June 22, 2025

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Twenty Nine | The Lululemon Bag

“The Trial Of Sean Combs” Episode Twenty Nine | The Lululemon Bag

Jim Chapman covers the testimony from several days June 15th to get you completely up to date in The Diddy Trial.
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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 Seawn Combs. Let's get started.

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Welcome back to the Trial of Sean Combs and look,

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I'm about to catch you up on everything. I'm going

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to catch you up with the testimony that occurred both Tuesday,

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June seventeenth, Wednesday June eighteenth, Thursday June nineteenth, there was

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no testimony because it was June teenth and court was

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not in session. And I'm going to catch you up

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on Friday's testimony as well. So when I'm done with

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this episode, we are going to be completely caught up.

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So on Tuesday, June seventeenth, Special Agent Deleisa Penland with

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the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York,

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she continued her testimony. She walked the jury through records

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related to a September twenty fourteen hotel stay in Los Angeles.

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The records included charges on Diddy's American Express card for

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a round trip flight from New York City to Los

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Angeles for a man referred to as Dave, who we

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now know is is an entertainer. On cross examination, defense

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attorney Teeny Gergo, she questioned Penland on the list of

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individuals associated with meetings in the government's summary charge. She said,

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there could have been other people present, but quote, if

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I didn't have the evidence their name is not on

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this chart. Gergos also asked Penland if she reviewed any

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materials indicating a meeting around New Year's Eve in twenty

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sixteen or twenty seventeen, and Penland confirmed she did not.

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Penland also confirmed that all five of the explicit videos

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the jury watched in court yesterday were recovered from a

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Frank Black user profile on one of Cassie Ventura's devices.

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The videos are sealed because they're sexually explicit. So that

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was the update for Tuesday, and a very short update

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for Wednesday's testimony. And why is that so short? Well

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called in sick. Yes, that does happen. And of course

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when this happens, they can't have court when they're missing

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a juror. So Wednesday's testimony was actually canceled. Apparently this

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juror was having vertigo symptoms, which if you've ever had vertigo,

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that is no fun. And that brings us into the

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present time, which is the testimony for Friday, because, as

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I said, Thursday, they did not have court. So here

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we are Friday, June twentieth, And before we get into it,

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the judge did state just prior to the jury entering

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the court room, that this trial could go into the

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hands of the jury this upcoming week, which is quicker

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than I anticipated. So we will see and Brendan Paul,

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a former assistant to Sean Combs. He was called to

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the stand and Prosecutor Christy Slavic is questioning Paul. Paul

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said he had worked as an assistant to Combs from

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late twenty twenty two after graduating college and stopped working

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for Combs when he was arrested on March twenty fifth

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of twenty twenty four in a Miami airport. And I

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brought you that story way back in the Diddy Saga

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series that I released. He said he was on his

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way to a family vacation with Combs when he was

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arrested for possession of cocaine. Quote, it was in my

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bag and it was for personal assistant duties. Paul said

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he was sweeping Combe's room and he grabbed the cocaine

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to put it somewhere else, but forgot to remove it

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from his own bag before leaving for that trup. He

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then testified about what he knew prior to working for Combs.

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Did he realize that this was going to be I

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guess you could say this type of job, and he

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said he didn't know that it was going to be

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somewhat tumultuous. He said he first heard about the opportunity

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to be Ditty's personal assistant from Eli Maroon, who was

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another assistant of Comb's, quote, he told me to get

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in to get out. If you have a girlfriend, you

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might as well break up with her. You're never going

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to see your family. He went on to say he

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understood that Maroon was telling him that it was going

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to be a really tough job that required all of

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his attention. So Paul went on to say he interviewed

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for the position in fall of twenty twenty two, and

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that was at Seawan Combe's Los Angeles home. He said

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before entering the home, he gave his ID to Combe's

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security and he signed a non disclosure agreement. He then

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met with Christina Korm and Frankie Santella, who was Combe's

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music manager, for about twenty minutes. Paul said he started

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working for Combs just a few days later. He said

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in his first few weeks on the job, he worked

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out of Combe's Los Angeles home and mainly received instructions

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from other assistants. Paul said he divided assistant duties with

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Combe's other personal assistance, and he said he helped handle

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Comb's travel logistics and packing, and he helped Combs with

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his fitness workouts, his meal plans, and music related needs.

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Paul also said he would pack marijuana joints in Combe's garage.

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Paul said he typically worked between eighty and one hundred

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hours a week, and he said he would usually work

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four to six days a week, but that he was

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always on call. His starting salary was seventy five thousand

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a year. And you know, before I go any further,

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blease my mind, Combs wasn't paying these people. Shit, I

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can't find an assistant for that. It's unbelievable. Seventy five

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thousand dollars a year for eighty to one hundred hours

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a week. Wrap your mind around that. He said he

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later got a raise to one hundred thousand dollars, and

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he testified he was paid by Comb's enterprises. Paul said

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he traveled frequently for work. He flew with Combs on

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his private jet three to four times, but he said

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he usually traveled separately so he could get in there early.

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He just set up his rooms. Quote, so when you

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walked in. Everything was seamless, and Combs had everything he needed.

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Paul said sometimes other employees like stylist and photographers would

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also travel early with him, and he said when he

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traveled for work, comes travel manager would book that travel.

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Paul said the longest period he worked without sleep was

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when they were in New York releasing Comb's latest album.

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Paul stayed awake for about three days, although he took

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some naps in between. He said, I was young, so

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I was able to handle it. Paul testified he took

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prescription adderall in the rare, rare use of cocaine, he said.

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He said he did that to help keep himself awake

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and alert during his employment. He said he also smoked

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marijuana during his employment. He testified that his mission was

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to make sure Diddy was always happy. He said that

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Combs told his assistance they should operate like Sealed Team six.

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Paul said Combs fired him two or three times, and

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he testified about one incident that stuck out in his memory.

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He said in late October or early November of twenty

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twenty three, he forgot combs Lululemon Fannie Pack when Combs

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wanted to go for a walk. He said that's when

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Combs told him, quote, I don't want to see your

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face and call KK until her you're fired. Of course,

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KK refers to Christina Korum. Paul recalled that Combe's former

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chief of staff, Christina told him to lay low. Soon

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after that, she sent Paul to set up Comb's London

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hotel room around Combe's birthday that year, and Comes never

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discussed the incident with him again. Paul also said it

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wasn't a thing to talk to human resources about any issues.

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He said if anyone had an issue, they either went

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to Comb's or to Korm. He testified that he saw

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Combs use drugs, including cocaine, kennemine, ecstasy in marijuana about

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once a month, but there were other other times that

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he seemed high. The jury was then shown a photo

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that Paul took early in his employment of ecstasy in

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a powder form and ketamine and molly that were dyed pink.

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He went on to say that Combes and another assistant

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would tell him to obtain drugs for Combs. He testified

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he would buy marijuana about every two months, paying forty

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two hundred dollars for sixteen ounces. He said he purchased

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the marijuana from Philip Pines, one of Combe's previous assistants,

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and Paul said he bought other drugs for Combs fewer

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than ten times. He testified he would sometimes pay about

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three hundred to five hundred dollars for one to two

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grams of drugs. Other times he would pick up packages

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without paying for them himself, and he said on some

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occasions he would text a drug dealer and they would

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come to Comb's home to deliver the drugs. The jury

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then saw messages between Paul, a drug dealer, and another

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Comb's assistance named Jonathan Perez, who we've heard from right.

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This was from February of twenty twenty four. Paul testified

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that Perez put him in touch with the dealer to

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obtain drugs for Combs. Is it for you or Puff?

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The dealer asked in those text messages. Paul responded, Puff,

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but please don't disclose that you can tell whoever it's

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for me. Paul said once he received drugs, he would

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give them directly to Combs or put them in the

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Gucci pouch where the drugs were stored, and he testified

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he would pick up prescription drugs for Combs at pharmacies

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under comes real name or the alias Frank Black, and

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that surprised me. How the hell can you pick up

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prescription drugs from a pharmacy using a fake name is

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beyond me. Buck Combs was able to pull that off.

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The jury saw messages come sent Paul on February fourteenth

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of twenty twenty four asking him to get xanax. Paul

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testified that Combs didn't have a prescription for xanax and

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he wasn't able to obtain the drug. Paul said Combs

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and Christina Korm didn't really want him involved in Wild

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King Knights for some reason, but he set up and

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cleaned up a few times while he worked for Combs

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and Korm called them wild king Knights, and Paul said

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Jane was the only one he recalled that participated in

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Wild King Knights during his tenurere with Comb. Paul testified

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his understanding of Wild King Knights to include partying, alcohol, sex,

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and drugs. He said the knights were at hotels during

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the beginning of his time with Combs, and he testified

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Comb stopped holding them at the hotels after Cassie's lawsuit.

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Paul testified that when he set up for a Wild

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King Knight, he would ensure the room had baby oil, alcohol,

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small toulet trees, and extra sheets and towels. He said

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the assistant shared a list that included all the items

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needed to set up for those nights, and he said

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he often obtained supplies third Comb's property managers. He said

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if he had for supplies with his personal credit card,

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he was reimbursed through Combe's financial personnel. Paul said he

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once provided Combs with five thousand dollars cash before Wild

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King Knight, and he said he got the cash from security.

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He went on to testify that another assistant told him

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he once left cash in an envelope at the front

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desk of a hotel. Paul said Combs would sometimes contact

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him during a what during y'all a Wild King Knight

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via audio message or FaceTime. The jury was then shown

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a photo of outfits from a sex shop that Paul

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sent to Combs. Paul testified that Comes asked him to

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run by the store while he was with Jane, but

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Comes never responded after Paul sent a picture of those outfits.

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Brendan Paul cleaned up hotel rooms after Combs Wild King

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knights about three or four times, he said. He went

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on to say the rooms were in disarray and he

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would put towels and sheets into a pile and throw

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out empty bottles of baby oil and liquor. Paul said

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he wore gloves during the cleanup for sanitary reasons. He's

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not as dumb as he sounds. Right. One time, Paul

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saw a white powder he believed was drug residue. The

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jury then saw a photo of a hotel room and

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it had sheets covering the furniture. Paul testified that he

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sent the photo to Combs Triveal manager to give her

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our heads up that there might be a few damage charges.

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The jury then saw a selfie of Diddy, Christina Korum,

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and Brendan Paul on a private jet that was taken

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March twenty fifth of twenty twenty four. This was before

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Paul was arrested for cocaine possession at the Miami Executive Airport.

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So they were about to take off on a flight

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to the Bahamas. They took this picture and the next

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thing you know, he's getting arrested and Combs and Korm

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flew off. Paul testified that he hasn't seen or spoken

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to Combs. Basically, since that photo was taken. Now, Paul

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didn't tell law enforcement that the cocaine wasn't his. That day,

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when the prosecutor asked Paul why he did not tell

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law enforcement the cocaine was ditties, he just said, quote loyalty.

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Paul testify the charges against him related to the incident

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were dropped because he had a really good lawyer. And

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he was quoted as saying that he said he's completed

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over twenty drug classes and submitted to random drug testing.

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And with that, the prosecution had no further questions and

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the defense took over with Attorney Brian Steel handling the

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questioning for the defense Still started his cross examination of

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Brandon Paul by asking him about his background and Still

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here was trying to paint a picture of Paul's work ethic,

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and he confirmed that he worked hard. He said he

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strived for perfection. He said he was willing to work

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these long hours for Sean Combs, and he said he

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learned from the exposure he got to the music industry

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from Comb's He also confirmed that handling drugs was a

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minor part of all the work he did for Combs

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and Brian Steel then asked him, quote, you were not

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some drug mule, right, and Paul responded absolutely not. Paul

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said that he believed the drugs he obtained were just

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for Combe's personal use. Still asked if Paul thought Wild

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king Knights were also personal for Combs, and Paul testified, quote,

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I considered it to be like an escape from his job,

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confirming he agreed that Combe's personal time was spent with

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Wild King Knights. Paul went on to say he often

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speaks to Jane before and after Wild King Knights during

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that time period, and he confirmed he never saw anything

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that made him think she was hesitant or not a

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willing participant in those Wild King Knights. Still then asked

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Paul about his arrest on March twenty fifth of twenty

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twenty four, and Paul confirmed the us was for a

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small amount of cocaine for Combe's personal use, and that

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Paul accidentally left it in his travel bag. He said

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neither Combs nor Christina Korm asked him to travel with

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the cocaine, and Paul recalled telling law enforcement that everything

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in the bag was his and that his heart dropped

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when the agent pulled the cocaine out. Of the bag

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because he didn't mean to travel with it. Still then

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asked Brendan Paul if he would work for a criminal.

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Brendan Paul responded, absolutely not, which, come on, y'all, he's

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full of shit on that he knew. Still asked Paul

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if he felt indebted to Combs for all the experience

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he received working for him, and Paul responded, I guess

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what do you mean by indebted? And Still asked if

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Paul had learned a lot from Combs, and Paul confirmed

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he had. Still then asked him if he had good

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experiences working for Combs, and Paul responded for the most part.

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And with that, Stele's cross examination was over and Prosskeeter

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Christy Slavic she wasn't done yet. She wanted to do

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some redirect and she asked Paul what he believed was

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taking place during Wild King Knights, and Paul responded, there

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was a lot of sex happening in party. Paul also

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confirmed that he was not present in the hotel room,

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so he did not know definitively if anything illegitimate was happening,

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and Slavic asked, quote, sitting here today, how do you

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feel about mister Combs, and Paul responded it's complicated, and

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with that he was released from the stand. So Paul

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leaves and the prosecutor. She then goes into some text

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messages that she shows to the jury. These messages were

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between Diddy and Cassie between March twelfth and fourteenth of

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twenty seventeen. So Comb sent Ventura a hotel room number

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and then he told her to call him. Hours later,

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Ventura texted him, what the fuck really? I think it'll

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always be black and white. You threw out all of

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my shit. In later messages, she said, quote you best

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my head in, and then she corrected that by writing

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you beat my head in. Comes responded you're crazy, to

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which Ventura texted back, let's stop talking. You're deb wrong

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flipping on me for what And later messages Come said,

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so we're clear this time, we're taking a break. This

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is really how you want to leave this. You sure,

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Ventura responded, No, I just don't want to be beat

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down for being defiant, and Comes wrote back, you started

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all of this, and Ventura texted him, I guess I'm

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not down with abuse. It doesn't make sense to me,

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and she later wrote you hit me in my head

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two good times. That didn't make me feel good. I

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know I'm not crazy. Comes responded to that quote, I'm

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hurt you've disrespected so much in the last twelve months,

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and Ventura responded, Wow, you think you're talking to one

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of your little fuck They can have you with all

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these shit, I'm not taking it anymore. And later in

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that conversation, Comes ask Ventur if she had ever gotten

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numbers from female escorts. Ventura texted Comes on March eighteenth

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of twenty seventeen, quote, you're at a point in your

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life where you want to party and have a good time,

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and I have to focus or I'll never become anything.

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She also wrote, I had so much fun in Miami.

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Then I realized I opened the door to that being

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my sole purpose in seeing you. I knew if I

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said no to it in New York it would have

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been a problem. And she continued on with you treat

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me like a hooker, and to be honest, you always

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want to call one, and you have one. This hooker

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has been here for more than ten years, and Comes

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responded wow, and then Ventura responded, please don't play the victim.

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If you can go to our last messages that's all

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you wanted, and that's why I am upset. I love

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our freak ass when we both won. And that was

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the messages that they showed the jury. And at that

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point the prosecutors called Joseph Sircillo to the stand, and

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Sircillo he was not involved in the case, but he

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reviewed charts of evidence compiled by the prosecutors and he

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confirmed the information on the charts that corresponded with some exhibits.

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It was kind of a big deal. But one of

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the things he explained in one of the charts that

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he showed the jury was they were looking at a

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chart that included locations, individuals' names, and transportation records associated

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with different date ranges. He said that forty four entries

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on the chart ranged from May of twenty twenty one

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to August of twenty twenty four, and the only woman's

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name on that chart was Jane. He said, before accuser

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Cassie's lawsuit was filed, most of the locations were at hotels.

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He said after that lawsuit was filed, none of the

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location were at hotels. And Socillo also said there were

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three of these events. After Combs posted an Instagram video

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on May nineteenth of twenty twenty four, he testified. He

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later reviewed documents related to a hotel stave that did

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he had in Los Angeles in January of twenty twenty three,

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and hotel records showed the room was reserved under the

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name Joseph Chavez and included a thirty seven hundred and

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fifty dollars charge for damaged furniture. A report from the

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hotel said there were bodily fluids stained on the wood

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floor across the entire room and on some furniture. Then

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the evidence chart referenced some text messages between Shawn Comb's

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and Jane, and those messages showed the two coordinating the

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arrival of three men at a hotel. Now, one of

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those men deposited fifteen hundred dollars cash at an ATM

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in Los Angeles in the days following that hotel reservation.

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The jury also saw a message come sent to Jane

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telling her to send eleven hundred dollars to cowboys for angels.

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Of course, the escort service we talked about several times,

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and he stated in that text message that the money

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was for flights in an overnight rate. The summary chart

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also reflected that Jane and Combe stated at the London

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Hotel in Los Angeles in April of twenty twenty three,

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and text between Combs and an entertainer documented in the

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chart suggested the entertainer would join them at a hotel

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after that hotel stay. Combs was charged eighteen hundred dollars

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for damage furniture in Lenin's. A security incident report filed

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about the damage said there was linen damage and smoking

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in the room, and the report and port said the

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room toils appeared to be soaked baby oil and there

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is baby oil in the carpet as well. The jury

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was then shown a note recovered from a phone of

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Combe's head of security, Fahim Mohammed. This was on April

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twenty fifth of twenty twenty four, and it stated five

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thousand dollars PD Puff Daddy Personal London. The jury saw

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evidence that Mohammad kept track of some of the spending

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reimbursements for Comb's personal cash expenses, and they also saw

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records related to the June eighteenth, twenty twenty four incident

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at Jane's home where they got in the big fight.

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If you'll remember I told you about that, A couple

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of episodes ago, Jonathan Perez, one of COM's assistants, texted

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Fahim Mohammed, which incidentally remembered that's the head of security,

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texted him and said they needed six hundred dollars because

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quote PD is about to go to Jane's house. Later,

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Perez texted Mohammed and Christina Korm and he said that

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he and Combs were on their way to Jane's house.

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The following day, Korm texted them asking someone to pick

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up asap. In that conversation, Perez asked Mohammed to bring cash,

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and Perez texted Mohammed again on June twenty is saying

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quote need thirty five hundred cash asap for his guest.

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I'm gonna take it to her. And with that, because

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Friday was scheduled to be a short day, the jury

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was dismissed and court was adjourned for the day. And

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when we are all caught up, folks with this Seawan

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Diddycomb's trial, and it doesn't look like we got much

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longer left, maybe a week to a week and a

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half quickly, I want to thank everyone who is beared

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with me. If you followed exposed scandalous files of the

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Elite for a while, I tell all kinds of stories,

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and ever since this trial started, it's been all about

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Shawn Combs. There's some personal reasons for that, and there's

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some entertainment reasons for that. And I appreciate all of

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you bearing with me that maybe you're not as into

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the Shawing Combs cases others. Get it. I'm ready to

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start talking about other shit as much as y'all are,

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