Marjorie Hernandez

And as we record this on Wednesday, it's 40 days until the trial itself begins, but only 33 days until May 5th when jury selection starts. So what better time could there be to welcome this week's guest, New York-based jury consultant and lawyer Renato Stabile.

And as we record this on Wednesday, it's 40 days until the trial itself begins, but only 33 days until May 5th when jury selection starts. So what better time could there be to welcome this week's guest, New York-based jury consultant and lawyer Renato Stabile.

Well, obviously we are anxiously waiting for this trial to start and your company does jury consulting. And I was hoping that you can break that down for us. What do you and your partners do in helping someone like Diddy prepare for a huge trial like this?

Well, obviously we are anxiously waiting for this trial to start and your company does jury consulting. And I was hoping that you can break that down for us. What do you and your partners do in helping someone like Diddy prepare for a huge trial like this?

So what kind of questions would you ask these potential jurors on this guest jury questionnaire?

So what kind of questions would you ask these potential jurors on this guest jury questionnaire?

They do their own background checks on these potential jurors.

They do their own background checks on these potential jurors.

Right. I was wondering about that. How deep do these investigations go into the potential jurors? Is it just merely the social media post or do they check, oh, he's related to this person or this person has an NYPD connection or?

Right. I was wondering about that. How deep do these investigations go into the potential jurors? Is it just merely the social media post or do they check, oh, he's related to this person or this person has an NYPD connection or?

Wow.

Wow.

There's obviously some folks who might not want to be on a jury, but there could be because of this high profile case would want to be on the case because of the celebrity factor of it. And I was wondering, how do you parse those people out?

There's obviously some folks who might not want to be on a jury, but there could be because of this high profile case would want to be on the case because of the celebrity factor of it. And I was wondering, how do you parse those people out?

How about in terms of gender in a case like this? He is facing three charges, racketeering, sex trafficking and interstate commerce or prostitution. Will potential jurors genders also factor in?

How about in terms of gender in a case like this? He is facing three charges, racketeering, sex trafficking and interstate commerce or prostitution. Will potential jurors genders also factor in?

Nadia, you mentioned testing, doing background research on potential jurors, but actual mock trial, does that happen as well? And in a big case like that, is that something you think Diggie's team is looking into?

Nadia, you mentioned testing, doing background research on potential jurors, but actual mock trial, does that happen as well? And in a big case like that, is that something you think Diggie's team is looking into?

I found it interesting because TMZ actually did their own mock jury. It was very interesting because they actually had an issue with the racketeering charge because they were thinking about how did he have profited from this crime?

I found it interesting because TMZ actually did their own mock jury. It was very interesting because they actually had an issue with the racketeering charge because they were thinking about how did he have profited from this crime?