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May 16, 2025
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In Sean Combs Trial Cassie Ventura on Hotel Settlement Then HSI Lube Photos and Dawn

by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 16 – 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.

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

On May 14, Cassie Ventura finished her direct on its second day, thread

On May 15 Combs' Anna Maria Estevao cross examined Ventura, ending by positing that the hallway assault was triggered by bad MDMA, thread

On May 16 after Cassie Ventura's cross ended with her acknowledging a $10 million settlement coming from the Inter Continental Hotel, an HSI agent introduced photos of lube bottles and drugs. Then Dawn Richard stook the stand...

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