In
Sean Combs Jury
Selection HBO
Staffer Stays In
Pool Despite The
Fall of Diddy
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 5 – 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.
On May
5, Inner City
Press live
tweeted jury
selection Day
1, including
an HBO
staffer, here
More
detail and
analysis on X
for
Subscribers here
and Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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