Diddy Trial Week 8: The Verdict and Bail Denied

Matthew Russell Lee

Inner City Press

About this ebook

      When the jury sent out a note on the afternoon of July 1 in US v. Sean Combs, many wondered if it would be another request for testimony, as the jury had asked about Cassie Ventura in the morning. Or perhaps another complaint about not following Judge Subramanian's instructions, as Juror 25 had been complained about on June 30.

      But soon Sean Combs, whispered to by his lawyer, was sitting near catatonic at the defense table, staring into space. Judge Subramanian came out and recounted that the jury had reached verdicts on counts 2 through 5, but not on Count 1, racketeering conspiracy. On that, there were "unpersuadable opinions on both sides."

      There was discussion of giving a so-called Allen charge, to go back and try again; finally it was decided to send the jurors home with the instruction they come in on July 2 at 9 am and continue deliberating on Count 1.

      And what might that consist of? They had already asked, on their first day of deliberations, for the law about drug distribution, one of the RICO predicates. Might they ask about the other possible predicates, from arson to kidnapping to obstruction of justice to, yes, sex trafficking?

      Logically, if they had reached a guilty verdict on sex trafficking, at least as to Cassie Ventura if not the witness known as Jane, the RICO question would be whether others had conspired with Combs for that sex trafficking.

      His travel agent made travel arrangements; his security had kept her in a hotel room so that no one would see her swollen face after he beat here (that was one of two California kidnapping alleged).

      Why had the said there were "unpersuadable opinions" against the RICO charge, without even asking for evidence about those predicates?

      Having covering the case since Combs' arrest and presentment, I was asked to go on a true crime podcast on the night of July 1. What could I say? It would be irresponsible to claim to know what the four verdicts were. But one of them? Instead I focused on how Combs reacted, or seemed to react, staring into space. Diddy Do It? Well, two of five, according to the jury…

And bail would be denied, but expedited sentencing offered - the story, blow by blow, is here. Book 9 about the sentencing is not before.

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About the author

Matthew Russell Lee is a lawyer and author who covers the courthouses in lower Manhattan, and the United Nations in midtown, for Inner City Press. He has written a number of books about trials in the SDNY courthouse, including now Sean Combs, Tekashi 6ix9ine, ex-Senator Bob Menendez, Trump, SBF, Blake Lively, Do Kwon, Eric Adams and now flash fictions and songs based on the criminal cases in the court, in The Bronx, and elsewhere.