A jury has been in Manhattan for seven weeks when the prosecutors put a criminal sex trade and a case against cycling against the case Sean “Diddy” Combs. They heard that his ex-girlfriend and other witnesses delivered bomb reports on violence and sexual marathons with drug footing. The jury is scheduled to begin consultations on Monday (June 30th).
Relationships: Diddy Process Week 7: The public prosecutor's office completes the defense of the final arguments of the defense, while the jury is preparing for intentional (summary)
Ultimately, you have to decide whether Combs led a criminal company, as the government says, or a swinger lifestyle, according to his defense. His lawyer insisted that the lifestyle of drug use for leisure drugs and regrettably domestic violence included. The answer will determine the future of one of the greatest music mogul and cultural personalities from the past four decades.
If you were convicted, Combs, 55, 15 years would live in prison. Here is what you should know about Diddy's case before the jury's advice.
What charges does the jury weigh against Diddy?
The three-time Grammy award winner has not guilty. These include: a count of the conspiracy; two cases of sex trade by violence, fraud or coercion; and two charges of transport for prostitution.
According to prosecutors, women have forced women to misuse sexual parties where male sex workers were hired. They claimed that he had ensured their compliance with drugs such as cocaine and threats for their career. According to the government, he also made the victims through extortion and violence, which included kidnapping, arson and blows.
“He is the leader of a criminal company. He does not take no for an answer,” said Christy Slavik, assistant US lawyer, in her final arguments on Thursday.
Meanwhile combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifiloportrayed the founder of Bad Boys Records as the victim of overzealous prosecutors. The defense lawyer said that the government had exaggerated elements of the lifestyle and the drug use of Diddy to raise charges that called a “fake process”.
What is blackmail?
The most serious indictment that the conspiracy in the blackmail is claimed that Combs has led a criminal company for two decades. He allegedly based on bodyguards, household employees, personal assistants and others in his orbit to facilitate and cover up crimes. The Federal Prosecutor received the indictment according to the law on the Racketeer -influencing and corrupt organizations or Rico. The Congress passed the Federal Law in 1970 with the declared purpose of destroying organized crimes, but its use was further widespread.
In order to prove the indictment, the prosecutors must prove that a company exists and involved in a pattern of the disease. In this case, this alleged activity includes kidnapping, arson, bribery and sex trade.
To consider important evidence for Diddy's jury
At the beginning of the trial, the prosecutors showed jurors' security video of Sean Combs 2016, which beat and kicked his former long -time girlfriend. Cassiein a hotel in Los Angeles. The R&B singer said the attack was taking place when she tried to leave one of the sexual encounters. Witnesses say combs described the actions as “freak-offs” or “hotel evenings”. The jury saw numerous explicit clips of such encounters, some of whom were involved with a later friend. She later said under the pseudonym “Jane.”
Both exen got up. Cassie said over four days that from 2007 to 2018 she took part in hundreds of freak-offs with paid sex workers. She sued combs in 2023 and claimed years of abuse. He decided with 20 million US dollars within hours, and dozens of similar complaints followed. Many are still pending.
In the meantime, Jane said over six days that she was romantic with combs from 2021 until his arrest in September in a New York Hotel. She also felt forced to have sex with the hired strangers in several days of sex marathons while Combs was watching.
In addition, the certificate also contained hours of the SMS exchange. Some of these texts that an agent for investigations in the home protection contained contained combs or other people in its orbit. A total of 34 people took the status, all called by law enforcement. Sean Combs has not said.
How do the jury's consultations work?
Judge Arun Subramanian will give the jurors instructions on Monday (June 28) before sending them up to be deliberately to the Federal Court of Manhattan. The jury of eight men and four women must unanimously decide whether every count is guilty or not guilty. This means that all 12 jurors have to agree. If jurors do not reach an agreement, they could come back and say that they are coordinated.
Traditionally, the judge would then encourage her to continue to advise, but if he cannot reach a consensus, the judge would decide whether to explain a mistical.
It remains unclear how the jury tends, but it is worth noting that Diddy previously was lucky in the courtroom. In 2001 he was acquitted in connection with a night club shooting, for which his artist Shyne received a 10-year prison sentence.
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Associated Press employees contributed to this report on AP Newsroom.
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