Only to find a verdict in the case of Sean combs, known as Puff Daddy or Diddy. At least, part of him. The twelve jury members have reached a conclusion on Sean combs in four of the. At the moment, they explain, they declare themselves unable to reach a conclusion about the position of illegal association or organized crime.
“We have jury members with immovable opinions on both sides,” they communicated the eight men and four women in a note. Now, there is no need to know what Judge Arun Subramanian decides. In principle, he has asked them to deliberate again, but has also explained that he does not believe they will reach a conclusion much further. Subramanian has consulted with both parties. For combs lawyers – after knowing that there were verdict they have gathered to chat, agitated, around their client – the jury has been “productive and efficient”, and it would not be necessary to continue. It makes sense, because they will try to avoid the position of organized crime, the hardest of all. In the room, combs, 55, has been nervous, drumming his fingers on his legs.
The rapper and magnate of music, and. It has ended almost two months later, on Friday, June 27; After giving them the weekend to reflect, on Monday the judge urged the jury to start deliberating. This Tuesday, before five in the afternoon (New York time) they have reached a conclusion, even partial. We will have to wait until Wednesday morning to know what this conclusion is on those four crimes, because the jury has finished his work of the day, as they have informed the judge in a note.
Sean combs is being tried for five very serious crimes that can make the rest of their life in jail pass. They are also called organized crime. In order for combs to be convicted by the latter, the jury would have to decide that it agreed with at least one more person of that network to commit at least two crimes (among which are the kidnapping, fire, trafficking of persons, possession and distribution of substances, forced work …) in less than 10 years. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, that happened without any doubt, and that position of organized crime is demonstrable with activities between 2004 and 2024. The lawyers, as seen, try to prevent it from being verified by all means.
It is not easy for the jury, therefore, to decide if that crime was carried out. The same Monday, one of its members sent a note to the judge explaining that he did not finish understanding his instructions; Subramanian called him to continue deliberating. This Tuesday, they have asked to review, to try to get more details about it.
As much as another woman, also combs ex -partner, who has declared under anonymity and with the name of Jane, have been the main witnesses of this long judgment. The two have reported the Calvary, very similar, who suffered at the hands of the so -called Puff Daddy: Ventura since mid -2000 and until approximately 2018 and Jane in recent years, until 2024. The two tell stories of horror of forced sex in group, the so -called freak-offs With prostitutes that combs forced them to organize and practice for hours, sometimes, even days; They took drugs to try to be less aware of what happened. In those appointments, which occurred in their homes and ships, but also in hotels rooms that ended up completely shattered, he recorded them, and then threatened to filter and make public those images if they did not fold their requests, whether sexual, as a couple or practically any whim he wanted.
During the testimonies, the Prosecutor’s Office has tried to demonstrate that ComBs created a dense network, both with its partners and lovers and with the complicity of many of its employees, for which it abused women and manipulated them. However, the defense has tried to focus on the case in which these relationships were spoiled and that, although its client had a drug and violence problem with their partners, everything was part of a liberal lifestyle.
The trial has left the cases of Ventura and Jane, but there are more hundreds. From the first lawsuit, to withdraw just one day after reaching an extrajudicial agreement, the Prosecutor’s Office was investigating the magnate and winner of three Grammy Awards. But, since then, there have been many complaints, around 150, who can still sit on the bench of the accused.
