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Diddy Trial Update: Prosecution Nears End | Crime Alert 6AM 06.23.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime, A hurt I, Nancy Grace Breaking crime US now
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  Speaker 1: as the judge of works to keep the Shawncombs trial
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  Speaker 1: on a tight schedule, The prosecution cuts witnesses from their
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  Speaker 1: list after Jane not her real names I opening testimony
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  Speaker 1: last week. The defense repeatedly asking for a mistrial, only
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  Speaker 1: to be denied. So now Combs's attorneys will make their case.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole Parton joins US for more on what's happening in
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  Speaker 1: the Shawn Combs courtroom drama.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy Brendan Paul, a former assistant to Sean Diddy Combs,
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  Speaker 2: took the stand and shared that he aided Combs in
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  Speaker 2: preparing for his extravagant drug fueled parties, but he refuted
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  Speaker 2: the label of being a drug mule. Initially employed to
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  Speaker 2: support Combs with his fitness regimen, Paul admitted to occasionally
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  Speaker 2: purchasing drugs for the music mogul, but he emphasized that
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  Speaker 2: this was a minor aspect of his overall responsibilities. He
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  Speaker 2: described his role as demanding long hours and a high
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  Speaker 2: level of commitment. On Friday, agers also heard from the
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  Speaker 2: final witness for the prosecution, a special agent from Homeland
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  Speaker 2: Security Investigations and were presented with text message exchanges between
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  Speaker 2: Combs and his former partner, Cassie Ventira. Both the prosecution
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  Speaker 2: and Comb's legal team are anticipating to conclude their arguments
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  Speaker 2: by the middle of the week, with jurors potentially starting
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  Speaker 2: their deliberations as early as Wednesday. Combs is facing serious allegations,
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  Speaker 2: including sex trafficking, facilitating prostitution, and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
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  Speaker 2: Federal officials claim he has threatened, mistreated, and cohersed victims
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  Speaker 2: to satisfy his sexual needs from two thousand and four
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  Speaker 2: to twenty twenty four. Special Agent Joseph Cirillo presented evidence,
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  Speaker 2: including a chart organized by the prosecution detailing various communications,
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  Speaker 2: travel records, and hotel expenses linked to the case. Further
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  Speaker 2: testimony from Cerrillo is exped on Monday, after which the
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  Speaker 2: prosecution plans to rest its case. The defense will then
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  Speaker 2: have the opportunity to present its arguments Nancy. Deliberations by
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  Speaker 2: the jury could begin as soon as Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Nicole More on Crime and Justice News after this.
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  Speaker 2: Following a shooting incident during a Sunday service in Michigan,
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  Speaker 2: a deacon and a security guard intervened to neutralize the threat.
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  Speaker 2: On June twenty two, an active shooter was reported at
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  Speaker 2: Cross Point Community Church, located in Wayne, a suburb of Detroit.
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  Speaker 2: As confirmed by a representative from the Wayne Police Department,
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  Speaker 2: a security guard managed to fatally shoot the assailant before
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement arrived. According to the church's senior pastor, Bobby Kelly, Junior,
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  Speaker 2: the security guard had the opportunity to take aim at
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  Speaker 2: the shooter, as a thirty one year old white male,
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  Speaker 2: thanks to the deacon who ran over him with a vehicle.
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  Speaker 2: The attacker was struck by one of our members who
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  Speaker 2: witnessed the chaos unfolding as he was arriving for church.
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  Speaker 2: Pastor Kelly recounted to the Detroit News the deacon used
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  Speaker 2: his Ford f one to fifty truck to collide with
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  Speaker 2: the shooter. This as reported by the news outlet. Only
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  Speaker 2: one person, identified by Detroit News as the security guard,
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  Speaker 2: sustained injuries during the incident. The shooter discharged several rounds
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  Speaker 2: into the church, but did not enter the building, which
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  Speaker 2: was reportedly filled with about one hundred and fifty attendees,
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  Speaker 2: including more children than usual, according to the pastor. Live
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  Speaker 2: footage from the service captured the moment the congregation became
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  Speaker 2: aware of the danger. Get down, someone shouted, prompting people
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  Speaker 2: to rush to safety. Everyone to the back, please, everyone
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  Speaker 2: come to the back, directed another church leader as they
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  Speaker 2: guided the congregation toward the rear of the building. In
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  Speaker 2: the aftermath of the incident, Pastor Kelly stated that members
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  Speaker 2: of Cross Point Community Church are rallying together for support
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  Speaker 2: and the children present during the the attack are doing well.
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  Speaker 2: Looking ahead, he mentioned, we will convey our leadership to
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  Speaker 2: develop a structured plan for moving forward. The pastor also
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  Speaker 2: noted that the shooter did not seem to have any
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  Speaker 2: affiliation with the church. The investigation into the shooting is
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  Speaker 2: still in progress, with multiple agencies involved, according to a
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  Speaker 2: spokesperson from the WPD, who indicated that additional information would
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  Speaker 2: be released later this week. Jennifer Kessey seemed to have
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  Speaker 2: the perfect life, surrounded by family, friends, a fulfilling career,
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  Speaker 2: and a caring boyfriend until her mysterious disappearance in two
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  Speaker 2: thousand and six at just twenty four years old. Kessey
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  Speaker 2: had recently graduated from the University of Central Florida and
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  Speaker 2: secured a promising job at a timeshare company. She had
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  Speaker 2: even bought her first home, a condo in Orlando, Florida,
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  Speaker 2: which would ultimately be remembered as her last known whereabouts.
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  Speaker 2: On the morning of January twenty four, two thousand and six,
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  Speaker 2: just a few days after returning from a trip to
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  Speaker 2: Saint Croix with her boyfriend, Rob Allen, Kessey failed to
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  Speaker 2: arrive at work. Her colleagues recognized this as an unusual
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  Speaker 2: behavior reached out to her parents, Drew in Joyce, out
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  Speaker 2: of concern and able to reach their daughter, they rushed
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  Speaker 2: her condo to investigate. Upon arriving at the complex, they
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  Speaker 2: quickly realized their daughter was missing. Her car was not there,
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  Speaker 2: her condo appeared to be in its usual state as
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  Speaker 2: she left in a hurry for work, a damp towel
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  Speaker 2: in the bathroom, pajamas strawn on the floor, her hair
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  Speaker 2: tool scattered on the counter. The only items missing were
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  Speaker 2: her keys, cell phone, purse, and iPod, none of which
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  Speaker 2: have ever been located. Meanwhile, her car was found abandoned
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  Speaker 2: about a mile away, parked outside another apartment complex on
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  Speaker 2: the same day she vanished. For the past nineteen years,
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  Speaker 2: Jennifer's family and a dedicated team of investigators have tirelessly
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  Speaker 2: searched for clues in hopes of finding her, often facing
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  Speaker 2: dead ends. Despite the absence of concrete suspects and only
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  Speaker 2: grainy surveillance footage of a possible person of interest, they
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  Speaker 2: remained resolute in their request to uncover the truth. Just
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  Speaker 2: prior to her disappearance, Jennifer and Rob had enjoyed their
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  Speaker 2: vacation in Saint Croix. They returned to Florida on January
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, two thousand and six, with Jennifer going back
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  Speaker 2: to her condo while Rob made his way home to
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  Speaker 2: Fort Lauderdale, roughly three hours away. Jen was beaming with
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  Speaker 2: happiness after the trip. Joyce shared with forty eight Hours,
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  Speaker 2: recalling a phone call with her daughter shortly after her
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  Speaker 2: return from vacation. The next day, Jennifer resumed her work routine.
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  Speaker 2: After leaving the office, she spoke with her parents and
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  Speaker 2: later chatted with her boyfriend Rob. Their conversation ended around
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  Speaker 2: ten PM, marking the last time he would ever hear
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  Speaker 2: her voice. On the morning of January twenty four, Rob
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  Speaker 2: noticed he hadn't received his usual message from Jennifer, which
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  Speaker 2: struck him as odd. On the Nancy Grace Show, he
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  Speaker 2: recounted how he called her on the way to work,
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  Speaker 2: but it went straight to voicemail. In the meantime, her
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  Speaker 2: employer realized she didn't show up for work and didn't
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  Speaker 2: notify anyone, which was out of character. A concerned coworker
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  Speaker 2: reached out to her parents, drew In Joyce. They drove
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  Speaker 2: to the condo. When we got there, everything seemed okay.
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  Speaker 2: We rushed in. It looked like a normal day for
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  Speaker 2: my daughter, Joyce said. The only items missing from the
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  Speaker 2: apartment her purse, key's, cell phone, and iPod. She definitely
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  Speaker 2: spent the night in her condo, her mother said, It's
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  Speaker 2: like she got up and got ready for work, just
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  Speaker 2: a normal day. On the day her car was discovered,
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  Speaker 2: her family knew something was wrong. Security footage indicated it
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  Speaker 2: had been parked there since noon on the day of
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  Speaker 2: her disappearance. However, no forensic evidence was found inside the car,
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  Speaker 2: leading investigators to believe it had been cleaned. If you
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  Speaker 2: have any information regarding missing Jennifer Kessey, please contact one
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  Speaker 2: eight hundred four two three tips.
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