentence if he's convicted of all the charges. The minimum possible term if convicted of all three offenses is 15 years behind bars, which means Puff would be nearing 70 years old by the time he would be released.
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And as always, we should make it clear that Diddy and his attorneys have always maintained the rapper's innocence. And they provided Daily Mail with a statement that he has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, whether they be, quote, man or women, adult or minor.
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And that's right. And with that being said, let's dive into our interview with Dion Best. Can you explain how, again, going back to Puff would call you and then you met Biggie at that point, right?
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Oh, so you also, because Suge also grew up around the area.
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And over the last six months, I've been investigating this incredible story and speaking to the people in the eye of the storm. Welcome to the Trial of Diddy.
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So you really had a pretty close relationship with Big at that point.
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Can you take us back to that night when Biggie was murdered? Where were you coming from?
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And you obviously, being from the neighborhood, that's why he would call you every time he's in town, right?
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And why was it, going back to that night when he passed away, why was it so important for him to have been right next to you at all times?
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Did Big tell you anything in particular, obviously before Big was murdered, did he tell you what he was going through with Puff and Bad Boy at that point and what he had planned?
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Did he ever tell you that he had any issues with Puff at that point?
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Still, obviously, he was your friend. It's still hard, even 30 years later, to talk about it.
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I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan. And welcome to episode 25 of The Trial of Diddy. And oh yes, it's another week, another lawsuit.
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So Lisa, there was a lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy from an alleged victim claiming that they both sexually assaulted her. Now, this was from the very early 2000s, and the case was actually dismissed because there were unsubstantiated claims. How does this possibly affect the credibility of other cases?
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And this time it's from making the band contestant Sarah Rivers, who at the end of last week filed a whole new $60 million lawsuit against Diddy, alleging he sexually harassed her and stroked her breasts during the 2002 filming of MTV's Notorious Reality show.
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A story in Rolling Stone says Rivers claims that after she refused Combs' alleged sexual advances, he retaliated against her and blackballed her from the music industry.
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Lisa, we have asked this question of nearly every one of our guests, especially legal experts, and we've had varied responses. It is now March 5th and two months from now, May 5th is the trial date. Do you think we will actually go to trial on May 5th?
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So there is a trial date in two months. What is Diddy's team doing right now to prepare from now until then?
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And with all that said, let's welcome this week's guest, friend of the podcast, super attorney, Lisa Bloom.
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So Lisa, what advice do you give your clients to cope with the pressures of having these ongoing cases?
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Sarah Rivers was on Making the Band just like Don was and their allegations are pretty similar. Do you know if Don has made contact with Sarah at all?
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So usually when you have a case like this with allegations going back 20 years, you may have witnesses, maybe some emails, but there's not really much evidence besides testimony. But what's so striking to me in this case is that the evidence here is perfectly edited and was televised for all to see.
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Lisa, we know that there's edited footage available from Making the Band, but is there a chance you can get your hands on raw footage that's never been seen before?
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When the case against Diddy first started, it was a huge shock. And then even more allegations kept pouring in, which really felt like it was bolstering the cases against him. But now it kind of feels like there's so many new claims coming out every week, and a lot of them are very similar. And it kind of feels like there's a sense of fatigue maybe from the public.
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So you're saying there's a chance that all of these civil cases won't even be allowed to be brought up during the criminal case?
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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What would the benefit be of filing class action versus, you know, just an individual suit?
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And welcome to episode 21 of The Trial of Diddy. And this is a very special episode, everyone, because we are actually in person. Marjorie, welcome to New York. Thank you for having me. This is actually the first time that we've met in person. Marjorie and I have a long distance East Coast, West Coast Zoom relationship.
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David, this is exactly what I wanted to ask you. This has been going on for five months now, and there just seems to be more and more allegations and suits and everything coming out. And clearly he has a very big and powerful legal team. It appears working around the clock. How much does something like that cost someone?
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So if you had to give a very rough estimate, would you say it's like hundreds of millions? How much do you think Diddy's paid by now?
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I mean, he was reported to be a billionaire at one point. So I wonder how much he has left.
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We have so much more coming up, but for now let's pause for a break.
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We do get along really well. No beefs here. No beef, no beef at all. But yeah, it's just nice to have you. How's New York been?
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Over the weekend, I know I got a notification on my phone. I'm sure Marjorie did. Maybe you did, David, and our listeners did, that Diddy was taken to the hospital in the middle of the night. Once you read further into it, it appeared he had a preexisting knee condition and that that needed to be treated.
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Is that something that's typical for any of your clients, if you need to go to the hospital, that it's done in this covert way in the middle of the night? Or was that a special thing for Diddy, do you think?
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Everyone wants the picture of Diddy. Like the first picture, you know, there've been reports that he's kind of like emaciated has gotten a lot of weight. Yeah. Lost a lot of weight. Hasn't been eating. And of course these hearings are, you know, non-televised. You can't take pictures. All we get is those court sketches. So photos of Diddy for the first time would go wild. Yeah.
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Well, good. You brought the sun. We need that. I'm over it. I'm over the cold. Well, we're deep into month five of this story and this podcast, and the news just keeps on coming. And just as we were preparing to record today, a story by Will Potter for DailyMail.com has revealed that Diddy has been accused of sexually assaulting two women at a Trump Hotel penthouse in New York City.
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And then they come to you like, well, I heard, David, why don't you do this?
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The claims were separately filed by anonymous Jane Doe's this week in New York Supreme Court.
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Yeah. And one of our previous guests, Larry Levine, who has experience behind bars, has said that a lot of these people are getting antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds because just coping with that, being behind bars for potentially the rest of your life, the weight of that is huge.
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So for now, that was a lot, and that is it. And as we prepare for Diddy's trial in May, or whenever it might actually happen, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657512. Make sure to start your message with trial.
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Yeah, Marjorie, these are accusations that it feels like we've already heard before. Like it's really the same type of M.O. as, you know, a lot of the other accusers. And there was actually a second lawsuit that's equally as shocking, this time saying the plaintiff claimed she tried to get away from the group sex party and even fought with Diddy's security guard.
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Now, that lawsuit claims that Diddy slapped and detained her, leaving her, quote, fearing for her life. Diddy's own security guard then allegedly took the woman to a penthouse at the Trump Hotel in Midtown.
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The Jane Doe claims she was then taken to a room with the security guard who, quote, assaulted her physically and sexually while Combs watched, as well as being forced to take what she believes to have been ecstasy or a similar party drug.
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And also this week, the ever-exuberant Texas-based attorney Tony Busby, who we all know that name, he represents dozens of accusers, claimed that Diddy could expect to face more than 10 new civil lawsuits in the coming days. If you can believe it, there's more that's supposed to be coming out.
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Busby made the announcement while filing a claim on behalf of a man who alleges he was assaulted by Diddy back in 2015. The lawsuit claims the accuser, a 23-year-old male, was performing at an event that Diddy attended and then was drugged at an after party and assaulted.
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And after drinking something offered by Diddy, the plaintiff says he, quote, quickly felt lightheaded and realized he had been, quote, drugged. He soon lost consciousness, he says.
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The lawsuit states that while he drifted in and out of consciousness, the man witnessed Combs and his entourage allegedly engage in, quote, group sexual activity with attendees who appeared either drugged, unconscious, or as if they were paid escorts.
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As many other cases that we've read about, this man claims that he woke up to being assaulted by Combs, and when he tried to leave, Combs' security intervened, and Diddy himself allegedly threatened to derail his career chances.
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The lawsuit, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, claims that Combs instructed the man to, quote, perform acts that were outside the scope of the agreed upon performance and limitations set by the plaintiff and his agency. These acts included sexual intercourse with women.
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And the John Doe alleges Combs sexually and physically assaulted him, drugged him with Viagra and covertly filmed the sexual encounters to use as blackmail material. He also claims Combs manipulated him by promising to assist in the man's long desired music career.
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The suit goes on to claim that Combs, quote, dehumanized the plaintiff and reduced him to a mere object for Combs' own amusement and to satisfy his own sexual fetishes, before making the allegations that Diddy, quote, gravely exploited the plaintiff, effectively imprisoning him and controlling him through surreptitious surveillance and filming.
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Combs's lawyers have, of course, denied the allegations. And actually, Marjorie, you got this statement from his team that read, quote, no matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won't change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone, man or woman, adult or minor. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to separate fact from fiction.
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And Mr. Combs is confident that he will prevail in court.
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That was a lot. Like I hope everyone's still with us. That was a very big update. I feel like that was 21 episodes worth of information in one update. And Diddy is now entering his fifth month of being held at New York's Metropolitan Detention Center.
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He's been denied bail three times as he awaits trial on federal charges, and those charges to which he consistently pleaded not guilty are that he, quote, abused, threatened, and coerced women and others and led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, among other crimes.
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We absolutely love having you on. You give such great insights. And Marjorie actually has the update from last week. We did do a mini episode, but we didn't have your legal expertise to talk about it. The superseding indictment.
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David, I was going to ask that. Why do you think they didn't file any extra charges since you said that that's pretty typical?
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And then we also had new allegations come out just today that he's now been accused of sexually assaulting two women at a Trump Hotel penthouse in New York. This is, again, Jane Doe's. That was this week in New York Supreme Court. But again, this is just another lawsuit. And this one, I believe, is a civil lawsuit. This isn't criminal.
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So that's just tacking on top of everything else. How do you think that Diddy's team is now strategizing these new allegations on top of everything?
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I can't recall. Brianna admitted that she agreed to go back to Cassie's apartment to hang out and sleep over less than two weeks after the incident, and that she also asked her friend if Diddy would like one of her sweatshirts.
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The defense attorney also suggested in her cross-examination that Diddy had told Bungolan that she was giving Cassie too many drugs. She read out to the court a text message Diddy had sent her criticizing her for not having Cassie's back. The text from Diddy said, quote, when friends get high with each other, they're not supposed to let friends fuck up. You're real whack to me with that.
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If you're going to do K, at least have her back. Real whack. Bungolan said she didn't remember whether Diddy had said she was giving Cassie too many drugs or not, but she did admit that part of her income came from Cassie who regularly bought drugs off of her.
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Piazza said he concluded that the cell phone copy of the surveillance video had not been manually altered at all. He said that although there were issues with its color and shakiness, the cell phone had recorded the video surveillance off of the native system. He said it had not been edited and it had captured clean playback of the surveillance system.
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Yeah, and Germania, we know that the jury has seen this video several times throughout the trial. Daniel Bates, our reporter who's in the courtroom, he told us that Diddy was calmly watching the footage on a monitor at his table when this was played again to the court. But he also said that the rapper seemed at times to be finding it difficult to watch.
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He said Diddy was seen resting his head on his hands and appeared uncomfortable as his actions in the scene were described out loud.
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So that's it for today. For our Trial Plus listeners, we have an exclusive interview with Sharae Hayes, aka The Punisher, who has already given evidence in this case. And that's an interview with our very own Marjorie Hernandez. Be sure to check it out and subscribe to Trial Plus at crimedesk.com if you haven't already.
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I'm the Devil
From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens. Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. Welcome back to the trial of Diddy. We are now reaching the end of week four of this trial. And, Germania, the witnesses, they just keep on coming.
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We'll be back on Tuesday as usual with all the latest from the courtroom in New York. Thank you for listening.
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Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Kayla Brantley. And I'm Hermania Rodriguez-Polou.
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How she claims he told her that he was the devil and could, quote, kill her.
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So on Wednesday, I went down to the courthouse and I actually went inside of the overflow room to see Breonna Bunkle and begin her testimony. So in the overflow room, there's a screen where you're watching the live feed of what's going on. So you get to actually see and hear from the witnesses as it's happening.
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So I got to see Brianna on the stand as she took the stand on behalf of the prosecution. And it was pretty crowded in there. And while there were members of the press there, there were also members of the public. And a lot of them seemed to be pro-Diddy supporters. You could hear a lot of them reacting, especially during the cross-examination of Brianna.
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A lot of them would turn around and mouth, she's a liar, while Bungolan was giving her testimony. So that was pretty interesting to see.
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Yeah, exactly. And even when there were sidebars between the attorneys... It got pretty loud and pretty rowdy and so much so that a guard had to tell us to quiet down multiple times and to act as if you were in the courtroom. So as I said, I was watching Brianna give her testimony. She's a creative design director at her own art agency and also a close friend of Cassie's.
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And she spoke pretty softly for the most part. She said that she and Cassie met around 2013 or 2014 and that they're still friends to this day. We heard from prosecutor Madison Smizer who asked Bongolin about an incident in September 2016. It was the infamous incident when Diddy allegedly dangled her over Cassie's apartment balcony in LA.
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We've already heard a bit about this incident earlier on in the trial. We know that Cassie included this incident in her lawsuit. So now we have actors who have voiced this exchange.
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Van Golen said that Diddy was much bigger than her. He lifted her up by her armpits and her feet were on the rail.
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She said Diddy was yelling at her and kept repeating, quote, you know what the F you did. She said that she had no idea what he was talking about and kept telling him, quote, I don't know what the F I did. But he carried on screaming at her until eventually she said he just stopped.
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Yeah, she said she filed a lawsuit last November against Diddy demanding $10 million in compensation for what he'd done. In the lawsuit, she accused him of sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment and other claims.
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But she insisted that her lawyer had come up with the $10 million figure and that she would give any potential money back to turn back time and prevent it from happening in the first place. We'll be right back after this.
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Smizer then asked Pangolin how she would describe Diddy and Cassie's relationship. She said it was volatile with a lot of ups and downs. She said Cassie sometimes received upsetting phone calls from him and other times she had black eyes.
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She said she saw Cassie's black eye after the infamous Intercontinental Hotel attack in March 2016 and also noticed her with other random bruises from time to time. In fact, she said it took a year for her to meet Diddy because she wasn't sure she liked the way he treated her friend.
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The platform we used before Shopify needed regular updates, which sometimes led to the shop not working.
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Yeah, she went on to say that she and Cassie did a lot of drugs together, including marijuana. They took ketamine and cocaine every single week. She said that on at least three or four occasions, Diddy was the one to give them drugs. But this is a good time to mention that before beginning her testimony, Bogolin asked for immunity.
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And this has happened pretty often in this case where we've seen several witnesses ask for immunity, which basically stops them from being arrested for anything that they say on the stand. We saw it with Eddie Garcia, the security guard from the Intercontinental, who accepted a $100,000 bribe from Diddy to get rid of the surveillance tapes.
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But Bongolin has asked for immunity because her testimony involves a lot of talk of buying and selling and using drugs. She admitted that she bought drugs for herself and Cassie to take. And also one time she bought cocaine for Diddy. But she also admitted that at times she sold drugs to Cassie and to other people.
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And during her testimony at this time, she actually started laughing while she described how she and Cassie would try to do other things like cooking together to make them stop taking drugs. But each time they went back to their habits, she said they both, quote, wanted to do better. But it was, quote, hard to get sober if there's a lot of drugs around.
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So that was Bongolin's direct questioning. But then it was the turn of Diddy's defense lawyer, Nicole Westmoreland, to cross-examine her. And Diddy's lawyer came in pretty hot. She started by asking her about her drug use and a favorite method she and Cassie used, which is known as Cocoa Puff. And here their words have been voiced by actors.
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Yes. Bongolin said that she never took pills with Cassie, but she knew that she took them. And on one occasion, she bought hundreds of them for her friend. She said they were both regular weekly drug users, but she denied doing them every day.
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Westmoreland really went for Bongolin's credibility here, and she started asking her about inconsistencies between what she said in the lawsuit, what she later told the government, and what she more recently testified to the jury. Westmoreland said that Bongolin had told the government that the incident where Diddy threatened to kill her was
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took place at a party and not on the beach during a photo shoot in Miami as she had testified. But Bongolin said that she didn't recall. The lawyer also claimed Bongolin told government investigators that she'd been smoking a cigarette before the balcony incident and hadn't been asleep when Diddy arrived at Cassie's apartment, in direct contradiction to what she'd said to the jury.
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But Bongolin said she didn't agree and at times said she couldn't recall.
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She said that despite suffering back and neck injuries, she did go on to attend one of Diddy's concerts and a private after party at a club just eight days later.
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Megan, just for our listeners who might not be familiar with your work, you cover a lot of high profile entertainment trials. You know, you were just covering the YSL case. And so covering this Diddy case, how do you usually approach these types of very high profile cases?
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I'm not digging into all those. And are you planning to be there for his trial in court, whenever that may be?
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Yeah, everyone's been saying that it's going to, it's not going to happen in May. And from your experience, it sounds like it's, you know, open shut, not happening in May.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for the Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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And I'm Marjorie Hernandez, DailyMail.com's West Coast news editor. And welcome to episode 13 of The Trial of Diddy. And welcome back, Marjorie, who has been on vacation for the last two weeks. Thank you. Thank you so much. Happy to be back.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And you do make a great point, Megan, that this is such a high profile case. And, you know, someone could be accused and charged with the same charges as Diddy, but because of the scale, it's just blown up. How do you feel that that affects then the trial itself?
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I'm very happy to have you back and I'm sure our listeners have as well. Yeah, I've missed so much or so much went on the past two weeks that I've been gone.
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Yeah. Yeah. So two questions. One, did you miss us? Two, have you been keeping up with the events?
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Yeah. So we might as well just dig in on what's been going on over the last couple of weeks since you've been out. So shortly after our last episode last week, Federal Judge Arne Subramanian finally released his decision on whether Diddy could be released on bail, and it, not surprisingly, was a firm no.
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And Judge Subramanian, who had reportedly been open to the idea of releasing Combs to detention with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, decided last week that Combs should be denied bail for a third time. And he'll now remain behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. And like you know, this all came just before Thanksgiving and he...
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spent his Thanksgiving behind bars. Now, the judge also released his decision in a written ruling citing Diddy's own history of violence, specifically Combs beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a 2016 hotel surveillance video, while also highlighting his belief in the serious risk of witness tampering.
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And Combs' family were all in court for the decision last week. and Diddy was actually brought in from a side door wearing a prison-issued pale brown outfit. Apparently, he blew his family kisses, he formed a prayer sign with his hands, and tapped his heart before hugging his lawyers and putting on a pair of reading glasses to review the documents.
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Now, it's worth noting that Diddy was not shackled, and this came after his lawyers had argued that shackling him would offend the, quote, dignity of the courts.
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Yeah, and we had a great guest on the show a couple of weeks ago, Marjorie, while you were out. It was defense attorney David Gelman. And so I caught up with him again after this decision to get his take on it. And here it is. Okay, so David Gelman, there have been some updates. Diddy's bond was denied, which I think everyone kind of expected. What are your thoughts on that?
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So this was the third request for bail that was denied. Do you see a fourth happening? How long can this go on? How many requests for bail can this team really put up?
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So say you were a part of Diddy's legal team right now, third request for bail has been denied. What's your next steps?
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Yeah, and that statement went on, quote, anyone has the right to file a lawsuit regardless of the evidence they may or may not have. Adding that Mr. Combs, quote, has unwavering faith in the facts and in the fairness of the judicial process. Brianna claims she did not then and to this day does not know now what provoked the alleged incident.
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She's seeking $10 million, or that's 7.89 million pounds for our friends in the UK, in damages from Combs.
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But wait, there's more. There's always more with this case. And it was reported on Monday this week that lawyer Maureen Comey, who is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, has notified the court that she's joined the case. Now, she's probably best known as one of the three lead prosecutors who helped deliver the 2021 conviction against Ghislaine Maxwell, who
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who, as we know, was the madam for Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sexually abusing and trafficking minors.
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Yes, which also brings me to something else we've said many times on this podcast. To be clear, Diddy has not been convicted of anything, and he and his attorneys have always maintained the rapper's innocence. They provided DailyMail.com with a statement that Sean Combs has never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone, whether they be, quote, man or woman, adult or minor.
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Washington Post called Megan arguably the most influential legal journalist working today. So you can guess how delighted we are to have her on the trial of Diddy.
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Now, the court denied that motion at the time, stating that the, quote, gravity of the charges combined with no evidence of specific and concrete harm undermined her claim to proceed anonymously. The court ordered Doe to file a complaint under her own name by March 20th, but that didn't happen. So the judge dismissed the case and Doe chose not to pursue the case further.
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There's so much more coming up, but for now, let's pause for a break.
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Welcome back to The Trial of Diddy. We're still here with Renato Stabile.
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In a statement released to Variety, Busby said that Doe did not feel comfortable revealing her identity and ultimately decided to drop the allegations. Quote, in this particular case, Jane Doe opted not to proceed, he said. There is a lot of fear amongst these plaintiffs. I thus can't blame her. These are tough cases and they are many times re-traumatizing for those who pursue them.
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Each case stands on its own merit. This woman chose not to proceed and subject herself to the media circus and the perceived danger she felt. We have to respect that, he said.
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And you said you expect this questionnaire to be about 20 to 30 pages of questions. Is that also typical or is that just because this is such a high profile case?
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Yeah, and at this point, we're about a month away from the start of the trial. Like you said, everything that's happening here is not normal. It's because it's such a high-profile case. How would you be preparing for this?
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Yeah. And I think it is just such like an incredible case. And especially coming from the media standpoint, every small detail will be picked apart. You know, if he smiles, that's going to be taken into account. If he is stone faced, that's going to be taken into account what he wears.
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yeah, he appeared in court with a gray beard and there were gasps, you know, in the courtroom. So that's definitely something that they're going to have to, you know, be very mindful of. I want to talk a little bit about your experience. You've had, you know, experience with high profile cases yourself. Could you tell our listeners a little bit about that?
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Yeah, I think in this case, in Diddy's case, everyone's really kind of distanced themselves from him. So that is definitely a difference. But I am pretty confident that his family will be there. They've been at every hearing. Really, they're supporting him. But do you have any final words of advice for Diddy's team going into this a month out?
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So in your view, this jury selection is basically the most important part of this case.
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So for now, that's it. Thanks again to this week's guest, Renato Stabile. And if you're in the mood for more courtroom action, then you can catch me on Trial Plus this week for the celebrity trial specials, where we're looking at Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard and Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni. So please make sure not to miss that one.
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And as we prepare for Diddy's own trial in May, what other trials would you like us to cover? Let us know by email, thetrialatdailymail.com, or you can WhatsApp us at plus44-7796-657512. Make sure to start your message with trial.
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And it's always important to say that Diddy has vehemently denied all allegations made in all recent lawsuits filed against him. And he's also denied all federal charges filed against him last year. Like everyone else in the legal system, he remains innocent until proven guilty.
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And you did mention having a good juror and a bad juror. In this case with Diddy, what makes a good juror and what makes a bad juror?
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But lying on a jury questionnaire, is that not, you know, against the law?
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I mean, at that point, especially in the case with Ghislaine Maxwell, that almost put the whole case into jeopardy.
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Hey, I'm Kayla Brantley, reporter at large for Daily Mail in Manhattan.
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Yeah, and this case is taking place in New York. Diddy is from New York. It feels almost impossible that you're going to find somebody who's never heard of Diddy or never heard of what's happening to him. How difficult is that going to be? I mean, are they looking for somebody who's never heard of Diddy? Are they looking for somebody who's maybe kind of a fan but doesn't really care, you know?
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And welcome to episode 30 of The Trial of Diddy. And it's been another interesting week for Sean Combs with another win to put on the board.