Diddy Trial: Judge slows down the jury selection for ‘cold feet’ – National

The final phase of jury selection for the sex trade test of Sean “Diddy” Combs was postponed until the beginning of next week prior to the opening arguments about concern that some jury members may get “cold feet” for the high -profile case begins.

Prosecutors claim that Diddy, 55, used his fame and power at the top of the hip -hop world to sexually abuse women from 2004 to 2024. He did not argue After his arrest in September and he was held at a federal lockup in Brooklyn without a bail.

Judge Arun Subramanian has granted the request of the defense lawyers to postpone the final step in jury selection until Monday 12 May, when both parties will limit the Pool of 45 potential jury members to 12 and six alternately.

Subramanian expressed his concern that if jury members were selected before the weekend, they could become anxious and drop the panel before the trial starts on Monday.

The decision came after a potential jury member had sent an e-mail to ask the court to leave the panel for ‘issues of personal well-being’, the defense revealed.

The defense said that striking potential jury members could only take 10 to 15 minutes, so why wouldn’t you do it on Monday when they will be present. The jury members did not have to be in the courage of Manhattan on Friday, but Diddy was there.

Public Prosecutors objected and said that the entire process could be impeded if different jury members panic after they have been chosen and decide that they do not want to participate in a controversial test that is expected to take two months.

Earlier this week, potential jury members were asked to help the judge and lawyers determine whether they can be honest and impartial. They were also questioned to ensure that they could decide the case about the facts – even after seeing explicit videos of sexual activity that some may find disturbing.

On May 12, public prosecutors may meet six potential jury members of the jury, while defense lawyers may allow 10 strikes before the jury is completed. The process is expected to take up to an hour.

Diddy’s main lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told Subramanian Friday that Diddy committed “domestic violence” in his relationship with one of the accusators who are expected to testify during the trial, According to NBC News.

Agnifilo said that the defense team is planning “to take the position that there was mutual violence” in Diddy’s relationship with a prosecutor who was identified in the indictment as “victim-1”.

Diddy’s lawyer said that his team intends to claim that “there had been hit on both sides on both sides”, according to the outlet.

“It is relevant in terms of the mandatory aspects, we give in domestic violence,” Agnifilo told the judge.

Public Prosecutors also revealed on Friday that they have not succeeded in contacting the prosecutor who has been identified as a victim-3 in their indictment or her lawyer.

Assistant US Attorney Maurene Comey said that her team will soon have a “final answer” whether they will call victim-3 in the stands.

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Diddy is confronted with an indictment that contains descriptions of “freak offs” that are defined in court as “extensive and produced sexual versions that have arranged combing, directed, masturbated during and often recorded electronically.”

Countless witnesses have emerged to accuse Diddy of terrorizing people in silence by choking, hitting, kicking and dragging them, according to prosecutors. One charge claims that Diddy dangled someone from a balcony.

Although dozens of men and women in lawsuits have claimed that Diddy have abused them, this process will emphasize the claims of four women.

One of them is Diddy’s former girlfriend, R&B Singer Cassie VenturaWho the rapper was caught beating and dragging the camera In a hotel event in Los Angeles in 2016.

After CNN was broadcast the video last year, Diddy apologized and said“I take full responsibility for my promotions in that video. I was disgusting when I did it. I am disgusted now.”

At the end of 2023, Ventura filed a lawsuit and said that Diddy had subjected her to years of abuse, including success and rape after they met in 2005.

Her lawsuit, which offered the first public report of the “freak offs” described in the indictment, was arranged one day. Four months later, federal researchers fell into Diddy’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami and confronted him at a private airport in Florida, with 96 electronic devices handling. They also found three guns of AR-15 style with illegal serial numbers.

Diddy was charged last September. He was held in a federal prison in Brooklyn after judges ruled that he would be a threat to intimidate witnesses and victims if he was released.

The 17 pages charged against Diddy Accuses him to use employees to facilitate his crimes through actions, including kidnapping, arson and bribery.

Diddy is accused of racketeering -entertainment, two accusations of sex trade and two transport costs to enter into prostitution. If he has been convicted on all points, he has the potential to stay behind bars for life.

Diddy has continued to deny all the charges that the government then brought against him His arrest in September 2024.

– With files of the corresponding press

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