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Get ready to dive deep into one of the most
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gripping legal battles of our time. I'm your host, Jim Chapman,
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and today we're unraveling the high stakes drama surrounding one
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of the music industry's most enematic figures, Sean Diddy Combs,
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in a case that has captivated millions. The courtroom has
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become a battleground for fame, fortune, in the dark secrets
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that lurk beneath the glittering surface of celebrity life. As
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the gavel comes down, we'll explore the allegations, the testimonies,
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and the shocking twists that could change the course of
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Diddy's legacy forever. Was this case merely a clash of
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lifestyles or something much more sinister? With each episode, I
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will bring you exclusive insights, analysis, and witness testimony accounts
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that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
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So buckle up as we embark on this thrilling ride
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through the trial of the century, where the stakes are high,
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the drama is real, and the truth is anything but certain.
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This is the Trial of Sean Combs. Let's get started. Okay,
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Before we get into today's episode, just quickly We need
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to talk about the dismissal of Juror number six, because
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this is now playing out to become a very racially
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charged issue by the defense. So let me explain. Yesterday
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I told you the judge had made a decision and
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he decided to release jur number six, basically kick him
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off the jury. Now, this action was not taken lightly
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for numerous reasons. One of those, even though they'll never
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admit to this, I'm sure there was a major consideration
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that this juror was black and was being replaced by
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a white juror. So I'm gonna give you some details
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quickly on what happened now. When it all shook out,
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the judge decided this particular jury member had too many
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conflicting statements about his residents, and that raised some serious
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concerns because federal law mandates that must reside in the
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district where the court is taking place for at least
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a year. The problem was this juror was telling numerous
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people several different stories of where he lived. For example,
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he said he lived in the Bronx, which is where
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court was taking place, but later he tells a court
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staff member that he spends a lot of time in
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New Jersey, which is a whole another state, right, and
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he told other people different stories as well. It was
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brought to the judge's attention by the prosecution, and after
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a week of going back and forth between prosecutors in
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the defense, he was dismissed. Incidentally, forty one year old
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black man, and he was replaced by an alternate, which
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is a fifty seven year old white man. And of course,
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as you would expect when this occurred, Diddy's team immediately
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move for a mistrial and and that's not gonna happen. Everybody,
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I'm sure could see that coming. But man, does this
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create a wide open path for an appeal? Should did
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he be found guilty? So that is the up to
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date news on that, and we're gonna get into today's episode,
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and I'm gonna start with catching you up on what
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occurred with the testimony I brought you yesterday Thursday, June twelfth,
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just a highlight of that. In Thursday's testimony, Jane testified
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again about the physical altercation that she and Combs had
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in twenty twenty four over a woman she believed comes
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with spending time with on a truck. Now, she was
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quoted as saying, at this point, I had just reached
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my breaking point in the relationship. Jane testified that after
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things escalated, she called the woman from Comb's phone and
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the two traded insults back and forth. She also said
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Comes facetimed his assistant Jonathan and Jonathan and told Jane
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the woman did not go on that truck. Jane testified
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the reason she sent Combe's affectionate text messages after a
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twenty twenty three Turks and Kk's truck, which she had
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described previously as disappointing, was because of a confusing cycle
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on which Comes would shower her with love and affection,
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and she said she was able to compartmentalize all the
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bad stuff and focus on the good stuff now. When
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asked why she brought up hotel nights to Comes during
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discussions about other women in his life, Jane testified she
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was trying to express, quote, why do I have to
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be degraded in order to be with you? She added
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she was trying to say, why do I have to
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break on my boundaries and compromise myself but they can
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still experience you the way that they want to. Jane
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testified she began telling Comb she did not want to
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participate in hotel nights in twenty twenty one, but said
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she became more vocal about this in twenty twenty three.
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She said, by then Comes have been paying a rent
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for several months and would often mention her rent in
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connection with hotel nights. Jane added that Comes threatened to
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stop paying her rent in all kinds of different ways.
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So that's a highlight of what occurred. And we're back
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with the testimony for Friday, June thirteenth, and Jane is
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finally off the stand after a full week of testimony,
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and Homeland Security Investigator Special Agent Andre Lemon gets called
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to the stand. Prosecutor Mayrit of Foster is handling the
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direct examination. Now. Lamm was part of a team that
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searched Ditty's la home. The jury gets shown some photos
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of items that authority say were found in night stands
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in the master bedroom of Ditty's home during that March
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twenty twenty four search. One of the night stands contains
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six Manila envelopes marked with a K. He also said
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a white powder in the bags that they found tested
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positive for ketamine. Lamon also said that several cell phones
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were found throughout the house. The jury then gets shown
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photos of items that were inside a safe in one
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of the master closets. The photo showed comes passport in
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a plastic bag and another plastic bag with a brown substance.
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When asked about it, Laman said that brown substance tested
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positive for MDMA. Laman said HSI recovered about two hundred
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bottles of baby oil and nine hundred bottles of personal
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lubricant from Diddy's residence, and the jury saw a photo
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of at least sixteen boxes full of lube piled Incomebe's garage.
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The jury also saw a photo of a bag of
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baby oil and lubricant next to the lingerie werecovered from
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a closet near a master bedroom. The jury saw photos
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of six firearms, magazines, and ammunition found in a security
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room in the home, and Special Agent Laman testified when
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he arrived, agents responsible for securing the home had already
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laid the firearms out and removed the magazines that standard procedure,
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he said. The agent also said in the security room
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they had a firearm safe, and in that safe agents
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also found two locks in a bag. Now four of
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the guns were rifles, one was a pistol, and one
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was a shotgun, according to the agent. Laman also testified
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the serial number on one of the rifles appeared to
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have been scratched or send it off. Agents also received
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a drum magazine compatible with the rifles and a drum magazine,
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y'all is a circular magazine like you would see in
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the old time crime films. It's round in shape. Laman
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testified the drum magazines typically hold larger amounts of ammunition,
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and this magazine could hold sixty rounds and fifty nine
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rounds of green tip ammunition were found inside that magazine.
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He said that the green tip ammo is designed to
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penetrate body armor and with that, the prosecution was done
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with him and the defense took over.
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Jim, did you see what happened in Texas today?
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Wait before you tell me that, let me tell you
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what happened in New York.
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It cannot be as crazy as the case I told
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you about yesterday in Louisiana.
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You know what, we should do a podcast about it.
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Simply by searching crime wiar Weekly or clicking the link
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in the description of this podcast. Lamon confirmed with the
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defense that a security team protected Comb's residents and there's
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a designated security room where the firearms were recovered. He
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said no guns or ammunition were found anywhere in the
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home other than that security office. Lamon testified that a
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special response team cleared Seawan Combe's home first to make
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sure it was safe for other agents to enter. During
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that raid, he said the team's quote sole purpose upon
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entering the location is to look for people or if
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they encounter weapons, to make weapons safe. He said the
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team does not typically take photos of items on the
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property because of that. Lamon said he didn't know if
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the guns that were found inside the safe, if the
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safe was locked, or if the door to the security
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room was locked when the agents first arrived at the home.
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So at this point, the court makes a short break,
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and on that break, something pretty wild happens. Kanye West
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or Yay if you want to call him. That he arrives.
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He's dressed in all white, he's wearing sunglasses now West
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had been in touch with Diddy's family about possibly attending
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Combe's trial to show his support. As he was walking in,
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he nodded and said yes when a reporter asked if
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he was there to support Combs, but he didn't answer
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other questions to reporters and he was directed to what's
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done as an overflow room during that break. So the
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break ends and when everyone gets back into the courtroom
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and just prior to the jury being allowed back in,
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Comey brings up an issue with the judge saying during
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the defensi's cross examination of that agent, Comebs was nodding emthatically,
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and that he was also nodding during some of Jane's
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cross examination earlier that week, saying, quote, even if Combs
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is not looking directly at the jury, he should not
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be nodding like that. Defense attorney Brian Steele then said
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Combs hasn't been looking at the jury and has been
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acting professionally. Quote, mister Combs did nothing inappropriate at all
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today or any day. Actually. The judge referenced a discussion
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the lawyers had last week that I told you about,
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saying that Combs does not need to be nodding or
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seemingly agreeing with what people are saying. He said he
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believes both sides have since made the boundaries clear to
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their respective teams. Quote, there's going to be some amount
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of reaction to the testimony that's given, and it's impossible
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to police every reaction from every person in this courtroom.
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He then addressed Combs and said no one should be
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attempting to influence the jury, to which Combs nodded in
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agreement with the judge come He clarified she was not
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seeking corrective instruction or suggesting Combs should be removed from
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a courtroom, but thought it was inappropriate for him to
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be nodding while his attorney is asking a witness yes
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or no question. So they have that discussion for a
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little while, they come to an agreement that he shouldn't
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be nodding, and then at that point the jury's let
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back in and the next witness is called. That is
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Jonathan Perez, a former personal assistant to Sean Combes. He
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worked with Cones between December of twenty twenty one and
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September of twenty twenty four. And he's another witness that
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is going to testify under that immunity order. Remember, several
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people have been given immunity to testify, otherwise they were
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going to plead the fifth. He's another one. Actually, he's
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the fourth to testify under immunity at this trial. And
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he starts off by testifying that his starting annual salary
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was eighty five thousand dollars and it was later bumped
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up to one hundred thousand dollars. He said. Christina Korum,
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then Comb's chief of staff, was his direct supervisor. Perez
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said Korm and Comb seemed to have a good working relationship.
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In some days, it seemed that they had a good
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personal relationship. Pres said. Typical hours were nine am to
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nine pm, and another personal assistant would work the night
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shift once he was finished. Combs typically had three or
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four personal assistants, he said. He also testified that Korm
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made him aware of what was known as King Knights,
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which Perez described as Combs going to a hotel to
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have private time with a female. Then the prosecution asked
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him about his knowledge of Jane, and he described her
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as a female friend and companion, and then he said,
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I'm not really sure exactly what to call her. He said,
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come staff would get anywhere from two hours to a
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full day's notice to set up a king knight, and
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he testified about staff members setting up the key knights.
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He said whichever assistant was working in the evening would
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typically set up the nights. Perez typically worked during the day,
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so he estimated that he set up only about five
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keen knights for Combs during his time there. He said
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it was a lot of packing materials, making sure that
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he was going to have everything needed for twelve to
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twenty four hours without having to bother anybody. Perez brought food, liquor, music,
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red lights, condoms, lubricant, and sometimes honey, he said, and
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he said that honey is known to enhance the man's libido.
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Prez said he sometimes also went to sex stores to
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purchase adult outfits and high heels. He would pay for
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the items on his company card or with cash he
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got from security. He also said he cleaned up after
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the keen knights, saying the rooms would be just a
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bit of a mess and in disarray. He was quoted
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as saying, just like lots of sheets and tiels and oils.
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Prez said his main purpose of cleaning up was to
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make sure no items were left behind. He testified that
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Comb's and his guests would be tired when he saw
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them after a Keen knight. Combs staff would typically arrange
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for a meal, a massage, or an IV drop for
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Comb's after a king knight, he also said. The jury
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was then shown messages that Perez sent to Comb's and