Jury reaches verdict on all however one cost in Sean (Diddy) Combs trial

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The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs's intercourse trafficking trial stated Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on 4 of 5 counts towards the hip-hop mogul. However the partial determination remained underneath wraps as they saved deliberating on the highest cost: racketeering conspiracy.

Prosecutors, Combs's defence group and Decide Arun Subramanian reasoned that after simply two days of deliberations, it was too quickly to surrender on reaching a verdict on all counts. So moderately than taking a partial verdict, Subramanian advised the jury to proceed weighing the remaining cost. Deliberations will proceed Wednesday.

The developments got here late Tuesday afternoon, when the jury despatched a be aware saying it was unable to succeed in a unanimous verdict on the racketeering conspiracy cost as a result of there have been jurors with "unpersuadable views" on each side.

After listening to concerning the be aware, Combs appeared morose as his legal professionals defined to him what was taking place. At one level, lead defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo stepped away from the huddle, returned with a bit of paper and handed it to Combs, who learn it solemnly. The hip-hop mogul's mom and a number of other of his youngsters returned to the courtroom.

<img loading="lazy" alt="A man and his grandmother hold hands outside a courthouse as they support a family member." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7574975.1751407480!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/sexual-misconduct-diddy.jpg?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523" data-cy="image-img"/> King Combs, proper, and Janice Combs, left, Combs's son and mom, go away the New York courthouse on Tuesday. (Yuki Iwamura/The Related Press) Combs stood along with his arms in his pockets as jurors got here into the courtroom for the decide's steering.

"It's your responsibility as jurors to seek the advice of with each other and to deliberate with a view to reaching an settlement," Subramanian advised them, recapping an instruction he'd learn earlier than deliberations started.

Jurors are weighing fees that Combs used his fame, wealth and violence to pressure two girlfriends into drug-fuelled intercourse marathons with male intercourse employees often known as "freak-offs" or "resort nights."

He has pleaded not responsible, and his legal professionals contend prosecutors try to criminalize Combs's swinger life-style and that, if something, his conduct amounted to home violence, not federal felonies.

Combs, 55, may face 15 years in jail to life behind bars if he's convicted of all fees.

Racketeering conspiracy — the primary rely on the jury's verdict sheet — is essentially the most sophisticated of the fees towards Combs as a result of it requires jurors to resolve not solely whether or not he ran a "racketeering enterprise" but additionally whether or not he was concerned in committing some or all of varied kinds of offences, reminiscent of kidnapping and arson.

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In the course of the proceedings in New York Metropolis, the jury heard from almost three-dozen witnesses, together with ex-girlfriends, former Combs staff, male escorts and federal brokers.

On Tuesday, the panel of eight males and 4 girls requested for the account from former longtime girlfriend Cassie — the R&B singer born Casandra Ventura — that described Combs beating, kicking and dragging her at a Los Angeles resort in 2016, an incident captured in safety digicam footage.

Additionally they requested to see Cassie's testimony about an incident wherein she stated Combs accused her of taking medicine from him and kicked her off of their yacht on the Cannes Movie Competition in France in 2013. On their approach again to the U.S., she testified, he threatened to launch specific movies of her having intercourse.

WATCH | Cassie particulars alleged sexual violence, blackmail at Combs trial: Cassie particulars sexual violence, blackmail at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

WARNING: Video incorporates disturbing particulars | Singer Cassie Ventura gave her second day of testimony because the prosecution’s key witness within the sex-trafficking trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs — detailing years of rape, blackmail and bodily abuse. As well as, the jury requested for Cassie's and stripper Daniel Phillip's testimony about her leaping into his lap at a New York Metropolis resort after, as Phillip testified, he suspected Combs had been slapping and slamming her round an adjoining room.

"Her complete total physique was shaking, like she was terrified," stated Phillip, who was on the resort for a sexual encounter with Cassie someday between 2012 and 2014.

Phillip testified that he requested Cassie why she was with Combs if he was hitting her and beating her. He stated he advised her she was in actual hazard. Cassie, he stated, "principally tried to persuade me that it was OK, it is OK. I am positive, I will be OK."

Phillip and Cassie have been among the many first witnesses who testified when the trial started final month.

Combs, as he has by the trial, conferred intently along with his legal professionals as they mentioned responding to the jury's request. Later, he leaned ahead to scrutinize one thing on the pc display that sits in entrance of him. At occasions, he additionally glanced again at his mom, Janice Combs, who was among the many music mogul's household in court docket on Tuesday.

Exterior the courthouse, a handful of Combs supporters held indicators with messages like "Free Diddy," whereas one other had a T-shirt studying, "A freako isn't a RICO" (RICO refers back to the racketeering cost towards Combs).

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The jury has began deliberations within the trial of music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs, who faces counts of racketeering and intercourse trafficking. Combs may face life in jail, if convicted. There have been additionally a number of livestreamers current — non-legacy media people who've been persistently going reside on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube from simply outdoors the courthouse to share essentially the most explosive particulars of the trial.

Prosecutors say Combs for twenty years used his fame, fortune and a roster of staff and associates to assist him coerce and pressure two completely different girlfriends to repeatedly carry out sexually with male intercourse employees for days at a time whereas he watched and generally filmed the drug-fuelled occasions. Combs is charged with 5 counts in whole.

Defence legal professionals contend prosecutors try to criminalize Combs's swinger life-style. If something, they are saying, Combs's conduct amounted to home violence, not federal felonies. Combs, 55, may face 15 years to life in jail if convicted on all fees.

Combs selected to not testify as his legal professionals constructed their arguments for acquittal largely by prolonged cross-examinations of dozens of witnesses referred to as by prosecutors, together with a few of Combs's former staff, who testified solely after being granted immunity.

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