The intercourse trafficking trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs takes place this week, and on Monday (Could 5), the jury choice course of was underway. Diddy’s costs embody intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transporting to interact in prostitution.
As reported by NPR, jury choice kicked off Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial on Monday in what is predicted to be one of many extra explosive instances heard in New York in a while. The longtime music govt and enterprise mogul has been accused of a number of heinous crimes, and several other people have launched lawsuits accusing Combs of committing acts of violence, intimidation, and extra.
The jury choice course of will reportedly take one week to finish, and opening statements are scheduled to be heard by U.S. District Court docket Choose Arun Subramanian on Could 12. Initially arrested on intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment final and tacked on two further costs: intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion and the aforementioned transporting cost.
Diddy’s authorized group requested a two-month delay for the trial as they needed extra time to answer final month’s indictment. Choose Subramanian denied the request. It’s anticipated that a number of witnesses and victims who allege Combs harmed them will take the stand. And in contrast to many trials of this magnitude, the trial won’t be proven on tv.
Combs faces a most sentence of life in jail on the intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs. The transporting to interact in prostitution rely carries a most sentence of 10 years in jail.
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