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As the opening statement of Shawn: Diddy, Combs The sex trafficking trial is scheduled to begin Monday, and defense and prosecutors appear to have encountered several obstacles.
Prosecutors have lost communication with victim 3 and are unable to find her, according to US lawyer Aide Molen Comey.
“The disappearance of a significant victim at trial is crippling for the prosecution,” lawyer John J. Perstein told Fox News Digital. “I don’t think it will affect other counts. But it will have a serious impact on those related to AWOL victims. In many cases, people will reconsider their desire to be involved in such a prominent issue. Good prosecutors will adapt and hopefully their cases will not depend on the cooperation of one person.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex traffic trial appears to have hit a obstacle before it officially began. (Jane Rosenberg | Getty Images)
No-shows “add a stress” to any trial, and witnesses may not respond for many reasons. Judy Sandersa partner of NYC-based Ask LLP.
“If this witness doesn’t show it, that’s a problem,” entertainment lawyer said. Tre Lovell I explained it to Fox News Digital. “One of the biggest questions in this prosecution is that there is little difference between the victims in light of all civil cases and the “victims.”
“There are only three or four actual victims who are testifying against 20 years of allegations of crime, so the government has other witnesses to testify (i.e. staff workers, Didi Associates, and people who are part of his aides), but the victims will be the most attractive and important people in the stand.”
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In this courtroom sketch, Sean “Diddy” Combs will be attending the opening of ju-degree Monday. (Jane Rosenberg)
Diddy was charged Assault conspiracy. Sex trafficking by force, fraud, or forced. and transport engaged in prostitution on September 17th under an unsealed federal complaint. He maintains his innocence. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars, or the maximum life sentence in prison.
Authorities claimed Diddy did it Crime companies Through his businesses such as Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global. According to prosecutors, he used “firearms, threats of violence, forced, verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse” to satisfy his sexual desires.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of sex trafficking and assault. (Jane Rosenberg)
According to the status meeting on Friday in the incident, the opening statement will begin on Monday, but the juice panel has not yet been finalized. Didi’s legal team was worried about the ju apprentices stepping in cold foot over the weekend, so Judge Arun Subramanian agreed.
“This isn’t necessarily struggling to take the ju judges by storm. It’s about being cautious and setting up a court to start smoothly from minimal confusion,” said criminal defense attorney. Jo-Anna Nieves He told Fox News Digital. “It’s a thoughtful, rather common precaution.”
Criminal defense Eric Fadis “It’s normal for the different stages of the exam to take longer than expected, but at least one of the 45 potential ju apprentices that are clearly remaining was asked to be excluded from this controversial, prominent lawsuit.”
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Diddy’s opening statement at trial is scheduled to begin Monday. (Getty Images)
Diddy’s lawyer It also revealed a defense plan that introduced the idea that there was mutual violence in the rappers’ relationship. Legal experts explained that the tactic is “dangerous and complicated.”
“Defense should not be viewed as unilateral abuse or coercion, as it essentially claims that its relationship with victim 1 is unstable on both sides,” Niebbs explained. “It may be plausible at first, but in court, mutual violence does not automatically cancel claims of coercion, focusing on who retained the power of the relationship.
“Ju-referees tend to get off even by strategies that appear to denounce the victim,” she continued. “It can backfire the responsible person, especially if there is evidence that Diddy is a major invader. This approach may raise some questions in the minds of ju-seekers, but it is a strategy that relies heavily on context and reliability.”
“Mutual Battle” defenses will not turn unsuspecting sexual encounters into consensual encounters,” Fadi added. “However, if accepted as true, it may ease Diddy’s suspicious behavior in the eyes of the ju-referee.”
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Cassie Ventura and Sean “Diddy” Combs date from 2007 to 2018. (Getty Images)
Didi’s mutual violence position is likely to be used to undercut videos of rappers engaged in physical altercations ex-girlfriend Kathy Ventura.
“Diddy’s legal team will need to distance the Cassie Ventura Hotel video and distance ‘Box It’ from the allegations in this case,” Lovell explained.
“This means explaining the battle between the two of them in a mutually violent altercation, a romantic decade-long relationship.
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Alex Fine and Cathy Ventura will be taking part in the Mobrand Premier After Party on March 31st. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Paramount+)
Didi also faces Ventura’s testimony. The pregnant musician is set to testify at trial using her real name. People Magazine It has been reported. Victims of other suspects are permitted to testify using pseudonyms.
“Kathy will gain sympathy from the ju umpire as the victim of the attack and the fact that she is a mother who has been gone for a while,” Label pointed out. “Notwithstanding, Diddy’s team can remind the ju apprentice how long ago this was and that she was very different back then. Before the ju apprentice, it is always very important for both the defendant and the credibility of the witness, but the lawyers can spread this and remind everyone in the court to take their best actions.
The current pregnancy of the “Me&U” singer has not “erased” the “proof” of the violent past, Perlstein – Top Los Angeles Litigators -To Fox News Digital, it may help her look sympathetic to the stands.
Ventura’s pregnancy “increases the chances that ju-describers will consider her a ‘sympathetic witness’, Fadis told Fox News Digital. “It also falls below the defense’s claim that Cathy, a modest woman, is somehow comparable to and responsible for the physical altercation between the two.”
Didi pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and denied all claims.
