Diddy Trial Juror Dismissed by Choose Over Residency Problem

Diddy‘s federal jury in NYC is bringing in an alternate … as a result of a juror has simply been dismissed by the decide after listening to greater than three weeks of testimony.

Choose Arun Subramanian dismissed Juror Quantity 6 Monday morning after listening to arguments from the prosecution and the protection concerning the place the juror lives.

Whereas the jury was out of the room Friday, the decide defined he went again to the voir dire portion of the trial and located this juror had stated at completely different occasions that he lives within the Bronx, at different occasions in New Jersey.

The decide added the courtroom has alternate jurors for a motive — and, there is not any level in maintaining one round with so many query marks connected.

The alternate juror changing Quantity 6 is a 57-year-old Westchester County resident.

Friday, Diddy’s lawyer Xavier Donaldson stood up and stated the courtroom was taking a giant step backward by eliminating a juror of colour … asking the decide to convey him again into the courtroom to offer him the prospect to clarify.

Through the jury choice section, Juror No. 6 revealed he was a 41-year-old Black Hispanic man and works for the Division of Corrections. One of many foremost causes the protection stated they did not need him dismissed is as a result of he is one of many few Black jurors.

He is the pinnacle accountant clerk at Edgecombe Correctional Facility — a jail in Higher Manhattan. He instructed the courtroom he processes payroll for corrections guards.

Juror No. 6 had his fair proportion of authorized points earlier than the trial … suing and later settling with the Port Authority after allegedly injuring his again on an escalator.

He additionally stated he was arrested for insurance coverage fraud associated to a health care provider’s appointment after a automobile accident.