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”The Punisher” Sheray Hayes & Special Agent Take the Stand in Explosive Diddy Trial · The Demia Avery Show

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  Hey, hey. This is Demia Avery of the
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  Demia Avery show. So, this is the second
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  half of what went on at the uh Diddy
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  trial today. Uh we got a couple of
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  things here. We have a male escort,
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  Shereé Hayes, and we have a special
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  agent. So, I'm going to read it kind of
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  fast, guys. So, make sure you hit that
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  and share. All right, here we go. So,
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  Shereé Hayes, a male escort who said he
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  was hired by Diddy and Cassie Ventur is
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  back on the stand and he's testifying
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  about his interactions with Ventura and
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  Combmes. He says sometimes he'd meet
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  with them on consecutive daves, but
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  those instances would be months apart.
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  Uh, Hayes said he always met with them
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  at the hotel in New York City. Sometimes
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  he meet them at 2:30 Eastern and
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  wouldn't leave until 11:00 a.m. Eastern.
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  Hayes says he usually receive a message
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  from Ventura planning a few hours in
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  advance. After the first few occasions
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  with Diddy and Cassie, Shereé Hayes said
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  he understood that he was hired to
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  create a smexy scene, which could then
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  escalate to a more smeckual scene. So he
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  said each time would start with Ventur
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  and himself applying baby oil. Diddy was
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  always present he said and it he would
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  sit at a distance giving directions to
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  Ventures about the angles, the lighting
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  and sometimes the smeual activity. Uh
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  the encounters last about 4 hours
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  according to Hayes. He mentioned being
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  directed during the encounters and
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  afterwards Combmes would leave uh
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  followed by Ventur. I think when they
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  keep saying how everything was directed
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  and everything by Diddy for a reason,
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  you guys. Anyways, um Hayes testified
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  that on one occasion when he was having
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  sex with Ventura, Combmes threw cash
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  down on the bed. It was startling, he
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  said, and prompted Ventura to Combmes if
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  he was okay. Uh Combmes responded he was
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  fine and later was paid with cash that
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  day. A prosecutor asked the uh asked Ray
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  Hayes Hayes if he knew whether Cassie
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  Ventur was enjoying herself during the
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  hotel encounters in which Diddy watched
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  him in Ventur. Uh Hayes says, "My
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  understanding was we were creating a
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  scene, a smexy scene that was enjoyable
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  to her partner. I did observe sometimes
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  a sigh, a w that seems to be frustration
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  at
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  frequency of Comb's direction. He says
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  Ventur was usually looking in Comb's
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  direction during these encounters. Hayes
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  said he never heard her refuse one of
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  Comb's directions. He said Hayes usually
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  received $1,200 or $2,000 after a
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  session, but said he don't understand
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  why the amount varied at different
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  times. So, the defense went on to start
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  questioning Shereé. So, here's the
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  defense um part of it. Shereé Hayes
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  testified that he began his career as an
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  exotic dancer in 95. He said that he is
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  now a partner of Punk Mania and an an
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  exotic dancer company. When asked by the
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  defense, uh, Hayes acknowledged that at
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  the time he thought he was the only
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  person that Cassie was having smecks
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  with in this way and felt special. When
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  Donaldson, that's the defense, suggested
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  Hayes developed feelings for Ventur.
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  Hayes said that wasn't true. Donaldson
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  point to documents from one of Hayes
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  meetings with the prosecutors where he
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  told them he began to develop feelings
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  for Ventura. Uh, Haye says that may have
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  been taken out of context because that's
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  not the case. Hay says he never
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  considered himself a personal friend to
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  Ventura. The two never spoke personally
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  outside of the brief banter before a
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  session. He added, "Under
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  cross-examination from the defense, male
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  escort Shereé Hayes was asked if Cassie
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  ever appeared uncomfortable during their
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  hotel encounters. I did not get any cues
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  that there was a discomfort what with
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  what was going on. Hayes responded. It
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  seems as if it was consented as far as I
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  was concerned. Hayes said hey said that
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  as an experienced exotic dancer he
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  always read a room to make sure that his
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  performing for who he's performing for
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  are comfortable. Shereé uh Hayes said
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  that during his encounters with Cassie
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  and Diddy, he never observed any filming
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  or any violence. He said marijuana was
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  the only drug he saw during this time
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  with Diddy and Ventura. He confirmed
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  that uh Vento never appeared to be under
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  the influence of drugs when he saw her.
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  So that was all for the
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  um for the
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  uh escort. Well, not escort, but for the
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  the paid
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  guy. All right. So, enters a special
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  agent. I didn't know anything about
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  this. So, okay. Here we go. Enters the
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  special agent uh named Gerard Ganon. Uh
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  he's a special agent with Homeland
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  Security
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  Investigations. Uh Ganon is the 10th
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  witness called by the prosecution. Ganon
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  based in Miami is currently with HSI,
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  Homeland uh security investigations,
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  NASA security group, but he previously
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  worked with its human trafficking group.
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  Remember, Homeland Security
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  Investigations searched Diddy's home in
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  LA and Miami Beach in March of
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  2024, and HSI arrested Diddy in
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  September in New York. Special Agent
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  Gerard Ganon said he was a special agent
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  in charge on the ground for the search
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  of Diddy Miami Beach home in March uh
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  March of last year. Ganon said the
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  search was assigned to his unit because
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  it was tied to a human trafficking
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  investigation. Between 80 and 90 law
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  enforcement agents participated in the
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  search because of the size of the
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  property. He said the home is about
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  20,000 square ft and it includes a main
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  residence and a guest house. Ganon said
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  the search required the special response
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  team to deal with security measures on
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  the property. Ganon said and about 25
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  special response team members gained
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  entrance and cleared the property to
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  ensure the property was safe to start
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  the search. They were prepared to
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  potentially confront armed security,
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  Ganon said. Ganon testified that some
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  agents were positioned on boats to
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  potentially intercept anyone trying to
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  leave the property via the direct water
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  access on the uh Diddy's property. The
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  search began after 300 p.m. Eastern that
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  day. Usually search warrants are
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  executed early in the morning around
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  6:00 a.m. Eastern or so, but they waited
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  for Combmes to leave. Janice said law
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  enforcement understood Diddy was
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  scheduled to leave on a trip with his
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  family. He testified. Um, it goes on to
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  say, "Agents broke through Diddy's Miami
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  Beach front gate during the search.
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  Special agent testified." The jury was
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  shown a picture of Diddy Comb's Miami
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  Beach home front gate, which was broken.
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  Agents used their vehicle to break
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  through the gate to enter the property.
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  Uh, Gerard Ganon said, uh, testified. He
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  said it was standard practice when
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  conducting a search warrant as the
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  quickest and safe safest option to be
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  able to get onto the property. Uh it
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  goes on to say the jury see parts of an
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  of an AR-15 found
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  AR-15s with an S found in Comb's master
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  bedroom. The jury saw photos of items
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  found in one of the closets in the
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  master bedroom of Diddy Comb's beach
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  home. Law enforcement agents raided the
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  home in 2024.
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  Uh, special agent Gerard Ganon testified
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  the agents found platform, high heels,
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  smex toys, baby oil, personal lubricant,
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  and lingerie in the closet. They also
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  found upper and lower receivers of
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  AR-15s, which are parts of the weapon,
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  Ganon said. Ganon said the team was not
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  able to determine the maker of one of
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  the AR-15 rifles recovered in the
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  closet. Sitting on the witness stand,
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  Ganon held up an evidence bag holding
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  the AR-15 upper receivers. Ganon put on
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  rubber gloves and held up one of the
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  upper receivers for the jury. He said
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  there are zip ties securing the gun so
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  it's not able to be fired. Agents found
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  two magazines loaded with bullets along
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  with two lower receivers in the closet.
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  um special agents uh testify. The jury
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  was shown photos of the items, including
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  close-ups of their serial numbers,
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  scratched out. Ganon said it's a lot
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  more difficult or impossible to
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  determine the owner of a firearm with
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  the serial number without a serial
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  number. Ganon held an evidence bag
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  containing the AR-15 lower receivers
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  while on the witness stand. Ganon
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  testified that the AR-15s recovered from
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  Diddy Comb's closet would have been used
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  as a fully automatic rifles at some
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  point, but the safety selector lever was
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  set to semi-automatic when HSI recovered
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  them. Typically, AR-15s mag uh
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  manufactured as semi-automatic weapons
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  don't have a full automatic indicator
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  like this, Ganon said. Uh Gerard Ganon,
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  a special agent with Homeland Security
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  Investigations, showed the jury another
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  photo of of items found in one of the
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  closets in the master bedroom in Beach
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  Home. This time showing lingerie and
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  several boxes of platform heels. Gana
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  held up an evidence bag holding platform
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  heels uh shown recovered from the
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  closet.
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  law enforcement agents raided the home
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  in March 2014. All right, guys. So,
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  that's all that I got. I guess they're
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  going to they
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  uh quit for today and I guess they're
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  going to reconvene tomorrow. So, that's
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  all I got. This is going to get really
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  interesting, guys. All right. Talk to
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  you later. Bye bye.