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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