Diddy Trial
Decide Palms Case to Jury …
‘Actions Might Converse Louder Than Phrases’
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Jurors within the federal legal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs in NYC at the moment are deliberating after receiving directions from Decide Arun Subramanian for greater than an hour Monday morning.
After the jury of eight males and 4 girls was seated, Subramanian went by way of every of the fees because the gallery appeared on … telling jurors “Actions could communicate louder than phrases.”
The decide informed jurors they need to resolve for themselves how credible they discovered every witness … “The proof is the testimony,” he stated whereas reminding the jurors to pay attention to the acts of everybody they thought of to be contributors within the occasions offered.
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Diddy is charged with racketeering conspiracy, two counts of intercourse trafficking, and two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution. He is pled not responsible to all fees.
After seven weeks of testimony from ex-girlfriends and former workers, the protection and prosecution teams rested their cases Friday. Diddy declined to testify throughout the trial, and the protection didn’t name any witnesses, after intently cross-examining every of the prosecution’s witnesses.
The decide informed the jury that witnesses who got immunity needs to be “examined with higher care” than odd witnesses.
He famous … “Sure witnesses had been permitted to be recognized by pseudonyms” — referring to “Jane” and “Mia” — and “That ought to bear in your analysis of credibility.”
Decide Subramanian additionally identified, “The defendant had no accountability to testify, and he didn’t. You need to not connect any significance to that.”
The decide additionally addressed associated actions introduced up within the trial, together with arson, bribery, witness tampering and distribution of narcotics. And he famous charts and summaries will not be accessible within the jury room … although every juror may have a duplicate of the decide’s directions with them.
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The decide tells them, “Your verdict have to be unanimous,” and says they have to not learn any information studies concerning the trial … after which thanks them for his or her service during the last two months.