June 17, 2025

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Ep. Twenty Seven | King Nights

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Ep. Twenty Seven | King Nights

Jim Chapman covers the testimony from Friday June 13th including the shocking testimony of yet another assistant to Diddy who details the infamous “King Nights”

Chapters:
06:14 New Witness: Homeland Security Investigator
09:52 Unexpected Guest in Court (Kanye “Ye” West)
11:05 Discussion of Combs' Reactions to testimony
13:17 Jonathan Perez on Wild King Nights
23:49 Cross-Examination of Perez

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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

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Jane on August twelfth of twenty twenty three, involving information

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about a hotel room. Quote just left two candles in room,

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phone in front of room door. I'm only nine minutes

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away if y'all need anything, he wrote in those messages.

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The jury also saw messages between then Comb's chief of staff,

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Christina Korum, Perez, and another assistant about setting up a

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hotel room, and those messages, Korm asked if the room

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was done, and Press said he was going to run

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to the store and get outfits for Jane. In another

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conversation seen in court from May of twenty twenty three,

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Korm asked another assistant how cleanup was going. Quote slipped

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and fell twice, the assistant responded. Perez recounted a time

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at Combe's La home when Come's videographer found a video

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of Jane and another man engaging in sex. Pez said

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the video was on an iPad usually used by Comb's staff,

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and Combs could be seen in the background. Pores said

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he took the iPad and told Comb's and Christina Koram

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separately about that video that day. He testified that Comb

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seemed surprised when he told him about the video, and

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Koram told Perez the next time he should give the

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footage directly to her and she would deal with Comb's

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About six months later, Korn questioned Perez about the video

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and how it was found. She told Perez she had

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got a call from someone outside the company talking about

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the video in some capacity, and it was also mentioned

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that a recording of that conversation was recovered from Korm's phone,

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which was seized in twenty twenty four. He didn't know

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he was being recorded at the time, and the jury

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is now hearing that recording, and at that point, the

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prosecution played that recording for the jury. The jury heard

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a recording in which Christina Korm questioned Perez about the

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discovery of that video of Jane with another man, and

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the discussion centered around how the video was found. Korm

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told Perees she got a call from someone outside the company.

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They were talking about the video in some capacity, and

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in that recording, Korm asked Perez to tell her step

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by step about what happened when the video was found

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on that iPad because quote, an outside person brought up

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something about it. Now in the recording, Press said a

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videographer found the video first and then he saw it.

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Perez then told her that once he saw the video,

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he told Combs, quote, hey, I found something on the

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iPad that the staff uses. I can lock it up

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for you, or you can delete it. I just wanted

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to let you know so you can make that decision.

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He told Korm that Comes then deleted the video. In

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the recording, Press told Korm he didn't have any other

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conversations about the video. He also referenced an investigation. Perez

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testified that Combs thought his phone or data might have

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been compromised and KK, which is how they referred to Christina.

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Korm mentioned that Comes wanted an investigation to happen regarding

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the video and how it got on that device. Pees

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said that he didn't know if an investigation ever actually happened,

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and he's talking about an interior investigation of diddies. Also

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in that recording, Press told Korm that he thought the

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video looked like it was set up and filmed on

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that iPad. Perees said he never spoke to Korm about

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it again, but at some point after that comes head

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of security Fahim Mohammad asked him about the day that

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the the video was found. Perez testified he relayed the

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same story he told Korm and it never came up again.

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Perez testified that Combe's chef Chef k was also in

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the room when the video was found, but he didn't

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mention anyone because he had named her in his first

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account and he was hoping the incident wouldn't become a

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big deal. Prosecutor Madison's smiser then showed the jury a

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photo of a Gucci pouch. When asked about it, Perez

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said the pouch belonged to Combe's and it was typically

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filled with drugs and money. He said that Comb's always

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had it with him during King Knights. The jury also

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saw messages between Perez and another assistant. This is from

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July of twenty twenty two, and in those messages, the

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other assistant told Perez to look for that Gucci pouch

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in the bathroom and if anything was outside of it

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to put it back in quote, I zipped it up,

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no residue on it, and I didn't steal one Addy

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talking about adderall then and other messages between Perez and

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other assistants. In October of twenty twenty two, Paraz said

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that cocaine was found in a different bag and that

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it should have never left that Gucci pouch. He testified

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that he obtained drugs for Combs on a handful of occasions.

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He said he got drugs including xanax, cocaine, and molly

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from someone named Guido and also someone named Baby Girl.

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He would pay for the drugs with cash that he

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either got from Comb's security personnel, the Gucci pouch, or

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a top drawer. The jury was then shun a message that,

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according to prosecutors, Perez sent to one of Comb's security guards, Fahim.

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This was in February of twenty twenty four. In that message,

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Perez said in part seven hundred dollars went to Guido.

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He also testified that he dropped off items at Jane's

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house to set up for her night with Combs. This

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was on June eighteenth of twenty twenty four, and then

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later dropped off Combs at that residence, he said a

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few hours later, Combs called him on FaceTime, seemed angry

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and annoyed, and his voice was raised. Quote he was

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asking me to confirm whether or not another female had

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been on a trip we went on a week prior.

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Perez told Combs no, and Comes thanked him before hanging up.

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Perez testified he did see Jane on the FaceTime call,

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but he said her back was to the camera, so

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he never saw her face and she didn't speak. The

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call lasted about twenty seconds, he said. The jury then

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saw messages between Perez, Christina Korum, and Fahim. This was

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around June eighteenth of twenty twenty four. Quote heads up

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him and the guests are fighting. I'm about to be

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heading back and picking him up, Perez texted them. Perez

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also told Fahim that Comes wanted him to bring cash. Then,

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in a separate group message with Combs, Fahim, and Perez,

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Perez said, quote, need thirty five hundred a SAP for

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this guest. I'm going to take it to her. Perez

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testified he was referring to Jane in those messages. Smizer

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then asked Perez why he stopped working for Combs. This

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was in September of twenty twenty four. He was quoted

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as saying, there was a lot going on personally for

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mister Combs, and there wasn't a lot of communication about

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what was happening. So I thought it was a good

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time to leave and hopefully avoid a situation like I'm

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in now. He testified the last time he talked to

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Combs was the day before he was arrested. Smiser asked

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Perez how he feels about Combs now, and Perez responded,

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I feel great about him, the same way I felt

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about him when I was leaving my employment. And with that,

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prosecutors were finished with their direct of Jonathan Perez. In

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defense attorney Brian Steele, he starts his cross examination and

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they start off by confirming with Perez that he still

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respects Combs, and Perez confirm that still. Then asked Jonathan

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Perez whether he would sometimes do things of a personal

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nature for Shawing Combs, even if it wasn't part of

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his employment, and Perez agreed. Perez agreed that's setting up

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kings knights and purchasing drugs would be classified as personal

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instead of work related. I gotta agree with that. He

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confirmed that it had nothing to do with his work

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and he didn't believe he was getting paid to do

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those things. Still then asked Perez about his interactions with Jane,

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and Perez confirmed that he would help Jane pick out lingerie,

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heals and dresses for her. Perez said that Jane trusted

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him with his opinion of what to buy. And Still

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asked Perez if Jane ever appeared hesitant to go to

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a Keen Knight, and he said no. Still then asked

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Perez to confirm that Jane seemed like a willing partition

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on those king Knights, and Prez said yes. Perez also confirmed,

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when asked, that Jane never seemed upset or unhappy after

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a King Knight. And Still then turned to Perez's previous

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testimony about a staffer finding that iPad at Combe's la

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home in that video of Jane and another man having

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sex on that iPad, and Still asked Perez if the

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concern about the video centered around the fact that a

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personal private sex tape was on a business iPad, and

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Perez agreed with that statement. Perez estimated that he spent

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about one percent of his time working for Combs dealing

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with personal matters like setting up King Knights and obtaining drugs,

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and when asked about Combe's understanding of technology, Perez said, quote,

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he was not the most proficient when it came to technology,

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so we set up all the technology stuff for him.

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And Perees confirmed that Ditty and the people close to

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the rapper never told him not to speak about things

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such as King Knights or drugs. He actually went on

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to say they only told him to tell the truth.

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He also confirmed that he never saw Combs strike a

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woman or anyone else. Now, Perez's previous disclosure in court

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was that he sometimes used his company card to buy

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personal items for Ditty, like outfits for Jane at what

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he termed sex stores. Perez testified he didn't know whether

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those charges on the card were paid off with company

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funds or Combe's personal money. Still then showed the jury

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a series of texts from different times throughout Jonathan Perez's

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employment in which Jane talked to Perez before and after

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King Knights. In some of those texts, they planned for

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King Knights, including packing items like underwear, and other messages

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they would discuss tests for Perez to do for her

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or Sean Combe, and Still ask Perez to confirm that

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on all of these occasions she didn't seem upset in

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those messages, and he confirmed that, and with that that

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was all the defense had. The prosecution then did a

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short redirect of Perez, but it was nothing significant that

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was covered. The jury was dismissed for Friday, June thirteenth.

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