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June 3, 2025

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Nineteen | The NDA and 100K

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Nineteen | The NDA and 100K
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Season 1

The Trial of “Diddy” has wrapped for Tuesday June 3rd, 2025 and today’s testimony included the person who was paid 100k cash by Sean Combs to turn over the security video of the hotel hallway incident in which Diddy brutally beat Cassie Ventura.

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Chapters
05:09 Courtroom Outbursts Halts Trial
13:54 Payment for Silence
19:38 The NDA and 100K
26:51 Cross-Examination CFO of Bad Boy Records
35:46 Sean Combs' Business Legacy

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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 didd He 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,

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so just a quick catch up on what occurred last

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time I joined you, I covered the final day of

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testimony from Mia. This was on Monday, June second, and

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here's what we learned. Defense attorney Steele revisited a text

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in which Mia wrote that she wanted to harm herself,

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that her life was over, et cetera, after being let

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go from her job in twenty seventeen. Now she denied

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that she lied on the stand when she testified last

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week that Diddy sexually assaulted her. Still also showed messages

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from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty in which she expressed

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affection and love toward her former boss, Shawan Combs. Mia

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claimed she was brainwashed by Diddy, which she said prevented

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her from coming forward earlier about sexual abuse allegations. She

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was quoted as saying, it's been a long process. I'm

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still untangling these things and I'm in therapy now. After

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Mia left the stand, the government briefly called Sylvia Oakin,

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the area director of sales and marketing at the Beverly

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Hills Hotel, to the stand. Now, did he allegedly caused

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a lot of damage to the rooms there? Oakin confirmed

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that she conferred some bills that they sent. Did he

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regarding the damage in these rooms. One of them, interestingly enough,

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had a notation that said oil damage. Oakin also said

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that he was using aliases including Philip Pines and Frank

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Black for reservations to the Beverly Hills Hotel. Now, the

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defense didn't really question her, it was just general questions

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before Sylvia was released from the stand. So we're back

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today with a new witness being called to the stand,

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and the trial continues for Tuesday, June three. Now, before

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the day even started, a major disruption in the courtroom,

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which prompted court officers to remove a woman who could

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be heard yelling in the courtroom. This is before anything

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kicked off today. The woman set in part quote Diddy,

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these motherfuckers laughing at you. She had been seated. Then

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she gets up to walk out the door, and she

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raises her voice even further and says, quote, people are

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lying now. At this point comes turned around in his

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seat when the judge directed the officers to remove the woman,

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and it took three court security officers to remove her.

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The woman had been previously seen around the courthouse, but

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today was the first time she had ever been in

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the courtroom and she was known to security, so she

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didn't cause an outburst inside the courtroom until today, but

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apparently they had been watching her. She was probably mouthing

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off outside of the courtroom, I guess in prior days.

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But after that outburst, things settled down and the trial

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got underway. In holy smokes, did we find out some

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shit today? And it started out with Eddie Garcia. He

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was the first person called to the stand today. He

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worked in security at the Intercontinental Hotel. Of course, that

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is where the now infamous Cassie beating took place that

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got on video surveillance handling. The direct examination for the

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prosecution is Prosecutor Mitzi Steiner in this case, and Garcia

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starts off by saying he was a security guard at

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that hotel in March of twenty sixteen, and he said

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that he in Israel Flores, who also worked security in

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more of twenty sixteen and incidentally has already testified. He

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was the first witness in this trial. Garcia said they

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don't work together anymore, but they're still friends now. He

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said he knew Flores testified because he saw a TikTok

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video about it, but the two have not discussed the

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substance of their testimonies. According to Garcia. Garcia said by

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March of twenty sixteen, he had been working at the

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Intercontinental Hotel for a few months and he was twenty

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four years old at the time of the incident, fairly

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young man. Right now, before we go any deeper into

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his testimony, it's important to mention that yesterday and I

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didn't tell you about it yesterday because I wanted to

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tell you about it today when he was testifying. But

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yesterday Garcia, through his attorney, told the court he was

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going to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminals

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himself should he be put on the stand now. This

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prompted the judge yesterday to sign an immunity agreement with Garcia,

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basically saying you're not going to be charged with anything

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you testify to on the stand. And you signed this,

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we'll give you immunity and it'll compel you to testify.

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So keep that in mind as we go along. Garcia

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started discussing the news of the day way back in

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March of twenty sixteen, and he said his shifts started

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at two pm. This was on March fifth of that year,

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and he said he was informed there had been a

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domestic dispute, so he watched the surveillance video of the incident,

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and he claimed on the stand he didn't initially recognize

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the individuals, but he later learned that it was, of course,

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Sean Comb's and Cassie Ventura. Garcia testified that it was

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his understanding that law enforcement was not called to respond

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to that incident because miss Ventura did not request the

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presence of police or any medical attention. He also testified

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that about ninety minutes into his shift, Christina Korm called

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the hotel security desk and she identified herself as Diddy's

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personal assistant. He said. Korm then asked, quote if there

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was any possible way to get a copy of the

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video or see the video in question, and he said

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that Korm said she wanted the video because quote, mister

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Combs had been intoxicated and doesn't remember anything. Garcia said

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he told Korm on the phone that she couldn't see

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the video quote. I told her that she would have

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to reach out to hotel management or get a subpoena.

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He said. About a half hour later, he received a

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call from the hotel operator. There was a woman in

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the lobby looking for him. Korm introduced herself and again

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asked to see the video because she wanted to know

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what they were dealing with, and that was a direct

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quote from her. Garcia said he apologized and again directed

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her to hotel management or the subpoena process, but he

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did tell her, quote off the record, it's bad. He

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said that later that night, the security desk received yet

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another call from a New York area code and it

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was Combe's chief of staff, Christina Koram on that line,

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and she told Garcia that somebody wanted to speak to him,

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and then she put Sean Comb's on the phone. Garcia

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said that mister Combe sounded very nervous. He was just

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talking really fast. He was saying he had a little

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bit too much to drink in that I knew how

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things work. Garcia said Combs asked him to provide the

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video and said quote if this gut out, it could

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ruin me. Garcia said he apologized to Combs and told

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him to reach out to hotel management and get a

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subpoena if he has to. He said Combs then requested

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a meeting with hotel management to discuss the incident and

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the video, and that he was very concerned. Garcia said

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he received a call from Christina Korm on his personal

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cell phone later on when he was at home. He

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said he had not given Korm or Combs his personal

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number and he felt nervous getting the call. Korm again

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passed the phone to Combs. Quote. He stated that I

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sounded like a good guy, that I sounded like I

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wanted to help, that something like this could ruin him.

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He was concerned this video would get out and that

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would ruin his career. Garcia apologized again. He told Combes

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that he didn't have access to obtain the video, and

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he went on to testify that quote. He again stated

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that I sounded like I wanted to help, and he

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believed I could make that happen. Garcia also testify that

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Combs told him quote, he would take care of me,

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which Garcia understood meant financially. So Garcia gets off the phone,

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let me see what I can do. He calls his

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boss and he tells his boss that Seawan Combs was

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willing to pay to obtain the hotel security video that

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showed him assaulting Cassie. Now, after a pause on the phone,

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according to Garcia, his boss said, quote, we'll do it

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for fifty, so Garcia called Christina korun back and she

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gives the phone to Combs. Garcia said he could get

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him the video for fifty thousand dollars, and according to Garcia,

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comes said quote, Eddie, my Angel, I knew you could

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help me. I knew you could do it. So the

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next day, Garcia's boss went to the servers and downloaded

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the video onto a thumb drive and he gave that

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thumb drive to Garcia for Combs, and Garcia said at

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that point he contacted Korum and he told her, hey,

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I got the USB with the video on it, and

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she passed the phone to Combs. He said at that

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point Combs gave him the address and that it seemed

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like he wanted to have the video as soon as possible.

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He said, Combs referred to him again as Eddie, my Angel.

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That's just weird, Joe. Garcia's boss then told Garcia to

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go to the address and to tell the other officers

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he was working with that day that he was running

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an errand for his boss. He said. He then called

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Christina Korum when he arrived in the lobby of the

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building where Combs had told him to meet Comb's security

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guard then brought Garcia up to the room on a

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higher floor. He said when he got there, Combs was happy, saying, quote,

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he was smiling, excited and just looked really happy, and

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again Combs referred to him as Eddie, my angel. He

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went on to say he believed Combs was trying to

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make him comfortable, might have been trying to make him

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too comfortable. Garcia said, quote, at the time, I was

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very nervous and my voice kept cracking. Combs offered him

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a tea when he said he was coming down with something.

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His voice was cracking, and he was basically trying to

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act like he was sick and kind of play it off.

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Combs asked him if he liked tea, and when Garcia

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said he didn't know, Combs directed Korum to go get

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him the tea I like and knowing what we know

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now and of telling him what was in that tea,

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Garcia said he handed Sewan co the USB after he

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asked for the hotel security video that showed Comb's assaulting Cassie,

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and Garcia added that Combs then left the room for

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a few minutes. He didn't explain why, which I would

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suspect and I'm just speculating here, but I'm suspecting he

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went and watched that video to make sure it was

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worth the fifty g's he was about to pay. Right,

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Combs returned and then he asked if that was the

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only copy of the video. Garcia said, he told Combs

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he believed so, and he said. Combs then said that

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it had to be the only copy and that he

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didn't want it getting out and asked Garcia if he

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was sure nothing was already uploaded to a cloud. So

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Garcia said, I'm ninety nine percent sure. Let me double check, though,

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and he calls his boss right in front of Combs,

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and his boss confirmed it was the only copy, and

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his boss went on to say he removed it from

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the server. Garcia then told Combs he was a little

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bit concerned that if Cassie Ventura filed a police report

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about the incident later on, it could affect him. Go

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back to him, right, and he said. Combs reply, quote,

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I didn't have to worry about that, that she knew

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about it and she wanted the video gone too, he said.

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Combs then right in front of him, got Cassie on

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a FaceTime call. Now, Garcia said it looked like her,

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but she was wearing a hoodie and the lighting was bad,

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and Cassie wore hoodies a lot. That was kind of

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her style back then when she wasn't in front of

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a camera. So he said, at that point, comes past

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the phone to Garcia, and he told Cassie, quote, let

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him know that you want this to go away too.

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Ventura told Garcia on the video call that she had

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a movie coming out and it wasn't a good time

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for this to come out, and she just wanted it

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all to go away. Her demeanor was normal on that

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video call, according to Garcia, and it was at that

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point they hung up the phone and Combs asked for

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ID from Garcia, Garcia's boss, and the security officer who

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responded to the incident originally, which was Israel floraes Now.

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Combs told Garcia, quote, this only works if we're all

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on the same Pageote and Garcia responded that he was

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nervous because he knew Flores, and he said Flores wouldn't

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go for it, telling him, quote, knowing mister Flores, he's

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a very by the book guy. That's just not something

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he would Douote. Garcia said. He then called his boss again,

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and he told him Combs wanted his and Floras IDs

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and added to his boss that he didn't think Flores

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would be on board with all of this. His boss

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said another officer who was on duty that day would

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do it. Garcia said he then texted those pictures of

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the IDs to Combs. The Flores guy is obviously a

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straight up guy, right. He was the first guy that

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testified in this trial, and he had no idea any

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of this aspect was going on, nor were they going

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to tell him. And we'll get into that. Garcia was

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then asked to sign paperwork, including a declaration that it

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was the only existing copy of the video, and he

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also had to sign an NDA. Now, the Jerry viewed

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photos of the documents and they were all signed and

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dated March seventh of twenty sixteen, and the NDA was

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actually printed on Combe's company letterhead and it referenced his

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company and its New York office a drup. Garcia testified

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he didn't read the documents carefully before signing, and he

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did not receive any copies. After he signed the documents,

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he said, quote, I was nervous, and I was a

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rush to get out of there unquote and I bet

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he was look security everywhere around Sean Combs. This guy's

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intimidated as hell. Now. One part of the agreement was

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read out loud in court, and it stated, quote, Recipient

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understands that Combs is a highly prominent recording artist, entertainer

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and entrepreneur, and his privacy in the confidentiality of the

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confidential information is of material concern. Another line from the

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agreement read accordingly, without limitation of companies and or Combe's

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rights as they relate to injunctive relief detailed above, Recipient

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agrees to pay company this sum of one million dollar

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as liquidated damages in the event of a breach of

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this agreement. And let me explain to you quickly what

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that means if it's not clear yet. Basically, if they

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were to go release that tape after the fact, meaning

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the people that signed this agreement, they would have to

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pay Combs one million freaking dollars. And to put that

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into perspective, Garcia testified at that point that he was

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earning about ten dollars and fifty cents an hour as

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a security guard at that hotel. Not a guy that's

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gonna want to pay a million dollars, right, he said,

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after signing, did he grab the documents and he left

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the room, and he returned with a brown bag and

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a money counter. He said Combs put a total of

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one hundred thousand dollars in cash through that money counter,

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in stacks of ten thousand dollars at a time. Garcia

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testified that he had previously told Combs that his boss

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would do it for fifty thousand dollars, so Garcia assumed

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at this point the other fifty thousand dollars that was

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counted was for Garcia and Flores, the other responding officer,

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and Garcia testified the security guard was present while Combs

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counted the money, and he also recalled that Christina Korum.

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She was in and out of the room, so he

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said she probably saw the money being counted. And what

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the prosecution's doing there is just trying to establish that

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all three of these people that were involved, outside of

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this security guy, knew about it, because that is the

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definition of a criminal enterprise more than one person. So

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Combs counts out this money through the machine. It's one

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hundred thousand dollars, and he asked Garcia if he wanted

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to count it himself. Garcia declined. He told Combs that

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he trusted the machine. Garcia said when he stood up

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to leave, Combe said he'd walk out with him, which

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Garcia said made him very nervous. Comes walked down to

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the lobby with Garcia and he requested both of their

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cars from the attendants and Comes ask Garcia how he

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was planning to spend the money, and he suggested at

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that point that Garcia not make any big purchases. Garcia

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then called his boss from the car as he was

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driving back, and he said at that point he was

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watching to see and ensure that he was not being followed.

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Garcia said he got back to his work and he

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split the money with his boss and another officer that

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was on duty at the time of the incident, named

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Henry Elias, not Flores. Garcia testified he gave fifty thousand

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dollars to his boss an incident. That guy's last name

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is Madrono, and he said twenty thousand dollars he gave

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to a Lias, and he said he bought a used

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car in cash with the thirty thousand dollars that he

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kept for himself. He said he did not deposit any

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of the money into a bank account or reported on

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his taxes when he was asked. Garcia then went on

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to say about a week or two later, he noticed

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the incident report and the attached security footage were no

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longer on the security computer. He said he did not

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report it to anyone because that would draw more attention

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to the situation in his words, Eddie. Garcia then testified

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that he reached out to Seawan Combs through Instagram around

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twenty seventeen or twenty eighteen, and he asked Combs if

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he had any work for him when Combs was in

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Los Angeles, but that Combs never responded to those IG messages.

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He did say that Combs reached out to him a

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few weeks after he provided Combs with that video, and

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he said Combs said, happy Easter, Eddie, my angel. God

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is good. God put you in my way for a reason,

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and then proceeded to ask if anyone has asked about

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the incident or the video. Garcia said he told Combs

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he hadn't heard anything, and he said that comes into

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the call, just saying if you need anything ever, just

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let me know. He was then asked by the prosecution

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about what he did when the video resurfaced in twenty

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twenty four, and he said he spoke to his colleagues

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Israel Flores and Henry Elias, and that he was then

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contacted by law enforcement in June of twenty twenty four

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about the incident, but he admitted he was not honest

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about his own involvement in the situation at that time.

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Garcia said he deleted his messages with Flores and Elias

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about the situation after that meeting with investigators, and he

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said later on he was appointed his own counsel and

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he met with the government. It was later that year,

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and he disclosed that Combs had paid him for that video.

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He said he was truthful in that meeting and all

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his subsequent meetings with prosecutors, and with that the prosecution

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had no further questions, and defense attorney Brian Steele started

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his cross examination. So Still asked Eddie Garcia if he

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got a good feeling about Seawan Combs, and Garcia said

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that Shawn Combes acted professionally in the transaction, despite the

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fact that he was looking in his rearview mirror to

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see if Combs was following him. After the meeting, Still

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then reviewed sections of the NBA that Garcia signed and

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said that he didn't re before he signed it, and

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still honed in on a section of the NDA that

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included provisions for when Garcia could discuss the confidential information

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without breaching that agreement. A provision in that contract allowed

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for Garcia to disclose the information law enforcement or other

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government bodies if necessary, and it wouldn't be considered a

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breach of the agreement. But it did require Garcia to

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notify Combe's company if he was compelled to do that.

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And the NDA also included a non disparagement clause. And

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before I get into the rest of this, let me

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just say the difference between those two. A non disclosure

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agreement obviously means you can't talk about whatever's in that agreement.

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A non disparagement clause is a section of that agreement

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that basically says, and I'm going to paraphraseier, that you

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can't talk shit about someone, whether it's true or not.

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I hate non disparagement clauses. I signed a non disparagement

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clause at one point in my life. I'm not going

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to get in to win. I would have never signed

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that had I known whether you're telling the truth about

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somebody or not. You can't talk about them, period, because

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it's essentially a license for someone to screw you over,

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and even if they screw you over, they have the

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comfort of knowing that you can never talk about it.

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So I'll move on. Garcia, of course, responded to the

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defense attorney the same way he responded to the prosecutor,

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and he said, look, I didn't read it really well

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before signing it, and that was pretty much all still

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had for him, and the witness was released. The prosecution

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then called Derrick Ferguson, the former head of finance for

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Combe's Enterprises, to the stand the CFO, and Ferguson said

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he is testifying in compliance with a subpoena and that

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he worked for Combs and his companies from nineteen ninety

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eight all the way to twenty seventeen. This dude was

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a long ten year guy with Diddy. Ferguson added he

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was the CFO at Bad Boy Entertainment from nineteen ninety

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eight until twenty twelve. He said his responsibilities included setting budgets,

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accounting and record keeping, as well as being involved in

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some joint enters and strategic partnerships. Ferguson also said during

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different periods of time Comb's personal finances would also be

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part of his responsibilities. He said he interacted with Combs

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pretty regularly, a couple of times a week on average,

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and he went on to say as more professional management

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was brought in to run the company, he said his

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interactions with Combs personally became less frequent. Ferguson said at

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certain points duringduring his tenure he reported to the company president,

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and when there was no president, he reported directly to Combs.

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He was then asked who handled the banking for Combs,

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like who could sign checks, et cetera, and Ferguson said

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he and Shawing Combs were the only two on the

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business bank accounts during his tenure that could sign checks.

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Ferguson said that Combs would charge business and personal expenses

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on his card from time to time, and that members

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of his team they would determine which business or entity

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a charge pertain to, and in addition, they would then

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use that business bank account to pay off the charge.

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He said it was not uncommon, especially during his early

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years of working with Combs, that performers would be paid

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in cash and the performer's manager would at times bring

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cash to the finance Department to be processed. He said

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that cash payments were pretty much industry norm twenty years ago.

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He also testified that he was not aware that Comb's

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security carried cash for him. Remember in past episodes have

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told you about his security carrying large treasure troves of cash,

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and there's been a lot of testimony that's how they

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would pay these strippers, these mail strippers that would be

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in these freak offs with Cassie. But when he was

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asked about it, he said it was not something he

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paid any attention to. He also said there were periods

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when third parties were engaged to handle Comb's personal finances,

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and he said at other times it was internally managed.

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Ferguson said the finance department managed the finances for combs

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properties that he owned to Miami, the Hamptons, and New

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York City, and he also confirmed he knew Combs would

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provide financial support to family and friends through his personal

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salaries and distributions. Ferguson's that he'd sit down with Combs

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at least once a year to review his personal finances,

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and the jury was then shown a December twenty eleven

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bank statement for showing Combe's bank account for his Alpine,

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New Jersey home, and on that the jury was directed

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to some highlighted sections and they showed on December fourteenth

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an account transfer of twenty thousand dollars to Cassie Ventura,

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and then on December twenty third an incoming wire transfer

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from Broderick Ventura, who was Cassie Ventur's father, for twenty

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thousand dollars, and then on December twenty seventh that twenty

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thousand dollars was wired back to Ventura's father's account. Why remember,

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Cassie testified that Diddy had threatened to release videos of

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her and freak offs unless she paid twenty thousand dollars

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as punishment, and then he returned that money. That was

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that transaction. So they're proving that Cassie and her mother

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testified to that as well. They're proving that that was true.

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Dereck Ferguson was then asked about the different positions that

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he held for Combs, and he said he served as the

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CFO until the end of twenty twelve, then he worked

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as the Chief Growth Officer for a few years, and

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he said eventually he became the COO of Revolt Media

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in TV until twenty seventeen when he left the company.

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He said he didn't speak with Sean Combes often after

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leaving his employment in November of twenty seventeen, except for

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some odds and ends related to his departure, and he

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said he would occasionally reach out over the holidays. Comes

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last reached out to Ferguson on September sixteenth of twenty

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twenty four. Imagine that, Ferguson said, Comes texting him to

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say hello and asked him to give of Comb's a call.

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And if you've learned anything by now, Combes reaches out

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to people when he's in trouble that he thinks can

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sink him in court, and this is no exception, right,

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He said, Come sent another tax shortly after, saying he

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was in New York and wanted to see if Ferguson

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had time to get together because he wanted to talk

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and get some advice. Ferguson said he was on a

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flight to Charlotte at the time he received those tacks,

468
00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.079
so he wasn't able to meet. And he said he

469
00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:37.160
did not respond to that message. And with that the

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prosecution was done and the defense started their cross examination.

471
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:46.039
So the defense asked Ferguson why he went to work

472
00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:49.839
for Combs, and Ferguson said he initially was interested in

473
00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:53.000
working for Bad Boy Records because he thought the company

474
00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:56.559
could have a lot of impact. Quote coming from the Bronx,

475
00:32:56.640 --> 00:33:00.279
I felt like we needed more companies that really would

476
00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:04.039
higher from the communities I grew up in, that would

477
00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:08.400
give people opportunity. The Defense then asked Ferguson about Comes

478
00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:13.119
long term relationship with his liquor brand. Ferguson said Comes

479
00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:18.839
mainly oversaw the creative direction, and the Igo, who was

480
00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.920
the primary on that deal and one of the world's

481
00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:26.119
biggest drink makers, provided funding. The Defense then asked about

482
00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:29.480
the tension between those two companies, and Ferguson said there

483
00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:34.039
was some ongoing tension between Combs and the Igo over

484
00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:38.559
the marketing and distribution of the products because they felt

485
00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:43.680
the distribution was concentrated too much in urban areas. Ferguson

486
00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.400
was then asked about company taxes and if they were

487
00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:50.400
all done correctly. Quote, you would never let there be

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00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:55.000
financial impropriety on your watch at that company, Am I right?

489
00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:59.160
And Ferguson responded, I would do everything I could to

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not let that happened. The defense then asked did you

491
00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:07.680
see anyone help Shaan Combe's commit crimes, to which Ferguson

492
00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:12.320
responded no. Defense then asked did you see anyone commit

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acts of violence, to which Ferguson responded no. Defense then

494
00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:21.280
asked did you see anyone make the company stronger through

495
00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:27.000
threats of violence? And Ferguson responded no. The defense then

496
00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:31.360
asked did you see anyone enhance mister Cumb's reputation or

497
00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:35.920
the reputation of the business through acts of prostitution and

498
00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:40.800
Ferguson replied no. The defense then asked about the culture

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00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:44.760
of Comb's company in the work ethic, and Ferguson said

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00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:49.719
he recalled working long hours with lots of talented people. Quote,

501
00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:53.239
we all felt there was a mission to be great,

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00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:57.719
to represent ourselves in a certain way. He said, Comb's

503
00:34:57.719 --> 00:35:02.719
employees were a very close group, especially in the beginning,

504
00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:06.679
and the defensive then asked Ferguson what he learned from Combs,

505
00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:11.039
and Ferguson responded, quote, I did learn a lot from him.

506
00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:14.239
He had a great business mind, and I think he

507
00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:17.519
put his mind to something and he would set a

508
00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:21.199
really high, aggressive goal and he was not afraid of

509
00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:25.360
that goal. And I think that's something you can learn from.

510
00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:30.280
He just worked constantly. His passion for what he did

511
00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:33.400
was really high, so his work ethic and the number

512
00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:36.000
of hours that he put in was something that really

513
00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:42.719
pushed the entire team. And with that, Ferguson was released

514
00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:47.320
and court was adjourned for the day. I want to

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00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:50.559
say something on that last part of the questioning from

516
00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.400
the defense, and I was talking to someone about this

517
00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:56.039
the other day and I said, you know, it really

518
00:35:56.079 --> 00:36:00.920
blows my mind because Sean Combs really built an amazing

519
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:06.239
brand and now in hindsight, you're seeing all this crazy

520
00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:09.559
shit that he was doing and the crazy things that

521
00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:14.119
went on. And as a business owner I own three companies,

522
00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:18.519
I couldnot imagine living that crazy of a life and

523
00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:21.920
being able to manage my companies. And you know, at

524
00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:25.519
first reflection, you think, well, maybe he had all these

525
00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:29.280
talented people around him and they were just handling everything

526
00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:32.039
and he really wasn't doing nothing. But that wasn't the case.

527
00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:35.159
Most of these people are saying, at least so far,

528
00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.960
that he was kind of a micromanager. He was involved

529
00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:42.000
in everything, which I don't begrudge him for. I am

530
00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:46.840
certainly a micromanager of the nth degree. It's probably my

531
00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:51.239
biggest weakness in business. But it's shocking to me that

532
00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:56.280
he has done all these despicable things. He was hooked

533
00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:59.719
on drugs and drunk a shit half the time and

534
00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:02.320
have all these freak offs, and he was running a

535
00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.119
billion dollar company. It makes me wonder if he didn't

536
00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.880
have all that bullshit going on behind the scenes, how

537
00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:15.039
great could he have been. You know, it's almost sad

538
00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:20.079
because as big a company as he built, it probably

539
00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.679
could have been ten times out size if he just

540
00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:28.519
stayed focused on his craft and quit getting high on drugs,

541
00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:32.840
hiring prostitutes, having freakoffs, and doing all the dumb shit

542
00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:35.400
that he was doing. But I don't know. Maybe he

543
00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.039
was crediting some of his reputation as a partier to

544
00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:43.119
his success. Who knows, But what a hell of a day.

545
00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.400
I had been curious since the start of this thing

546
00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:50.760
about who Comb's paid for that video in that hotel

547
00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:54.599
hallway where he attacked Cassie. Now we know, we know

548
00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:57.559
all the deats from that, and we're only going to

549
00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:01.519
find out more from here. Thank you so much for listening.

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