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Sean Combs Trial amid
Voir Dire Questions
New Lawyer on CJA
Panel Is Brought In
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 2 – 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 the
courtroom here.
At US Attorney
Damian Williams' press
conference Inner City Press
asked if his office would be
seeking detention - Yes, he
said. Detention memo on
Patreon here.
[Inner City Press
published book / audio book
Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on
Amazon here]
On April 14, on
less than a day's public
notice, Combs was arraigned on
the superseding indictment. Thread.
His lawyers floated the idea
of a two week adjournment.
Extra/analysis
on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
On April
18, Combs' motion
to delay the
trial was
denied and
some anonymity
was upheld, thread
On
April 25 Judge
Subramanian held another
pre-trial conference,
ruling out
expert testimony
on coercive
control, thread.
The AUSA asked
for Combs to
be allocuted on
plea
offer(s) - it
will happen [this]
week.
More on
X for
Subscribers here
and Substack
here
On
April 29
Combs' lawyers
asked for a
gag order on
victims'
lawyers. Filing
on Patreon here.
On April
30, written
disputes about questions
for jurors. Full 5 page
filing
on Patreon here
On May
1, a
discussion of
jury selection -
and confirmation
as Inner City
Press first reported
that Combs got
and rejected
a plea offer,
no details.
Thread here.
What did emerge is the
the press will
be absent
at some of the
voir
dire, and that
someone the
video to be
introduced at
trial will be
sealed.
Really?
On May
2, one new
lawyer filed a
notice of
appearance:
"NOTICE OF
ATTORNEY
APPEARANCE:
Xavier Robert
Donaldson
appearing for
Sean Combs.
Appearance
Type:
Retained." The
new Tony
Ricco?
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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