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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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So just a quick catch up on what occurred with
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yesterday's testimony Wednesday, June third, bring Anna bun Gollan, a
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friend of Diddy's former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, testified that there
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was a terrifying moment involving Sean Combe's in September of
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twenty sixteen when she was sleeping on the couch at
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Ventura's seventeenth floor apartment when Diddy banged on the door.
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She went out to the balcony to smoke marijuana and Ditty,
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who had gotten inside, quote, came behind me, lifted me up,
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had me on top of a rail, and held her
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there for ten to fifteen seconds. She went on to
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say that for a second, I thought I was going
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to fall, and she said Diddy was yelling at her
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and she didn't know why. She also testified that while
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upset did he once threw a knife in Ventura's direction
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and she threw it back. Now both of those throws missed.
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In another altercation, she said that Diddy allegedly told her
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something along the lines of quote, I am the devil
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and I can kill you. She said that Ditty had
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taken cocaine at the time he made those comments. She
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was cross examined yesterday and Wes Morland tried to discredit
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her memory of the alleged dangling incident, and Bengalin answered
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I don't remember multiple times when challenged. Now, also yesterday
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the government called Frank Piazza, who was a forensic video expert,
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to the stand and he testified about the authenticity of
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the hotel security video which showed Ditty attacking Ventaur in
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March of twenty sixteen. And he also testified as to
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some cell phone videos that were related to the hotel video,
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and of course that has been central to the prosecution's case.
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He testified none of that was altered. So we're picking
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up today. This is June fourth, Thursday's testimony and it's
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going to be the continued crawl of Brianna. And before
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the jury came in, the judge questioned the prosecution as
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to why bone Golland's alleged balcony incident is relevant to
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any of the charges that are listed in Shawan Combes
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in the indictment, and Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavic she
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said the incident with bone Gollin and Cassie in her
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apartment shows the jury how Combs violence extended beyond Ventura
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to other people close to her, which helps prove Combe's
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alleged coercion of Ventura. And that's exactly what I told
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you at the end of testimony yesterday. The judge seemed
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to agree with that, and the jury entered the courtroom
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and defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland, she's continuing to handle that
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cross of Brianna, and she shows some texts to the
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jury with photos of drugs that bone Gollans sent to
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Cassie Ventura in the month after she and Combs threatened
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her at a photo shoot. This was in April of
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twenty sixteen. She testified the images she sent to Cassie
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appeared to be of drugs, but she said she isn't
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sure of what type. She also confirmed that her and
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Ventura continued their friendship as usual at that time. Wes
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Moreland asked bone Gollan if Cassie witnessed the moment Seawan
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Combes allegedly dangled her over the balcony. Now, she said
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she heard Ventura's voice during the incident, but she said
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she couldn't speak for her. Wes Moreland then suggested at
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that point that bone Golland had told investigators several times
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that Ventura actually saw the incident, to which bon Gooland testified,
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I spoke to them, but again I don't recall. She
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testified that she continued to see Shawn Combes occasionally after
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that balcony incident in late September of twenty sixteen, and
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Wes Moreland asked her if she was afraid to be
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around Combes, and she said, quote, I kept my distance.
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She confirmed that she went to one of Combe's concerts
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on October fourth of twenty sixteen, quote I don't think
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I was around him most of the time. However, she
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also confirmed she went to a club that Combs was
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renting out following that particular day in twenty sixteen, and
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Wes Morland asked her if she wore a neck brace
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to that private party, and she responded, I probably should have,
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but I didn't. The defense then started questioning why she
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maintained contact with Ventura and Combs after that attack, and
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she responded, quote, we were trying to be cool. According
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to text messages from October ninth to twenty sixteen between
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Ventura and Bongoland, she agreed to sleep over at Ventura's
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apartment about two weeks after that balcony incident took place.
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Wes Morland asked her, quote, isn't it true that you
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continued to hang out with mister Combs and you continue
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to spend the night at this ventura's house because mister
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Combs did not cause you those injuries? And she replied,
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part of that statement is true, and part of that
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statement I can't agree with. And then a text message
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was admitted into evidence. Where did he send bone Gollan
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a message saying that friends should quote try to stop
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each other from making mistakes before they get high together.
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Wes Moreland asked bone Golland if she believed Combs wanted
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her to stop using so many drugs with Cassie, and
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she responded, I can't speak for him. Wes Morland suggested
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the Balki incident could not have happened, when Brianna said
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it did because Combs was traveling to the East Coast
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to perform in the Bad Boy Family Reunion to her
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and Cassie was with him. She went on to say
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Combs performed in Newark, New Jersey, on September twenty fifth
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of twenty sixteen, and Comb's in Ventura went to an
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event in New York City. The following day, September twenty
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six Now, in her testimony, Boone Gollan linked the balcony
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altercation to a photo of a bruise on her leg
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that she said was taken hours after the incident, but
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according to metadata from Brianna's phone, the photo was taken
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on the morning of September twenty six wes Moreland also
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showed the jury records for Frank Black from the Trump
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Hotel in New York City, which included dining receipts for
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September twenty fifth and twenty six of twenty sixteen, and
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records from the Trump Hotel stay showed check in date
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was September twenty fourth of twenty sixteen and checkout date
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was September twenty ninth of twenty sixteen. And wes Moreland
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then said, quote, you agree that one person can't be
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in two places at the same time, right, and bone
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Gollan responded in theory, yeah, and I can't answer that
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one and y'all that right, there is a huge problem,
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huge and really makes this witness look not credible. I'm
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just saying. Wes Moreland asked bon Golland to confirm that quote.
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Mister Combs did not cause you the injuries that you
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showed us that we saw on your phone with the
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metadata from September twenty sixth of twenty sixteen. Brianna responded,
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I can't agree with you. So in her final question,
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wes Moreland starts pressing further and she said, quote, you
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came in here and you lied to the ladies and
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gentlemen of the jury. And Brianna responded, I can't agree
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with you. And with that, wes Moreland's cross examination is over,
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and I got to be honest, score that one for
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the defense. As much as I hate to say it,
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something about her story just doesn't seem right to me.
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Jim, did you see what happened in Texas today?
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Wait before you tell me that, Let me I tell
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you 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. So she leaves the stand,
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and then a really shocking event when the jury gets
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dismissed for lunch at the request of the judge, they
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leave the room and he sternly warns the defense that
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Diddy could be excluded from the courtroom if he continues
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to attempt to interact with the jury. The judge said
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he saw comes on two separate occasions during Brianna's testimony,
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looking at the jury and nodding vigorously quote it's absolutely unacceptable.
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He then asked the defense, is it gonna happen again?
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They said no, and the judge went on to say
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it cannot happen again, and if it does, he said,
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he'll let the government make an application to give the
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jury instruction on the issue and will consider more severe measures,
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including barring Combs from the courtroom. Pretty stern shit right there.
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You can't nod at the jury if you're on the
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defense and you're the defendant. So lunch occurs, and after
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lunch the jury returns, and before the next witness is called,
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the US Assistant Attorney Christy Slavic. She reviews a screenshot
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and a text message between Christina Korum and Cassie. Now,
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according to the metadata, the photo was taken on one
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September thirtieth of twenty sixteen, and Ventura texted Korum, quote,
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I just found out some crazy shit. Vent Tura then said, quote,
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he came into my house while my friends were here
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and we were all sleeping, and they woke me up
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because he was ringing the bell crazy at three am.
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And when he came in, I went to my room
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and he went at Bona, choked her and then dangled
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her feet off the balcony. This is crazy, unquote, and
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Ventura then said, quote, I have to stay away. So
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obviously that was shown because of the damage of that
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prior witness and the question that the defense had for her,
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which was Decassie actually see it, well, she says in
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this text she did. Now that's just a text, but
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there you have it. And with that, the prosecution called
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Enrique Santos, now he's an analyst who performs forensic examinations
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of electronic devices, to the stand and they really asked
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him very little of anything of substance. He just testified
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that he pulled data from three cell phones that were
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obtained from Cassie. That was all they had and the
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cross was pretty uneventful for this witness as well. It
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was also very short. He testified. He extracted data from
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the three iPhones belonging to Cassie. He said investigators recovered
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several deleted records from those devices, and Santas also said
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that when the deleted records were recovered, certain messages lost
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contact names or they had strange characters inserted into names.
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He also confirmed that there were a lot of deleted
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messages on the three devices. He also confirmed that if
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a text message thread is captured in a screenshot, the
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capture date of the screenshot does not mean that's when
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the conversation actually took place. And with that, he was
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released from the stand and they and here goes y'all
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get ready for this. Look if you've I hope, but
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he has kids listening to this. But if you're in
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a car and you got a kid in the back somewhere,
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it's time to make sure they don't hear this. It's
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about to get really graphic with the sex stuff. When
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a witness testifying under the pseudonym Jane is called to
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the stand now. Jane testified she was in a relationship
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with Ditty from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty four,
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and she was asked about pet names they call each other.
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This is primarily to relax a witness and kind of
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show the relationship vibe between two people. She said she
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called Combs sean Baby, Ernie Snuckems. She said they called
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each other Burton Ernie like the characters from Sesame Street.
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She said she first met Ditty on a girl's trip
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to Miami, Florida. This was in late twenty twenty. She
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said at the time, he was romantically involved with a
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friend who was also on that trip. At a dinner
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hosted at his Miami home, she was then asked and
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confirmed that Combs did pay for that trip. She recalled
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the trip lasting about five days and seeing Comes on
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about three of them. She said the first night she
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met Combs, he was really hospitable and funny. Quote. He
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was really charming, really nice, and I was already drawn
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to him pretty instantly. She said. The group started at
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comes Miami home and then went to a party on
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a yacht. She said, quote, there was a little bit
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of flirting going on in those early encounters. Later that night,
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Jane said, a whole group of them they went back
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to combs home and they used the pool. She said
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she went with Combs to his studio to get quote,
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pink powder. After one of the other girls asked for drugs.
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She recalled a man in the studio building giving Combs
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the pink powder. Jane asked them if the drug was safe,
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and she recalled they looked at her like, yeah, it's
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the best. Jane's group left Combe's house abruptly after that
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because her friend, who was seeing Combs at the time,
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she suspected there was something going on with Jane and
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Combs and apparently got pissed at her. Jane testified the
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next day Seawan Combs hosted a pool party for them,
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and on their last day in Miami, they all watched
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a movie together. She said Combs was texting her during