Nada Tawfik
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard Jun 2025
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And at that point, he was seated. But it was also interesting that Diddy did choose to stand that entire time. The judge told him he could be seated while he asked him those questions, but he wanted to stand and give that to him. And then the hearing really did move on to, I guess, what you could call housekeeping issues ahead of any trial. They did iron out trial dates.
They said that jury selection will begin on May 5th and that opening statements would take place later on May 12th. So those are some key upcoming dates. And then they just talked about some of the other issues. dates to trade discovery evidence, different papers, different videos, other pieces of evidence that they need to exchange. And that was really kind of the bulk of the hearing.
It lasted about 45 minutes. Christian and the whole family was really looking forward and paying attention to court proceedings. There was one moment when there was a very detailed discussion about the CNN tape.
You could tell that the family was uncomfortable and they just visibly looked a little bit annoyed with the thread of that conversation. The defense were saying that they were planning on submitting a motion potentially to try to block the CNN video from being entered. They said that they had put through a subpoena, that they had gotten the material they were after.
And so they were going to move forward with previewing some issues they felt there were with the video. They claim that the video was taken out of order, that the actions were sped up. And that it also covered up timestamps. And what we heard from the prosecution was that they see the CNN video as a key piece of evidence.
They say the government will argue it is critical to their case and can be authenticated. They say the video that they have really is going to speak to what a lot of the women and witnesses will testify to. So that is an open issue.
The judge, though, says he thinks that the two sides can come to some agreement to make sure that the video is reflective without having to compromise the prosecution putting it in. as a piece of evidence. Now, just to note that both Cassie and CNN have commented on Sean Diddy Combs' defense you know, claims.
Cassie's lawyer says that it's not surprising that they would make a disingenuous argument to exclude the disturbing video from being shown to a jury. But they say they are confident that the video fairly and accurately represents what happened and will be admitted in court so that he can be held accountable for his depravity.
And CNN also says that, you know, there was no video that they destroyed, that the original video is with the original source. So just, you know, a very kind of detailed discussion about what will be a key piece of evidence later in the trial.
Yeah, you know, he very much was just looking between the two parties as they were discussing it and the judge. He didn't visibly show any emotion to it. I think it was more notable to see a little bit of emotion more coming through from his family. And, you know, it's really interesting to cover these court cases because it really is...
Something that is very well known in the court and we're told before proceedings begin that there can't be any outbursts. You can't have any visible reaction to what's being said. You can only observe what's happening in court. And so clearly, you know, his family has been observing that throughout all of these hearings. But they did show a little bit of discomfort when that topic was raised.
But as far as Sean Diddy Combs, he was just watching that debate unfold. But seeing, obviously, that his legal team was vigorously trying to do what they can to kind of cast doubt on that key piece of video.
Yeah, and it was actually really noticeable, Anthony Rico's absence, because, you know, in past hearings, Anthony Rico was the one who would stand up and, you know, just say that he thought it was important to notify the court that Diddy's family had traveled a long way to be there. So he really kind of almost played that PR role in a way.
But today it was very much just right down to business instead with the lawyers. His legal team wasn't too combative at all with the government as they were discussing issues back and forth. They were speaking with Diddy often throughout the hearing to make sure he understood what was happening and what the judge was saying.
But there was one tense moment, and that was when the government was bringing up something that was still under seal, so something that hasn't been publicly made available yet. to members of the press or anyone else.
And so his lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro, who represented FDX founder Sam Bankman Freed, she's a very well-known attorney, she actually stood up and said, look, I hate to interrupt, but judge, we shouldn't be discussing something that's still under seal. Why are we discussing this?
But the judge felt she was getting concerned without any real merit because, quite frankly, us in the press, I mean, we couldn't understand what they were talking about. They didn't go into any detail. But that was one, I think, notable tense moment in the courthouse from his lawyers.
That's correct. So both sides have decided that jury selection will begin on May 5th. There was some debate about starting that earlier. The government had wanted that, but they have decided that they will go through about 300 jurors a day and that they hope that they can select a jury within three days.
Well, yeah, the judge put forward kind of future dates. Ultimately, they have to turn over the rest of material and evidence by late March. The judge was suggesting that they have one final pretrial conference scheduled. on April 25th.
And then at that point, they can discuss what kind of questions, for example, should be in the jury questionnaire so that both sides can discuss what they want to ask jurors as they try to weed through and take out people that might not make up the most unbiased jury in their view. But otherwise, it very much seems like this case is on schedule moving forward. It didn't seem like there were any
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