Renato Stabile
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116 appearances
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard May 2025
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So I think to make people feel more comfortable, I expect that the judge will take them up to the sidebar or take them one by one in the back. And at that point, the judge may allow some follow-up questions directly from the lawyers or the lawyer says to the judge, can you ask this question? And then the judge decides whether or not he wants to ask the question.
Strictly because it's a high profile case. So first of all, you almost never get a written questionnaire in a federal criminal case, almost never. But because this is so high profile and because they're bringing in so many jurors, in my experience in cases like this, you typically do see a written questionnaire. But this whole process is unusual. This is not the typical process.
This is special for these types of cases.
I think the defense is going to. presumably try and say that a lot of these witnesses who are coming in here saying that they've been victimized are really just looking for money.
So although you might normally not want the jury to think about the civil cases, I think in this case, the defense is going to want them to think about it because they're going to take the position that this is all a shakedown.
Look, Diddy is a celebrity, so he is accustomed to being in the public eye. He's accustomed to being in a room and being the center of attention. You know, that's just his life. So I think he's going to be perfectly comfortable in that position. I think the reminders I would give him is, you know, maintain your focus. The jurors are staring at you from the second they walk into the room.
So any little thing you do could have an impact on them. If they don't think you're taking this case seriously, why should they take it seriously? And I know he is going to take it seriously. But, you know, in such a stressful situation that he's going to be in, you know, all kinds of things sort of take over. But he's accustomed to being stared at, let's say.
So I think he's going to be okay with it.
Yeah. So, I mean, look, I, you know, back in my earlier career, when I was a practicing criminal defense lawyer, one of the highest profile cases were was representing Irv Gotti in the Murder, Inc. case, along with his brother, Chris. And they were alleged to be engaged in money laundering for Kenneth McGriff, of supreme fame from Queens. And, you know, they were fully acquitted.
But, you know, there was a lot of media scrutiny there. And all the things I'm saying here were things that I said to them about, you know, maintaining their composure. And the jury is watching them. In fact, the jury was watching them. And one thing there, you know, they had a lot of support in the hip hop community. So, you know, I know Russell Simmons came and showed his support and
Lior Cohen and, of course, Ja Rule was there and Ashanti was there. I think Jay-Z might have even shown up one day. Fat Joe was there. So they had a lot of support because they were innocent and people knew they were innocent. So they came to support them. But the jurors saw that, right? The jurors saw, well, how bad could these guys be? All of these big celebrities are sticking with them.
I don't know if that's happening here. I think everybody has sort of scattered. I don't think he's going to have any friends in the courtroom. I assume his family is going to be there. And I do think it's important. I really think it's very important for the jurors to see his family there and to see his kids there. So I do expect them to show up and show their support.
I don't know if they'll be there every day, but I think they'll be there a lot. They see who's showing up and they see who's supporting him. So it's critical to have that happen.
You know, I mean, I really think this is all this case really all comes down to jury selection. I mean, I think so many cases do. And just trying to be able to find people who are going to look critically at the evidence and who are going to accept a defense that, you know, these things were consensual because nobody's going to like what they hear in this case, I assume.
But can they step back and say, OK, I don't have to like this. But in America, if the government doesn't prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, I have to set him free. I have to find him not guilty.
The most important part of this case. The case is won or lost in jury selection.
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