June 24, 2025

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Thirty One | The Defense Rests

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Thirty One | The Defense Rests

Jim Chapman covers the testimony from Tuesday June 24th featuring the last day of trial before closing arguments.

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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 Shawn Comb's Let's get started.

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Welcome back and a quick catch up on what occurred

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yesterday in the trial of Shawn Combs, Joe of Sercilio,

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a special agent with the Homeland Security Investigations Unit. He

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testified that did He appeared to have paid for a

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sex worker to stay at the Trump International Hotel in

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New York City, This was in September of twenty twenty three,

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and then take an Atlanta to Newark flight. The testimony

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potentially underlined one of the US government's charges against Ditty,

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which is transportation to engage in prostitution. The prosecution team

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then showed jurors September twenty twenty three text messages in

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which Ditty's ex girlfriend Jane lashed out at him, saying

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she refused to meet him in New York City. She

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was quoted as saying, quote, clear, you just want me

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there for a hotel beingch She went on to say,

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I don't want to be used and locked in a

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room to fulfill your fantasies. According to those text messages,

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and keep in mind, the government's indictment alleged that did

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he coerced women to fulfill his sexual desires. Now in

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a separate text exchange around that same time, Cassie filed

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her in November twenty twenty three lossuit against Diddy. Jane

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told Diddy that she didn't want to have sex with

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strangers on his command anymore. She told him she was

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not a porn star and added that she was mentally

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and physically drained by these marathon sexual encounters, according to

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the text messages. So that's just a quick catch up

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on yesterday's testimony. If you haven't listened to that episode,

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please go listen to it. And I'm back with the

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testimony for Tuesday, June twenty fourth, and Joseph Circilio, a

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special agent for Homeland security investigations. He is back on

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the stand and the jury has entered and defense attorney

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Tiny gergo she resumes cross examination, and she starts by

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referring to text messages between Jane and entertainer Sly, who

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you have heard a lot about this From September of

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twenty twenty one. Jane wrote to Sly she was thinking

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about one of their recent hotel nights. She wrote, quote,

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send me something. She then asked him if he could

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fly to meet her that night or the next day.

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Sly responded he was busy with Christmas preparations with his family,

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and she suggested he'd just make it a day trip. Now,

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remember this, Jane had previously testified to the prosecution that

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she only initiated explicit messages with Sly when she was

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with Combs because he would tell her to do so.

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So with this testimony, that's refuting what she's already said.

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But I've told you already several times during her testimony

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Jane is a liar. I think she's lying about some

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of this stuff. Just my opinion. Gerre Gos went over

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text messages between Jane and Diddy. In early April of

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twenty twenty two, before meeting with an entertainer named Leo,

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Combs texted Jane and he said that he had been

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having crazy fantasies about her and Leo. Jane responds with, baby,

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I want to make love to you. I haven't selfishly

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had you to myself for five months. I'm fine with

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the other stuff, but I really just need you right now,

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and Comes responded to that, Okay, whatever you want, and

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then a few texts later, Combs wrote Leo would be

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free after we spend some one on one time. So

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after that meeting with Leo, Jane Combs a text message

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saying quote, still thinking about you loving all over me.

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The jury then saw some messages that Diddy and Jane

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sent to Paul. This was in October of twenty twenty two.

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Of course, that was a man that frequently joined them

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for hotel night. So Jane sends Paul a text and

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she asked if he was ready for some fun tonight.

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She then told him he should come after the butlers

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were finished helping, and he could wait in the lobby

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if he got there early. And at this time Combs

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also texted Paul and he said, quote, hold up, the

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staff is outside, they leave now.

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Hang tight, 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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the link in the description of this podcast. Greggs then

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reviewed records and text messages related to a hotel night

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in January of twenty twenty three, when it appeared that

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Diddy and Jane were taking steps to prevent staff from

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seeing a man involved in the hotel nights. Comes text

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to Jane, quote, can I walk in on you and

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Paul I would like that. Jane responded yes and asked

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him what time she should tell the entertainer, and Comes

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responded maybe nine thirty so he doesn't run into anyone.

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Jane then texted Paul later saying okay, let me make

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sure the coast is clear. Gereg Goos then reviewed Jane's

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messages from April of twenty twenty three. Jane told an

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entertainer to quote give it a beat for security, and

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later said quote he's still making sure everyone's gone outside.

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And yet in another message for a plaming a hotel

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night later in twenty twenty three, did he asked Jane

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to find a location, telling her I can't have KK

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know damn and KK, of course, is the nickname for

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Christina Korm. Jane arranged for an entertainer to meet them,

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and she said she had picked up new outfits. When

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Combs asked her if she was in the mood, she

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replied yes. Comes later texted Jane, did you get the

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pill and hit me when the coast is clear? Jane responded,

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Joey is gone and Italian is pulling up. Must be

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more entertainers. Greg Goas then reviewed some of Jane's messages

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Before a hotel night in May of twenty twenty three,

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Jane texted Diddy about an available entertainer and said she

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was trying to arrange things for a trup. He didn't

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respond to a few of her messages, and she then said, quote, baby,

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it's all set. Jane also texted one of the entertainers

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asking if he would be able to fly into Miami.

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Days later, she texted that entertainer that she was setting

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up the hotel. Later that day, Jane told him, quote,

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give me a sec clearing out the assistant. They had

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to stop and drop some stuff off and asked him

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to wait in the lobby. Hours later, she texted that

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entertainer again to thank him for coming out and told

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him she could send him payment through Zell. In text

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messages from August of twenty twenty three, Jane and Combs

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discussed having an entertainer sign an NDA, a non disclosure agreement.

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Combs asked Jane what she thought of the new guy,

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and Jane replied, quote, he seems cool, babe. Hopefully he

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doesn't know anybody we know, laugh out loud. She also

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said she would make sure the man signed the paperwork.

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Garret Gos then reviewed text messages between Jane and Diddy

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from late September of twenty twenty three. In the conversation,

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they discussed flight options, Sly and exchange some explicit messages

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quote I love being kinky for you. I love driving

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you wild and that was from Jane to Diddy. And

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later messages, Jane told Combs that she needed to get

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outfits from the Quote Freak store and that she was

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pale and hadn't had her nails done. Diddy responded back

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quote I fucking love it. The next day, Jane texted

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Sly quote tonight was amazing as per usual, and the

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jury then saw texts regarding a wild, keen night at

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the home of Jane. They also were shown flight records

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that showed Jane flying to Miami before comes Infamous. May

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twenty twenty four, apology video. Gerret Gos then showed the

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jury records from September and November of twenty twenty three,

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indicating that Diddy paid invoices from his personal bank account

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to his travel management company for travel and accommodations for

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Jane and entertains around hotel nights. Geargos asked, Sercilio, you

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didn't write the mister Combs personally paid for these. She

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was referring to that summary chart that he helped prepare

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for the prosecution. And it's worth noting the government summary

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chart lists the tribal manager as having paid for those expenses,

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So that was inaccurate on his part, and that was

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a good catch by the defense right there. And remember

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they're trying to prove that any money that was being

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paid to people was not part of his company, it

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was personal expenses. Gegos then played additional freak call videos

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of Jane from around July thirty first and August of

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twenty twenty four. The jury viewed more than six minutes

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of video clubs and with that there were no further

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questions from the defense and the prosecution at that point

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rested their complete case. So the defense then gets up

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and they move from what's known as a Rule twenty

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nine judgment of acquittal. Now, let me define what that is.

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After the government closes its evidence or after the close

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of all evidence, the court, on the defendant's motion, must

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enter a judgment of acquittal of any offense for which

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the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. Now, the

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court may on its own consider whether the evidence is

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insufficient to sustain that conviction. If the court denies the

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motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of

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the government's evidence, the defendant may offer evidence without having

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reserved the right to do so. And I know that's

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a very technical chat GVT type definition, so just stick

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with me on that. The defense attorney Alexandria Shapiro. She

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then gets up and she makes an argument that the

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prosecution failed to prove at least three elements of the

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RICO chore, saying they failed to show that did he

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violated rico, that he agreed to participate, and insufficient evidence

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of a conspiracy. She argued there wasn't an enterprise in

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this case. It was simply Comb's engaging in sex acts

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in his personal time with his girlfriends. She said the

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prosecution had argued the bodyguards in high ranking employees that

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were involved in facilitating the freakoffs and hotel nights, but

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that the prosecution failed to prove any individual actually conspired

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with him. They did errands and made travel arrangements, but

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they did not have anything to do with what went

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on with Combs and his girlfriends in the hotel room,

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other than they used baby Little astroglide and drank alcohol

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and maybe did some drugs. She then argued that Combs

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took steps to conceal the true nature of these hotel

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nights from his staff. Shapiro said text message evidence showed

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Combs sought to conceal the escorts from his employees, noting

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in one piece of evidence that he said, quote, I

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can't let KK know about the freak off. Shapiro said,

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when comes chief of staff, Christina Korm and security guards

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learned of his violence against Cassie, they tried to help her.

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Shapiro argued there's no evidence Korn thought Combe's girlfriends were

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being coerced. She said that the trial failed to show

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evidence Combs tried to bribe anyone surrounding the March twenty

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sixteen hotel attack between himself and Cassie. She said there

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was no police involvement, Ventur didn't want police involved herself,

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and no charges were priced. Eh, That's where I have

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a major problem with her argument here. It was clear

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that one hundred thousand dollars was paid for that hotel tape.

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She kind of went into that, noting that Eddie Garcia,

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who was the guy that took that one hundred thousand dollars,

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signed an NDA that permitted him to report it to

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law enforcement, but he never did so. Shapiro argued that

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Comes didn't threaten Mia or his other staf and the

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defense said there's no proof of bribes or threats. Shapiro

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said there's no federal nexus under the Rico charge because

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there has to be proof a victim turned to federal

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officials or proof of a federal investigation. She also argued

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Combs didn't threaten anyone. Shapiro noted how Jane texted Combs

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after the Ventura lawsuit and Comes did not send any

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corrupt persuasion or threats. Comes asked her what he could

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do to make her feel better and asked her for

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her support. She went on to say there's no evidence

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Comes used threats or harm to produce the labor of

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Capricorn Clark, Mia Ventura, or Jane. She said, under the

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Forced Labor Racketeering Act, someone's services must be procured through force,

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physical restraint, or threat of serious harm. While some of

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comes staffers described him as abusive in working under grueling

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conditions with little sleep, they all could have left. Shapiro

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went on to say, in reality, most were in fear

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of losing their jobs. Shapiro argued there was insufficient evidence

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of kidnapping and racketeering. In regard to Capricorn Clark's claim

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that she was forced to take a lot of detector

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tests for days at a building in Manhattan after some

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of Combe's jewelry went missing, Shapiro said that claim doesn't

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satisfy requirements under New York law, and there's no evidence

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cones knew that had happened. She went on to say

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that Clark did that to prove her innocence. Cassie Ventura

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testified she was held at a London hotel for several

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days after she was injured, but the government failed to

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prove she was detained through reasonable fears, Shapiro argued. Also

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in regard to Ventura, Shapiro said domestic violence is not

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sex trafficking, and there's insufficient evidence to show Combe's used

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coercion to force her to commit sex acts. The defense

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argued Venturs participated in hotel nights to make Combs happy.

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So at this point, the judge said he'll reserve decision

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on the motion, which means that the judge is going

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to defer the ruling on the motion, allowing the jury

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to reach a verdict first, and more on that later.

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The judge then addressed Comes directly, and he asked Combs

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how he was feeling, and Combs said, quote, I'm doing great,

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your honor. I've been wanting to tell you, thank you.

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You're doing an excellent job. And he is brown nosing

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the judge right there, although I've got to say, throughout

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this whole trial, the judge has been excellent. The judge

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van chuckled and said, thank you. I appreciate it. The

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judge then asked Comes if he understood that he had

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a right not to testify and no one can draw

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any inference if he doesn't testify, and he said yes,

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your honor. The judge then asked if he had discussed

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with his lawyers whether or not he should testify it,

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and he said yes thoroughly. The judge then asked Combs

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if it was his decision not to testify in the case,

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and Combs said, quote, that is my decision, your honor.

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He followed that up with that is solely my decision.

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I mean, it's my decision with my lawyers. The judge

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asked him if he understood that it was his decision

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to make basically his call, and he said, yes, my decision.

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I'm making it now. At this point in the trial,

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the defense, as I told you, they are calling no witnesses. However,

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they are going to read some text messages into the evidence.

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One of those was a text conversation with Cassie and

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Sean Combs from March of twenty seventeen. Quote you think

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you can freak off without getting high laugh out loud,

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Combs wrote. Cassie responded, yes, I'll just have to be

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at my level in what is good for me. And

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then in another text conversation, Comes asked Ventura what she

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was going to do, and Cassie replied, quote, be your

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little freak. And when that the defense team in the

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Shawan Combs criminal trial rested its case. More incoming then

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stood up said prosecutors do not intend to present a

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rebuttal case, and the judge told the jury, y'all are

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going to be off tomorrow. You should return Thursday morning

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to hear closing arguments. So here we go. Closing arguments

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start Thursday. I'll be here with the final updates on

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this case right through the verdict. Let's go. And I

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do want to say that the prosecution also said it

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looked like this was going to go to the jury Monday.

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At some point. They're anticipating a day to a day

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and a half of closing arguments, the defense the rest

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of that time, and Monday deliberation should start at the latest.

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