The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started in New York on Monday May 5, after His arrest of September 2024 On charges of sexual traffic, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The process started with the selection of the jury on Monday, with opening arguments that should start on Monday, May 12. Diddy, 55, pleaded not guilty to all accusations and denied allegations against him.
The musical magnate appeared in court while the jury selection started, wearing a sweater on a white collar shirt with gray pants, according to the Associated Press. (Judge Arun Subramanian Previously, Diddy could wear relaxed clothes for the duration of the trial rather than his prison uniform.)
Before the point of view (preliminary jurors’ exams) started on Monday, Diddy refused a plea agreement, which could have shorten his potential prison sentence if he agreed to plead guilty. When the judge asked him on Thursday, May 1, if he rejected the charge of the accusation, Diddy replied: “Yes, I do it.”
Diddy was arrested last year after many accusers presented allegations of sexual assault. In November 2023, his ex-girlfriend Cassie filed a complaint against him, alleging that he had sexually and physically abused her during their relationship, which lasted from time to time from 2007 to 2018. Diddy denied his allegations, and the duo settled outside the court one day later.
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura is a little closer to testifying against Sean “Diddy” Combs in her next trial. According to people, Cassie is ready to testify in the federal trial of the rap magnate which should start on May 5. She will also use her name to do so. Prosecutors said in a motion […]
In May 2024, CNN published a 2016 surveillance video that showed Diddy launches and enter Cassie, now 28 years old, in a hotel. The rapper apologized later in an Instagram video, saying: “My behavior on this video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in this video. “I was disgusted so when I did. I am disgusted now. … I don’t ask for forgiveness. I’m really sorry.
In April, the prosecutors filed a request saying that the person mentioned in the indictment Under the alias, “victim-1” would testify under his own name. Several points of sale reported at the time that “victim-1” was Cassie, but she did not publicly confirm her involvement in the trial.
Continue to scroll through the daily updates of the interior of the courtroom:
May 5
At the start of the jury selection, the judge opened with a joke on the many nicknames of Diddy and joked that the list of potential jurors is as long as the famous Rings novels.
US Weekly may confirm several potential jurors They had seen reports About the CNN video that showed that Diddy was hit Cassie in 2016 when they were still released. A woman described a calm image of video as “overwhelming proof” and has been removed from consideration.
The prosecutors of Sean “Diddy” Combs “in progress denied images which intentionally disclose the rapper in disgrace physically assaulting his cassie now-ex-Ex-Ex-ex in 2016. In the court documents deposited on Wednesday October 30, and obtained by US Weekly, the prosecutors opposed the requests of Diddy for a wad-bound to the video. Leaked request […]
At one point, Diddy also asked for a bathroom break by AP, saying to the judge: “I’m sorry, your honor, I am a little nervous today.”
Several celebrities have been appointed as people who could be mentioned during the trial, and the potential jurors were invited to say if they knew them. Some of the names mentioned were Michael B. Jordan, Mike Myers,, Kanye West,, Kid cudi And the children’s singer of Destiny Michelle WilliamsAlthough it was not specified how they could be relevant to the procedure.
May 6
While the jury selection continued, the judge revised his line of questions about celebrities, asking potential jurors if they “know them” rather than if they are simply “familiar” with their names.
Throughout the day, the judge expressed his “frustration” in the face of the reception of several potential jurors with “clear problems”, leading to the rejection of various people for various reasons which included Crohn’s disease, hearing problems and a woman who described himself as a “very sensitive person” who passed out by a teacher raising the subject of oral sex.
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