Diddy Asks Decide For Mistrial If Juror is Dismissed, Accuses Prosecution of Racial Bias

Diddy‘s accusing the prosecutors in his case of attempting to eliminate a Black juror … and, he says he needs a mistrial if the decide goes by means of with the dismissal.

The rapper’s authorized group filed a letter to Decide Arun Subramanian Sunday night … claiming that — whereas the Court docket may consider the prosecution’s questions on a juror’s inconsistent solutions throughout voir dire are honest — the federal government is simply discovering pretense to dismiss a juror due to their race.

Diddy’s group says by placing the dismissal try into the context of the overarching proceedings, it is simple to see that they are attempting “to benefit from a possibility to strike yet one more black male from the jury.”

The juror’s inconsistent solutions about their residency throughout voir dire, Diddy’s group says, does not essentially imply they are not match to serve on an a jury … and, they cite Decide Subramanian’s personal phrases from Friday when he stated “the subject material of what was being addressed is to date afield from the juror’s efficiency.”

Nevertheless, Diddy’s group provides, the decide modified his thoughts by the afternoon … signaling his intent to dismiss the juror with out additional inquiry — and, Diddy’s facet feels there is no justification for it.

By dismissing a juror of colour, Diddy argues, the folks of colour shall be much less more likely to serve on a jury sooner or later.

Diddy’s facet additionally lays out a sequence of alleged abuses by the federal government throughout their investigation into him … claiming legislation enforcement used extreme drive through the raids on his properties and investigators steadily leaked “false and prejudicial” data to the general public.

His demand is evident … Diddy says that if the Court docket insists on dismissing this one explicit juror, then he believes he deserves a mistrial.

That is the third time Diddy has asked for a mistrial on this case … and, most of the arguments right here have been made by his legal professional, Xavier Donaldson, in courtroom on Friday. In response to a number of studies, 4 of the jurors are white, eight will not be. The Daily Mail studies 5 of the jurors are Black.