Extra: Sean Combs Trial Begins with Male Dancer on Cassie Being Beaten and Hotel Guard on Video - analysis here
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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 12 – 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 5, Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection Day 1, including an HBO staffer, here
Sitting in the courtroom, Inner City Press noted the presence of Mark Geragos. On the early morning of May 6, before 7 am, the US Attorney's Office wrote in that "the defense team appeared to consult with Mark Geragos," letter on Patreon here.
On May 7, with peremptory challenged to finalize things set for Friday, the pool of jurors not excluded for cause reached 45, including a UN official thread
On May 12, after the jury was finalize and openings given, a guard from the LA hotel testified, then male dancer Daniel Phillip, on seeing Cassie beaten and much more, thread
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