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Diddy’s protection legal professionals kicked off closing statements within the mogul’s trial on Friday with a wholesome quantity of sarcasm.
‘They discovered it, packing containers of Astroglide. Take it off the streets! Whoo!’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo exclaimed, referring to the a whole bunch of bottles of lubricant and child oil that have been present in Diddy‘s mansion on account of a 2024 Miami dwelling raid.Ā
In a separate reference to the mogul’s ex Jane testifying towards him throughout the trial, Agnifilo claimed that Diddy ‘took care of her’ and that she had a ‘stunning’ dwelling for her little one due to him.
‘I donāt know what sheās doing at this time however I hope sheās having a pleasant day in the home heās paying for,’ the protection mentioned.
Earlier than closing arguments began, Diddy was seen smiling and praying together with his legal professionals.Ā
Prosecutors completed their closing arguments on Thursday after 5 hours. The protection’s closing arguments are anticipated to finish at this time.Ā
Diddy denies any wrongdoing within the federal costs introduced towards him.Ā Ā
Diddy and son Justin Combs accused of gang rape in bombshell new lawsuit
Diddy and his son Justin Combs, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, have been accused of brutal gang rape by a Louisana girl in a surprising new lawsuit.
The paperwork, obtained by Web page Six, allege that Justin lured the lady, whom he met on Snapchat in 2017, out to California below the promise of serving to her profession within the leisure trade.
When she arrived, she claimed she was plied with medicine and alcohol by Justin earlier than three ‘masked males’ arrived to the house to brutally gang rape her for a number of hours. She claimed one of many males was Diddy, 55.
Within the paperwork, she mentioned she was capable of establish the music mogul by his ‘mannerisms,’ and alleged that Justin known as him ‘Pops.’
Diddy’s legal professional denies any wrongdoing.
‘Regardless of what number of lawsuits are filed, it gainedāt change the truth that Mr. Combs has by no means sexually assaulted or intercourse trafficked anybody ā man or girl, grownup or minor,’ a lawyer for the rapper mentioned.
‘We stay in a world the place anybody can file a lawsuit for any cause. Fortuitously, a good and neutral judicial course of exists to search out the reality, and Mr. Combs is assured he’ll prevail in court docket.’
Justin Combs, left, together with his father Diddy and brother King
The court docket takes a break
The court docket is presently in a brief break.
Jurors have presently heard two hours and half-hour of the protection’s closing statements.
Diddy’s legal professionals prompt their closing statements could also be as much as 4 hours lengthy at this time.
Diddy’s kids seem to share a joke
In court docket on Friday, Diddy’s sons Justin, King and Quincy Combs appeared to share a joke together with his daughters Jessie, Likelihood and D’Lila.
His household giggled because the protection mentioned the alleged bribery of InterContinental safety guard Israel Florez for the footage of Diddy violently dragging Cassie within the lodge’s hallways in 2016.
‘No proof’ that Child Cudi’s automotive firebombing was Diddy’s doing
Scott Mescudi aka Child Cudi testified in court docket that Sean Combs turned enraged after he discovered about his affair with Cassie Ventura in 2011.
Mescudi obtained a name from his canine sitter in January 2012 informing him that hisĀ automobile was on hearth on his driveway, the court docket heard.
It was later found {that a} molotov cocktail had appeared for use within the arson.
Diddy’s lawyer in closing statements on Friday mentioned that there was no proof that the mogul had something to do with the automotive’s destruction.
‘Blowing up a personās automotive is cowardly. Itās a cowardās means out. Come on! Heās a fighter, heās a fighter,’ protection lawyer Marc Agnifilo claimed.
Jurors hear that Capricorn Clark was not kidnapped
Diddy’s former private assistant Capricorn Clark advised jurors at his trial that she was pressured to take lie detector checks for 5 days and threatened with being thrown within the East River if she failed.
Clark mentioned she was left ‘petrified’ after being dropped at an deserted constructing in New York and locked in whereas being questioned concerning the hip hop mogul’s lacking jewellery.
‘That is (supposedly) a kidnapping, sheās not saying she was harassed. She was kidnapped. She went dwelling – day by day! She mentioned I saved doing it as a result of I needed to go and get again to my job ‘ Diddy’s lawyer exclaimed.
He then turned to face the jury and mentioned:
‘You guys are caught in right here for hours. Anybody really feel kidnapped? Youāre about as kidnapped as she was kidnapped!’
Protection says Cassie ‘performed’ each Diddy and Child Cudi
In court docket on Friday, Diddy protection lawyer Marc Agnifilo mentioned that Cassie ‘performed’ each Diddy and Child Cudi throughout her short-lived relationship with the rapper in late 2011.
‘Sheās scared to dying of Sean Combs, afraid of what he may do?
‘She lied to him for a very long time time and again as she had a relationship with one other singer songwriter below his nostril,’ Agnifilo said.
He went on to say that Cassie was preserving it ‘gangster’ and was ‘in it for the lengthy haul’ by buying a burner telephone to maintain their relationship personal.
‘We’re right here due to cash,’ protection claims
Diddy’s ex girlfriend Cassive Ventura sued him for $30million in a civil lawsuit in November 2023 as a result of the mogul had $30million obtainable within the financial institution, the protection claimed on Friday.
‘881 occasions the phrase love seems on this trial. This trials about love. The trialās about jealousy, a lot about jealousy. Itās about infidelity. Itās about cash.’
Attorneys mentioned the mogul ‘owned’ home violence accusations.
‘We personal the home violence. I hope you guys seen when Ms Ventura testified we didnāt ask her a single query to problem her about being hit being dragged.’
Marc Agnilifo went on to say that Cassie was ‘no personās idiot.’
‘Sheās sitting someplace on the planet with $30million. If you happen to needed to choose a winner on this factor itās Cassie. Cassie flat gained.’
Diddy’s intercourse life was ‘criminalized,’ court docket hears
‘They discovered it, packing containers of Astroglide. Take it off the streets! Whoo!’ Marc Agnifilo claimed of the raid on Diddy’s Miami mansion in 2024.
‘Thank goodness, they discovered the astroglide. They received 5 valium drugs, option to go fellahs. You guys simply do you,’ he continued sarcastically.
‘They take yellow crime scene tape and wrap it round his bed room…The placeās the crime scene? The crime scene is your personal intercourse life, thatās the crime scene.’
Diddy’s lawyer takes a swipe at Jane
Prosecutors have argued that Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, who testified below the pseudonym Jane, was groomed and coerced by Diddy into freak offs.
Diddy’s lawyer claimed that was not part of the mogul’s character.
‘The person takes care of individuals. Jane got here up her and testified towards him,’ his lawyer mentioned.
‘I donāt know what sheās doing at this time however I hope sheās having a pleasant day in the home heās paying for.’
Being round Diddy was like ‘ingesting from a firehose’ lawyer claims
In protection closing statements, Marc Agnifilo claimed that those that have been round Diddy have been all grateful for his or her experiences.
‘Being with him was like going to Harvard Enterprise Collegeā¦.like ingesting from a firehose,’ he mentioned of witness testimony.
‘Did they all the time like him? No means. Letās not even go there. They did not all the time like him however they liked him,’ Agnifilo said.
Diddy’s household arrive to court docket
Diddy’s mom Janice Combs, sons King, Justin, and Quincy and daughters D’Lila, Likelihood and Jessie arrive to court docket on Friday.
The mogul’s household have proven assist all through the seven week course of the mogul’s trial.
Diddy’s lawyer says trial is ‘false and exaggerated’
In court docket on Friday, Diddy lawyer Marc Agnifilo mentioned the mogul’s seven week intercourse trafficking trial was not ‘actual’ and that it has been ‘false and exaggerated.’
‘From the mouths of the witness from the proof, the textual content messages, what do you see? What’s that trial? Itās private use medicine, thatās what it’s,’ he mentioned.
‘The trial of the proof is a life-style. You wish to name it swingers. You wish to name it threesomes thatās what it’s,’ he continued.
‘That isn’t what the prosecutors are saying to you.The prosecutors have charged one of the crucial severe difficult complete statutes on the books.That’s the false trial, that’s the exaggerated trial, that’s not the actual trial.’
Diddy lawyer Marc Agnifilo leads protection closing statements
‘This trial is a story of two trials,’ he started in court docket on Friday.
‘It’s the trial advised from the mouths of the witnesses, thereās the trial advised from the textual content messages, thereās the trial advised from the movies. Thereās the trial that is advised within the proof. Thatās one trial.
‘The second trial is a really totally different trialā¦the trial as advised from the mouths of the prosecutors.
‘The trial advised from the mouths of the prosecutors may be very totally different, nothing just like the trial advised from the proof,’ he started.
I used to be an everyday at Diddy’s freak offs… this is the main points the jury weren’t advised about what occurred as soon as the infant oil went on
He was slathered in child oil, having wild intercourse with a ravishing girl, and incomes mountains of money.
And if her well-known rapper boyfriend needed to meticulously choreograph and movie the motion to fulfill his personal appetites, that was all a part of the VIP service.
Diddy’s ‘freak off’ events have been simply one other profitable porn gig for Anton Harden, a male escort and OnlyFans star identified for being enormously well-endowed.
That was till the lady concerned advised the hip hop mogul’s intercourse trafficking trial she was coerced into collaborating of their drug-fueled romps lasting as much as six hours.
Diddy’s crafty courtroom tips to win over the jury… and a few say it is working
He is within the combat of his life in a Manhattan courtroom – and Sean DiddyĀ Combs is pulling out all of the stops to win again his freedom.
The music mogul, on trial for racketeering and sexual trafficking, stays hopeful he will likely be acquitted on the finish of the lengthy drawn out felony blockbuster.
His protection technique has impressed authorized analysts – his legal professionals have argued that whereas he could also be a monster, intercourse addict and drug addled fiend, he is not responsible of the crimes the jury has been requested to think about.
However their arguments aren’t the one means Diddy is subtly attempting to curry favor.
From his wardrobe to his courtroom props and even interactions with witnesses and jurors, the 55-year-old is leaving nothing off the desk in relation to preventing for his freedom.
Courtroom clerk claims there are points with the jury
A Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse clerk introduced this morning that there have been ‘points’ with the jury, however didn’t make clear what the problem gave the impression to be.
Diddy seemed to be bobbing his head nervously as proceedings have been delayed.
Diddy prays earlier than the protection begins closing statements
Diddy seemed to be praying in court docket at this time earlier than the jury arrived to be seated.
He was smiling as he clasped his fingers collectively in prayer movement, taking a look at his legal professionals who have been returning the identical prayer movement.
His sons Justin and King arrived to court docket to assist their father at this time.
Choose Subramanian has arrived to court docket
Choose Arun Subramanian arrived in court docket this morning. He confirmed that the protection will end closing arguments at this time and the prosecution will supply rebuttal.
He mentioned that jury deliberations are attributable to begin on Monday to offer either side time to organize the exhibit laptops that the jury will take with them to deliberate.
Diddy scores large courtroom victory as prosecutors DROP key elements of costs this week
Diddy scored an enormous courtroom victory after prosecutors determined to drop key elements of the costs towards him.
In a letter to U.S. District Choose Arun Subramanian prosecutors mentioned they’ll not pursue theories offered throughout the blockbuster trial, together with that the music mogul was concerned in tried arson and kidnapping.
The 2 alleged acts have been initially included within the authorities’s racketeering conspiracy cost towards Combs. All costs towards him nonetheless stay.
Diddy didn’t testify in his trial
Diddy lower off the choose presiding over his intercourse trafficking trial to inform him that he wouldn’t be testifying on Tuesday afternoon.
Combs, 55, stood up in entrance of Choose Arun Subramanian and confirmed his reply, and even spoke over him to make it clear he will not be taking the stand.
The choose requested Diddy: ‘Have you ever mentioned whether or not you need to or shouldn’t?’
‘Sure, totally. Sure, have mentioned it,’ the rapper replied, in his first phrases to the Manhattan court docket since his federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial began over seven weeks in the past.
Choose Subramanian started to talk earlier than Diddy lower him off and added: āThat’s solely my determination. Itās my determination with my legal professionals.’
Diddy’s workforce slapped down by choose over weird Iran protection as monster trial nears verdict
Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs’ authorized workforce was slapped down by the choose presiding over his trial due to their alleged try to make use ofĀ the escalating battle withĀ IranĀ of their upcoming closing argument.
Because the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s bombshell intercourse trafficking trial nears a verdict, his workforce of attorneys reportedly deliberate on citing the escalating tensions between the US and Iran in court docket in a bid to narrate it to his case,Ā TMZĀ reported Monday.
Sources advised the outlet the 55-year-old’s protection ‘might invoke the current battle’ of their closing argument, and particularly go after the Homeland Safety Investigators who raided his dwelling within the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los AngelesĀ in March.
Authorities prosecutor Christy Slavik’s ultimate assertion in closing arguments Thursday
To finish her closing argument on Thursday, Slavik completed the prosecution’s closing arguments with: ‘A number of proof was laborious to listen to, laborious to see.
‘The defendant ran his felony enterprise with whole management and with the loyal help of his interior circle.
‘Foot troopers, private assistantsā¦.who knew their one job was to say sure to the defendant.
‘All of this [paints a] clear image of how the defendant dedicated crime after crime for twenty years, how he didnāt take no for a solutionā¦.
‘Up till at this time the defendant was capable of get away with these crimes due to his cash, his energy and affect. That stops now, itās time to carry him accountable.’ she ended.
Prosecutor’s closing argument lasts practically 5 hours on Thursday
The prosecutor’s closing argument went on for 4 hours and 49 minutes Thursday.
Each the protection and prosecution mentioned their statements would take about 4 hours.
Protection closing arguments are attributable to start at 9am EST. Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo will lead closing statements.
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Diddy MOCKS trial prosecutors in dramatic closing arguments as rapper prays: Dwell updates