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Jurors Sean “Diddy” Combs’ The federal trial will hear a close ally of the rapper when the former basketball player of Syracuse, Brendan Paul, will take a stand on Friday.
Paul was involved in Diddy’s legal drama in April 2024, after being appointed in a trial filed by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones against the Disgrace magnate. The music producer said that Paul had worked as a “mule” for combs, providing and distributing “drugs and weapons”. The former university basketball star was then accused of possession of criminal cocaine, which was then abandoned.
Paul received immunity in exchange for his testimony in the federal sexual traffic and racketeering trial of Diddy.
Nicole Blank Becker explained that Paul could be a crucial witness to the government when he tries to attach himself to the ends and to conclude his file against Diddy.
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Sean’s alleged drug “Diddy”, Brendan Paul, is expected to testify on Friday. (Getty Images)
“In this particular case, why [Brendan Paul] Perhaps important that it is because he would be one of the people who provided the drugs, “said Becker to Fox News Digital.” Distribution of drugs, giving other people of medication to make them intoxicated and perhaps do more than they would do if they had not been intoxicated – it is a predicate crime.
“In other words, in order to prove this particular charge of racketeering, there must be a number of other crimes they can connect,” said the lawyer. “Whether the coercion of women and / or they indicated how … [Diddy] brought [escorts] In. It is a way of proving a predicate. You must prove two. So another way to prove a predicate crime is to bring the guy who is supposed to be the one who provided P. Diddy and his people [the government is] Go say, the drugs he used [on others.]””
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Combs was billed with racket plot (Rico); Sexual traffic by force, fraud or coercion; And transportation to engage in prostitution in a federal accusation not sealed on September 17.
Throughout two weeks of testimonies, the jurors heard allegations of “freak off” parties involving male escorts and the ex-girlfriend of Diddy, Cassie Ventura. The singer “Me & U” testified that drugs, in particular ecstasy, ketamine and cocaine, were in regular circulation during the “freak offs” so that she dissociates during the sessions.
Cassie admitted that ecstasy made her feel euphoric and excited, while ketamine made her dissociative. She said that cocaine has made her heart race, mushrooms have made her see things and the GHB, also known as a rape drugs, made her feel drunk.
Another ex, who testified under the pseudonym “Jane”, told prosecutors that there were times when she felt constrained in hotel nights with Diddy and that the founder of Bad Boy Records still pays for his legal costs and his rents.
Diddy’s alleged drug, Brendan Paul, appeared before the court to testify in the rapper’s trial. (John Lamparski)
Brendan Paul was represented in evidence submitted for the federal accusation of Sean “Diddy”. (United States Federal Court Southern District New York)
Jane recalled that cases of alleged abuse by leaving with Diddy over three years and until the week before her arrest in New York for federal accusations. Jane said to court Diddy asked him questions about coercion after forcing her to take drugs before having sex with a male escort. She testified on the alleged violent behavior of Diddy and declared that he had put her in a strangulation after having struck and struck her.
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Diddy’s criminal defense lawyer, Teny Geragos, asked Jane about his relationship with the rapper and his participation in the allegedly forced “Nights Hotel”.
Diddy paid Jane’s rent through their “love contract”, according to his testimony. The ex-girlfriend told the accusation that she felt forced to perform during the “hotel evenings” for the rapper because he had threatened to stop paying for his house. For “Hotel Nights”, Jane said that she had to dress in lingerie and have sex with other men before the rapper.
The audio published in the sexual traffic and racketeering trial of Diddy featured the rapper calling Jane a “crack pipe”. Jane said that she had been forced to continue having sex with several male escorts after fell ill.
Cassie Ventura suffered tears while testifying against Diddy. (Jane Rosenberg)
The audio published in sexual traffic and Diddy’s racket presented that the rapper calling his Jane a “crack pipe”. (Jane Rosenberg)
Becker, who works as the defense lawyer of R. Kelly, explained why the government could offer immunity to witnesses to the government wants to testify. In the case of Diddy’s sexual trafficking, Paul was the fifth witness granted to immunity.
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“It is very common, especially in federal cases, that immunity is given to witnesses if they have the information or ideas they need for their case,” said Becker. “Often, people who receive immunity, although they can have crimes they face or confronted, they are generally much less in the hierarchy of crimes.
“These are generally lower crimes in which the government says:” You know what, this information that this particular person has is so important that we are ready to give up everything you have in the section or criminal division here so that we can show you in this more important case. “”
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“Their objective, that is to say the government, is to obtain as much information from anyone who knows anything.”
Almost six weeks after the start of the trial, the prosecutors said they would rest their case by Friday. The rapper’s legal team recently declared to judge Arun Subramanian that she would need two to five days to submit her case, a striking contrast with his initial two -week request with witnesses on the stand.
Becker noted that there were a lot of questions if the government “really proved something specific” with the charges that Diddy was confronted.
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“Yes, there was domestic violence. Yes, there were … physical relationships and violence, but that reaches the level of what he really accused the federal court? “Said Becker.” I think that at the beginning, there were question points everywhere. However, I think time is going, what is the government doing?
“They simply throw a witness after the witness. Although these individual witnesses have their own story, they form together what they are trying to train, which is this step under P. Diddy, which is here. And these people, each person has a role in what they call the company.”
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Becker said it was the link that the government was trying to prove to the 12 jurors.
Diddy was arrested and accused of several charges in September. (Shareif Ziyadat)
“In the void, if we came from the first witness or if we had just Jane, who has just testified, people, I think, would be a little confused, like” wait a minute. “Perhaps calling him a bad boyfriend, a bad person, a bad husband, for sure, on the basis of what we see, for example, in the video,” said Becker. “But that reaches the level at which the government must reach for an ultimate verdict of guilt?
“I think that, as I said, at first it was a bit trembling. However, over time, they are able to put their different witnesses and really shape what they are trying to shape, which is essentially, you know, this charge of Rico in the United States.
