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Sean Kent

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Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Cops usually have somebody who has been bought off to do something in an official act. You go to somebody, you say, I want you to vote for this bill. I want you to pass this legislation. That's bribery generally in the federal sense. It is a predicate act and it's one of the predicate acts that they need to do.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Cops usually have somebody who has been bought off to do something in an official act. You go to somebody, you say, I want you to vote for this bill. I want you to pass this legislation. That's bribery generally in the federal sense. It is a predicate act and it's one of the predicate acts that they need to do.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

So I went back and looked at the indictment because I'm like, there's some reason why the government is putting this witness on. When you go back and look at the indictment and you look under RICO and you look under the predicate acts, they talk about California state law. They don't just mention federal law. They go under California state law. They specifically mention California Penal Code 137.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

So I went back and looked at the indictment because I'm like, there's some reason why the government is putting this witness on. When you go back and look at the indictment and you look under RICO and you look under the predicate acts, they talk about California state law. They don't just mention federal law. They go under California state law. They specifically mention California Penal Code 137.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

So I went back and looked at the indictment because I'm like, there's some reason why the government is putting this witness on. When you go back and look at the indictment and you look under RICO and you look under the predicate acts, they talk about California state law. They don't just mention federal law. They go under California state law. They specifically mention California Penal Code 137.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

In a RICO case, you can also use state law to prove a federal crime. So what they did is they made allegations of crime. state California bribery to prove federal RICO. And why that's important is under the state of California, which is way easier to prove bribery, all they got to prove is if somebody offers you money not to tell something to law enforcement, that's bribery. That's it.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

In a RICO case, you can also use state law to prove a federal crime. So what they did is they made allegations of crime. state California bribery to prove federal RICO. And why that's important is under the state of California, which is way easier to prove bribery, all they got to prove is if somebody offers you money not to tell something to law enforcement, that's bribery. That's it.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

In a RICO case, you can also use state law to prove a federal crime. So what they did is they made allegations of crime. state California bribery to prove federal RICO. And why that's important is under the state of California, which is way easier to prove bribery, all they got to prove is if somebody offers you money not to tell something to law enforcement, that's bribery. That's it.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

That's a state level bribery claim. And so when I looked it up, I'm like, dang, that makes sense on why they're doing. And even though it's a state level act, It still counts under federal RICO.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

That's a state level bribery claim. And so when I looked it up, I'm like, dang, that makes sense on why they're doing. And even though it's a state level act, It still counts under federal RICO.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

That's a state level bribery claim. And so when I looked it up, I'm like, dang, that makes sense on why they're doing. And even though it's a state level act, It still counts under federal RICO.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Yes, all of these individuals are part of the enterprise, okay? And that's the first part of RICO. You must prove a criminal enterprise. Well, here comes the second part. You still got to prove two predicate acts. Just because these people are watching this, what are the predicate acts that they've actually committed? That's why they're able to go with Diddy. Diddy has committed the arson.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Yes, all of these individuals are part of the enterprise, okay? And that's the first part of RICO. You must prove a criminal enterprise. Well, here comes the second part. You still got to prove two predicate acts. Just because these people are watching this, what are the predicate acts that they've actually committed? That's why they're able to go with Diddy. Diddy has committed the arson.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Yes, all of these individuals are part of the enterprise, okay? And that's the first part of RICO. You must prove a criminal enterprise. Well, here comes the second part. You still got to prove two predicate acts. Just because these people are watching this, what are the predicate acts that they've actually committed? That's why they're able to go with Diddy. Diddy has committed the arson.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Diddy has committed the kidnapping. Diddy has committed the bribery. The other big reason why the federal government is going after all of these charges under RICO is the statute of limitations in California on most of these charges have already passed. So a lot of these people couldn't be convicted of crimes in the states where they occurred.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Diddy has committed the kidnapping. Diddy has committed the bribery. The other big reason why the federal government is going after all of these charges under RICO is the statute of limitations in California on most of these charges have already passed. So a lot of these people couldn't be convicted of crimes in the states where they occurred.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

Diddy has committed the kidnapping. Diddy has committed the bribery. The other big reason why the federal government is going after all of these charges under RICO is the statute of limitations in California on most of these charges have already passed. So a lot of these people couldn't be convicted of crimes in the states where they occurred.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

If I was defending anybody in the Diddy sphere who worked for Combs Enterprise, I would be like, that dude did it. We had nothing to do with that. Because if you remember what Cassie said, how many people were in the freak off? Her and the dude and Diddy. So Christina Cronin's like, I wasn't in no freak off. I didn't get an invitation. I mean, the arson. We don't know who committed the arson.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

If I was defending anybody in the Diddy sphere who worked for Combs Enterprise, I would be like, that dude did it. We had nothing to do with that. Because if you remember what Cassie said, how many people were in the freak off? Her and the dude and Diddy. So Christina Cronin's like, I wasn't in no freak off. I didn't get an invitation. I mean, the arson. We don't know who committed the arson.

Fame Under Fire
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom

If I was defending anybody in the Diddy sphere who worked for Combs Enterprise, I would be like, that dude did it. We had nothing to do with that. Because if you remember what Cassie said, how many people were in the freak off? Her and the dude and Diddy. So Christina Cronin's like, I wasn't in no freak off. I didn't get an invitation. I mean, the arson. We don't know who committed the arson.