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Sean “Diddy” Combs is lastly about to have his day in courtroom with the world watching.
“Further” spoke with ABC Information authorized contributor Brian Buckmire, who expects Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura to be a star witness and take the stand in opposition to him.
Regardless of the protection groups’ makes an attempt to maintain jurors from seeing the disturbing lodge surveillance video, which exhibits Cassie being dragged and kicked, the choose will enable prosecutors to make use of it as proof.
Buckmire believes quite a bit is driving on Ventura’s testimony, noting, “She is a key witness.”
Diddy’s staff plans to say the video, initially aired by CNN, was “edited” and “manipulated.”
Buckmire commented, “They’re hoping that the jurors that they’ll choose will interpret this info of the CNN video as being doctored, not genuine and a few of that shouldn’t be thought-about.”
Brian additionally defined why Combs might have rejected an earlier plea deal in his intercourse trafficking case, saying, “Extra probably than not, it’s not an actual deal as what many protection attorneys will name, for instance, in the event that they mentioned, ‘You realize what, take this deal and also you get to serve the following 40 years in jail,’ not likely a deal. It may not be one thing that somebody of their later years will take as a sentence as a result of they’re not getting out till they’re 80 or 90.”
Diddy has denied all fees in opposition to him, however he’s reportedly making an attempt to beef up his protection earlier than the trial.
It has been reported that Diddy is making an attempt so as to add A$AP Rocky’s famed lawyer Joe Tacopina, who doesn’t come low-cost, commanding $2,400 an hour.
We’ll should see if Joe joins the protection staff earlier than Monday when juror choice begins.