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Extra: In Sean Combs Trial Cassie Ventura Finishes Direct With Arson and Rape now Sealed Session

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May 14, 2025
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 14 – At 4:30 pm on September 16 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in an SDNY courtroom.

Detention memo on Patreon here.

[Inner City Press published book / audio book Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on Amazon here]

On May 12, after the jury was finalized and openings given, a guard from the LA hotel testified, then male dancer Daniel Phillip, thread

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Late on May 12 the lawyer for Cassie Ventura opposed any public or press views of the video exhibits, even as some propose by a pool of three. Wigdor letter on Patreon here.

On May 14, Cassie Ventura finished her direct on its second day, thread - but Judge Subramanian decided to push cross examination to May 15, before what seems to be a sealed proceeding

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