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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of
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the Elite. I am your host, Jim Chapman, and this
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is the second episode in the trial of Seawn Combs.
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The trial has started.
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We are smack dab in the middle of jury selection.
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I figure this.
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Is going to take a few days to complete. Look,
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they're going to go back and forth. Not going to
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be easy to find a jury that does not already
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have an opinion on the guilt or innocence of Sean
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Diddy Combs. Now important to keep in mind, to serve
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on a jury, you don't have to not know anything
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about Shawn Combs, not know anything about this case. Your
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obligation is that you listen to all the evidence and
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you can form an opinion of guilt or innocence based
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off of that. Evidences misconception out there that if you
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know anything about a case prior to that case going
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to trial, that you can't serve on that jury. That
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nothing can be further from the truth. You just have
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to be able to make a decision of guilt or
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innocence one way or the other based on the evidence
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that is presented in the trial. So they're in the
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middle of that right now. And I'm not really sure
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exactly how often I'm going to drop these episodes. At
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least once a week. Heck, I may do these daily
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if it gets really wild in that trial and I
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can get the information quick enough. You're just gonna have
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to stay tuned, make sure you follow hit that bell
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or wherever you're listening, follow us, and you'll be alerted
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when we drop episodes. And the first thing that I'm
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going to do today, I thought it would be beneficial
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to give you a timeline, kind of a complete timeline
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of how did we get to this point. Look, I've
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got thirty plus episodes on.
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Diddy in the vault. Scroll back through those episodes.
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And you will find the Diddy saga. Maybe you're just
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joining us and you just need a sibnosis of how
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we got here. I'm going to give you that now.
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I'm going to give you a little chronological timeline of
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how we got here. And for Sean Diddy Combes, it
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all started for him in May of twenty seventeen, when
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Cindy Ruda alleged sexual assault against Diddy. I did a
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whole podcast on this in early twenty seventeen. His personal
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chef was the first one to file a lawsuit against him. Now,
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she claimed that she was a subject of sexual harassment
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and that she was not compensated for working overtime over
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the thirteen Moss that she was employed with Sean Combes.
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That lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount of money,
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and that was in February of twenty nineteen. Then almost
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two years later, on November sixteenth of twenty twenty three,
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Cassie Ventura Dry her lawsuit. That's the one that got
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my attention. I was covering this shit before anybody. She
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filed a civil lawsuit against Diddy, and she said the
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rapper and record label owner was guilty of rape, assault, coercion,
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and manipulation during their decade long relationship. And her lawsuit
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included accounts of what she said were violent abuses, and
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she included the information on the now infamous Freakoffs. The
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lawsuit also claimed that Comb's destroyed US rapper Kid Cuddy's car. Now,
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Comb's denied all those allegations. He even did videos, et cetera.
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Enough caught you up on all this, but he denied everything.
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And of course then the infamous video came out showing
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him beating the shit out of Cassie, and he had
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to kind of admit in backtrack on what he had
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said regarding his involvement in all of that. Now, what
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sparked my attention to this whole deal was the fact
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that he settled with her the day after she filed
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the lawsuit. November twenty fourth of twenty twenty.
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Three, three more women came forward.
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To say that Sean Combe's sexually assaulted them. On November
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twenty ninth of twenty twenty three, Comb stepped down as
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the chair of Revolt. Now, Revolt was a cable channel.
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Basically he was the chairman of that and it was
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very lucrative. Yet he stepped down as chairman of that
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company due to everything that preceded that relative to his indiscretions.
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December sixth of twenty twenty three, another lawsuit was filed
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by an anonymous woman who claimed did he sex trafficked her?
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In addition gang raped her when she was seventeen. February
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twenty seventh of twenty twenty four, Ridney Jones came out
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and sued, did he Combs? You'll remember that episode that
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I did. March twenty sixth of twenty twenty four Comb's properties.
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The famous raid on those properties where they had is
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kids at gun point, and it was a big deal
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all over the internet.
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That occurred.
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May eighteenth of twenty twenty four. That's when that video
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came out of Seawan Combe's assaulting Ventura Cassie Ventura in
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that hotel lobby, and it proved to everybody that everything
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he had told you regarding his innocence was bullshit, at
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least as it pertained to that case. May twenty fourth
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of twenty twenty four, two more lawsuits filed against Ditty.
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June eighth of twenty twenty four, Howard University revoked his
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honorary degree.
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That he received.
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People were starting to take notice of how big a
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deal this was. July fourth of twenty twenty four, the
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eighth lawsuit was filed against Dittyeptember tenth of twenty twenty four,
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Combs failed to show up for hearing for a new
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filing against a prisoner by the name of Derek Lee
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Cardello Smith, and that caused a judge to rule in
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favor of Smith, and it was a one hundred million
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dollar judgment.
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Because Diddy did not show up for.
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That September eleventh of twenty twenty four, Dawn Richard files
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her lawsuit one of the singers from the group Danity Kane.
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She also mentioned that she was witnessed to abuse experienced
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by Cassie Ventura. Then September sixteenth of twenty twenty four
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infamous the day Combs is arrested at a hotel in Manhattan,
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New York, by the federal government for three counts of
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sex trafficking and racketeering. September twenty fourth of twenty twenty four,
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another lawsuit emerges. Then October first of twenty twenty four,
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one hundred and twenty many people alleged sexual misconduct. That
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was when Tony Busby came out in that famous news
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conference claimed he had over one hundred and over one
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hundred and twenty people actually accusing Ditty of sexual misconduct.
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October tenth, twenty twenty four, they scheduled the trial for
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the federal government versus Sean Diddy Coombs. It was scheduled
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for May fifth, twenty twenty five. At the time that
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they scheduled this, I thought there's no way that this
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is going to occur by May fifth, twenty twenty five.
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Hey, I was wrong. It's on right.
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October fourteenth of twenty twenty four, to six lawsuits were filed,
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including a sixteen year old boy, all of those filed
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by Tony Busby October twenty seventh of twenty twenty four,
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another rash of law seats was filed, and this rash
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of lawsuits also included a thirteen year old girl. A
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few days later, two more sexual assault lawsuits are filed.
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November seventeenth of twenty twenty four, Combs attempted to contact
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witnesses while he was in jail that all came out
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and more lawsuits were filed. November twenty seventh of twenty
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twenty four, his bail was denied continually. He ain't getting out.
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November twenty ninth of twenty twenty four, a fashion designer
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said in a lawsuit that Combs threatened to kill her
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and dangled her off a seventeenth floor balcony in twenty sixteen.
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She also alleged to be a witness to the abuse
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Cassie Ventur received from Sean Combs. December ninth of twenty
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twenty four. Jay Z and Combs are accused of rape,
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so they added jac to that earlier lawsuit. With the
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thirteen year old girl. I covered all of that since
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we found out out that that lawsuit was dropped because
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of inconsistencies. But that is when that original lawsuit came out.
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December twelfth of twenty twenty four, Diddy was accused in
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three more rate cases. Then, on December twenty fourth of
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twenty twenty four, his former assistant made claims about Ditty's
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infamous sex parties, Philip Pines unless she was forced to
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have sex with a woman between December of twenty nineteen
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and December of twenty twenty one, as well as made
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to clean up after Combe's quote wild Keen Knights parties.
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I brought you that story. January eighth of twenty twenty five,
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Jay Z he fired back and he filed a motion
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to dismiss his lawsuit. Of course, we know that that
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eventually did get dropped and dismissed. January thirtieth of twenty
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twenty five, his indictment from the federal government got amended
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to include the distribution of more drugs such as methane, fetamine,
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and mushrooms, and they added him dangling that person over
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that apartment balcony to the charges.
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That means they have proof of it, folks.
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February fifth of twenty twenty five, another wave of lawsuits
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is filed against Shawn Combs, an adult entertainer. Male adult
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entertainer filed a lawsuit in that batch of lawsuits saying
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he was forced to perform a strip show and that
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he was drugged, et cetera. In a bunch of other
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lawsuits that I already covered. February fifteenth of twenty twenty
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five is when that lawsuit was actually dropped against Seawn
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Comb's and Jay Z. February twenty first of twenty twenty five,
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Diddy's lawyer quit. Remember I told you that story. Anthony
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Rico files emotion to withdraw as one of Ditty's six
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defense attorneys. It was really made out to be bigger
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of a deal than it really was. That happens a lot.
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He was not the lead lawyer for Ditty, He was
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an assistant. And all of these guys are successful lawyers
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that worked for Ditty and sometimes they just can't get along.
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So he quit the case. It was really not that
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big of a deal. March eleventh of twenty twenty five,
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And something I didn't mention prior to hearing it.
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Right now.
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But it emerged that Odell Beckham Junior was allegedly involved
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in some of this Diddy craziness. An amended lawsuit mentioned
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Odell Beckham Junior as one of the men involved in
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that gang rape that I mentioned just earlier in this episode.
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The lawsuit was first filed in October by Ashley Parham,
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claimed she was lured to an apartment in California and
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raped by multiple men. Now, Beckham did come out in
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a statement on social media and said there was absolutely
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no truth to these allegations. I don't know and have
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never met the person that filed the suit, and I'm
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confident these ridiculous claims against me will be dismissed. March fourteenth,
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twenty twenty five, a new indictment came out against Diddy.
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It accused him of working his employees long hours and
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forcing them to assist in his sex trafficking scheme. And
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also that day, his legal team submitted to have the
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Ventura tape dismissed in court. Remember I told you that
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tape is critical in this case. April fourth of twenty
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twenty five, Combs was hit with more charges, new counts
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of racketeering and sex trafficking were added to that federal indictment,
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bringing the total number of criminal counts by that point
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to five. A woman dubbed quote victim number two was
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allegedly transported by Combes across state lines with the attempt
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of being used for prostitution that's illegal. On April eighteenth,
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Diddy's bid to delay his upcoming sex trafficking trial by
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two months it was denied. And here we are right
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smack at the beginning of this new trial, and I'm
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going to catch you up on some news. That was
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just a timeline of how we got here. I'm going
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to catch you up on some news. So the first
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thing I'm going to read you came out from the
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Mirror dot com. It was on April twenty six, and
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it says Sean P.
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Diddy.
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Combs made one of his final appearances before his trial.
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The music mogul entered the courtroom wearing a khaki jumpsuit
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and immediately showing his appreciation to his legal team. He
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gave hugs to the three women and handshakes to the
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two men. Body language expert Judy James said that his
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acts of humility might have been part of the defense
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strategy she said, quote, we don't know in this case,
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but the greeting rituals with the defense attorneys are often
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well choreographed to create a desired effect, especially in high
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profile cases. The warmth of the greening can be used
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to suggest someone can be trusted and or liked. She
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further explained that quote hugs, etc. Can be used to
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suggest how a defendant should be viewed by the jury.
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The more positive the interactions and grinning rituals, the less
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guilty someone might look. While a jury wasn't present during
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the hearing, a selection is slated to begin on May fifth.
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Diddy's public appearance is still widely reported and his actions
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remain under a microscope. With no technology allowed within the courtroom,
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the public is relying on court reporters and sketches to
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give a glimp into the defendant's actions. And just quickly,
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let me say this, I'm friends with a lot of
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people in media obviously, and the ones that attend trials
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where technology is not allowed and I'm talking cell phones,
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none of that. You can't have any of that on
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in the courtroom. They literally have to sit there with
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a pen or pencil and paper and write just everything
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They can some of these people are right in one
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hundred miles an hour for eight hours trying to get
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you that information. I'll continue on. Did he is facing
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five charges across three federal indictments, including sex trafficking, conspiracy, racketeering,
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and transportation to engage in prostitution? Did He poleted not
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guilty to all the charges against him. Additionally, he denies
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all allegations of wrongdoing against him, including those alleged and
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civil lawsuits. Despite the grim accusations, did he remain optimistic
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in court? On his way out of the room, he