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Get ready to dive deep into one of the most
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gripping legal battles of our time. I'm your host, Jim Chapman,
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and today we're unraveling the high stakes drama surrounding one
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of the music industry's most enematic figures, Sean Diddy Combs,
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in a case that has captivated millions. The courtroom has
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become a battleground for fame, fortune, in the dark secrets
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that lurk beneath the glittering surface of celebrity life. As
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the gavel comes down, we'll explore the allegations, the testimonies,
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and the shocking twists that could change the course of
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Diddy's legacy forever. Was this case merely a clash of
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lifestyles or something much more sinister? With each episode, I
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will bring you exclusive insights, analysis, and witness testimony accounts
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that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
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So buckle up as we embark on this thrilling ride
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through the trial of the century, where the stakes are high,
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the drama is real, and the truth is anything but certain.
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This is the Trial of Sean Combs. Let's get started.
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Welcome back in a quick catch up on what occurred
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with the testimony for Friday, June thirteenth, before we get
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into Monday's testimony. Andre Lemon, a Department of Homeland Security
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investigator who led the search of Ditty's vast home in
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Los Angeles last year, said agents found nine hundred bottles
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of astroglode, two hundred bottles of baby oil, and a
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large cache of weapons, including AR fifteen style firearms, Smith
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and Wesson rifles, and even a Ruger rifle. Jonathan Perez,
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one of Ditty's former personal assistants, He recounted finding a
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video of a freak golf featuring Ditty's ex girlfriend Jane
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on the company iPad Press, said did he capped cash, cocaine, ketamine,
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adderall xanax, and molly in a Gucci pouch and referred
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to it as a must have pouch for King Knights,
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That did he spent in hotels with women? Perez, under
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cross examination from Devince lawyer Brian and Steal, said Jane
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appeared to be a willing participant in those King Knights,
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and Perez agreed with Still that those Knights took place
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on Ditty's personal time outside of work, and what the
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defense was doing here was they were attempting to complicate
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the government's allegation that did he use professional resources to
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run a criminal enterprise the whole Rico charge. If he
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did all this on his personal time, it's hard to
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accuse him of rico. So at that point, court was
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a germ for the weekend, and it was picked up
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on Monday, June sixteenth, and just prior to calling the
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next witness, the prosecutors did state that they only had
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five witnesses left before they rest their case. So it's
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moving along, folks, in what I'm going to term as
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a total shock. Just as the news broke that jurn
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Number six was dismissed, which I told you about in
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detail in yesterday's drop, the judge mentioned there may also
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be an issue with yet another juror. Now he did
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state it's totally unrelated to jur number six, So we'll
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wait and we'll see how that shakes out. But in
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the meantime, Anya Sandcar is called to the stand by prosecutors. Now,
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Anya is a paralegal specialist at the US Attorney General's
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Office for the Southern District of New York, and she
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testified that she reviewed the accuracy of government charts that
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summarize exhibits. She said she reviewed hundreds and hundreds of
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pages of documents that included text messages, call logs, audio files,
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videos and images, and y'all, she's what's known as a
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summary witness, which is a government employee that's used by
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the prosecution to submit summary charts into evidence in an
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attempt to make things more clear. If you will, now,
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these charts are meant to show the jury text messages
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and other information that have not been discussed in testimony
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but were submitted into evidence. And she then read some
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messages from a chart that was dated December twenty ninth,
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twenty nineteen. Quote. Lol, think I saw one of them
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cowboys today. You can spot them in the lobby like
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an escort. I forgot to tell you about it. This
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was a text from Lopez to Korum. Korum texted back
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for laughing face emulgis and said, by the way, how
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long is he going to stay away? Lopez responded, Lol,
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I'm guessing until tomorrow night. And keep this in mind.
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Two women who had dated Combs testified against him in
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this trial, Cassie and Jane, and they had both testified.
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She and Combs used a service called cowboys and angels
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to find escorts for freak offs, which is the obvious
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thing that these texts seem to be referring to right now.
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The jury was then shown text messages between several Diddy
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assistants and Korm about planning for a hotel night with
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Combs and Cassie Ventur in March of twenty sixteen. In
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one message, they discuss adding the name of an escort
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to the hotel room file. Korm and other assistants to
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Comb's then discuss getting four thousand dollars to the hotel
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in cash. In another exchange, Korm tells an assistant heads up,
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He's probably about to do a wild King knight tonight.
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The assistant, Dave Shirley, who did not testify this trial,
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wrote in response, quote shit, need to re up on
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that baby, oil and shit. In another message, Korm texted
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Ventured directly, quote Hi, Dave is at your door with
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the green unquote. The jury was then shown text messages
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between Diddy and Christina Korm on November fourteenth of twenty
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twenty one. Combs asked Korm if the room was ready
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and said he didn't want the hotel to know it
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was him. To avoid any what he termed unneeded charges.
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Korm responded that comes should wait to go into the
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room until after Jane and Joey got there. Now Comeb's
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former assistant Jonathan Perez. He previously testified that another one
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of Comb's assistants was named Joey, so we know that's
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who is referred to here. After Combs was in the room,
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Korn texted him hotel called Paul coming up, and keep
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in mind that Jane previously testified she and Combs would
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often have hotel nights with a man named Paul. The
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jury was then shown messages that Christina Korm sent to
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Jane and Combs between February twelfth and fourteenth of twenty
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twenty two discussing a hotel room. One of Korm's messages said,
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in part, your damaged charges on the one hotel are
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always high. Korm later sent a message to Jane telling
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her quote asked them if they can bring like fifteen
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bath tiles up. Wo wonder what happened there. Jane texted
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Korm saying that Combs always brought cash and asking if
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his security could bring around five to ten thousand dollars.
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Korm later texted Combs saying quote, Jane asked if you
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could bring five to ten k cash. It's all in
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your safe and the jury then continued to review text.
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In one message thread from December of twenty twenty one,
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between Comb's and Korm, they discuss a package that Guido
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eventually drops off and Korm deals with. Korm also confirms
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in the thread that she's working on setting up a
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hotel room that Combs requested. In another thread, Fahim Mohammed,
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Comb's head of security gets approval to pay Guido for
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thousands of dollars in drugs. One text references flour, which
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have been established at the trial to be a reference
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to marijuana. Now. That thread included Comb's Kormlme's accountant in Mohammed.
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The jury then saw messages between Christina Korm, Combs and
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one of his security guards, Famed Mohammed, and it said
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quote puff, can you text file what you need him
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to pick up before his flight to Miami unquote and
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that was from Korm. Combs responded that he had already
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told her he wanted molly fifteen pills. The jury then
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saw a message Mohammad sent to Comb's, Korm and Combe's
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account manager. This was in April of twenty twenty three,
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and it said quote just gave five k to Brendan
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for hotel and that was from Mohammed. The jury then
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saw messages between Christina Koram and Cassie Ventura from May
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of twenty seventeen. Ventura texted Korm WTF and then Korm asked,
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are you okay? Ventura responded no, but you should talk
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to him. No one deserves to be dragged by their hair,
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and I locked the door for my safety, she went
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on to say. She added she didn't have any of
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her belongings or any money, so Korm responded to that text,
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saying she would talk to Combs and help Venture get
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her stuff. The jury then listened to two recordings which
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the prosecution said were found on Christina Korm's devices. These
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recordings were phone calls between Diddy and his then girlfriend Jane,
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days after casting Ventura's lawsuit was filed in November of
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twenty twenty three. The jury first heard the recorded calls
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during Jane's direct testimony and I mentioned that to you
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just a few days ago. The messages came after Ventura's lawsuit,
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in which Ventura accused Combes of rape and physical abuse
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in the cause, which Jane testified she didn't know were recorded.
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Jane and Combs were talking about that lawsuit. The jury
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also saw photos the prosecution said were recovered from Korm's
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device that showed messages on another phone. They were basically screenshots.
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The photos were taken on December twenty eighth of t
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twent twenty three. Quote. I don't believe the lovey dovey stuff.
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You don't need to go there for me. I was
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confused and couldn't concentrate for three years and feel extremely exploited,
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heartbroken and manipulated by you. You're the only opportunist here.
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You exploited the fuck out of me. You win three
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years of being used, and you had three years of
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fun with my body. And in previous testimony, Jane testified
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she sent those messages to Combs. A few hours after
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those photos were taken, Jane texted Korm saying, in part quote,
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he just threatened me about my sex tapes that he
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has of me on two phones. He said he would
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expose me and send them to my child's father. The
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jury then saw text messages between Christina Korm and Comb's
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assistant Brendan Paul, and in those messages, Paul keeps Korm
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informed as he escorts Combs to Jane's house. In those texts,
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Korm warned Paul that he might need king stuff potentially. Then,
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while comes is with Jane, Paul tells Korm quote, He's
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just going to go with the flow. Korm said, life
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out loud, So basically he's let and Paul responded, laugh
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out loud, isn't let let. Later, Paul texted her pebe
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active now running to Walmart.
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Now, 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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in the description of this podcast. The jury is then
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shown more charts of messages, including messages involving Shawn Combe's Mia,
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who we haven't heard about in a while, and Comes
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former security guard Damian Butler, who goes by d Rock.
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On November nineteenth of twenty twenty three, d Rock text
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to Combs quote, need to hear your voice, bro, Love you.
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Comes responded, thank you for checking on me. I really
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appreciate it. Love you. That exchange came days after Combe's
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former girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed her lawsuit. Then, on Thanksgiving
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Day of that year, Shawn Comb's former security guard d
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Rock wished Comes a happy Thanksgiving. He also told Combs quote,
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I feel I need to see you and chill with
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you for a couple of days. If you need a
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real friend, I'm here. Comes responded, quote, love you, calling you.
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De Rock then texted Comes a few days later that
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he would see him the next day. The jury was
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then shown messages between d Rock and Mia that were
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first shown during MIA's testimony. De Rock texted mea on
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November thirtieth of twenty twenty three for the first time
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since twenty twenty one. He said, quote, what's up? And
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when she responded, he said A lot has been going on,
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the jury then saw a call recorded that day. Mia
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testified that she spoke with d Rock that day and
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he brought up Combs in Cassie Ventura's relationship. Records show
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that d Rock sent me his phone number to Combs,
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who tried to call her A few days after that.
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Combs text to d Rock, quote, thank you again for
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coming and being here with me. Love you brother. De
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Rock texted mea on December fifth of twenty twenty three,
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quote your boy said to call him. He doesn't want
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or need you to do anything. He just called me. Then,
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on February twenty second of twenty twenty four, d Rock
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texted me a good morning. How are you doing? Did
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you ever speak to Pete? He called me a couple
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of days ago. Of course he's talking about Puff. Then,
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records in the summary chart showed d Rock was in
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contact with Combs around this time as well, and the
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jury continued to see a series of twenty twenty three
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twenty twenty four texts between Mia and Comb's security guard,
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d Rock, picking up after the February twenty twenty four
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text I described earlier. D Rock sent more messages over
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a few days, with Mia telling him she was out
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of the country on a scuba diving trup. In one message,
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g Rock said, quote, let me know how I can
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send you something, and Mia responded that her debt was
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her problem and she would figure it out one day.
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The records then showed de Rock tried to get on
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the phone with mea several times, and then he texted Combs, quote, hey, bro,
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she hit me back. I'm trying to call her now.
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This was on February fourth of twenty twenty four. He
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also sent Combs a screenshot of the previous message Me
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had sent him. Comes responded, let me know when you
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reach heart. Later that day, Comes texted me, Hey, Mia,
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it's puff. Let me know when you get ten minutes
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to talk. Love. Over the following days, Combs tried to