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Jury deliberations begin and quickly hit a snag at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial | Crime Alert 6AM 07.01.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news now, Day
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  Speaker 1: two of jury deliberations in the Shawn Comb sex trafficking trial.
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  Speaker 1: Standing by our John Limley John, What's the latest?
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  Speaker 2: A tense moment Monday in New York as a federal
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  Speaker 2: jury deliberates charges that could send Sean Diddy Combs to
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  Speaker 2: prison for life. Barely an hour into deliberations, the jury
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  Speaker 2: four person alerted Judge Urun Submaranian that one juror was
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  Speaker 2: struggling to follow instructions. In response, the judge sent a
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  Speaker 2: note reminding jurors to deliberate carefully and obey the law
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  Speaker 2: as he explained it. The fifty five year old Combs
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  Speaker 2: has fleeted not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, two counts of
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  Speaker 2: sex trafficking involving former girlfriends, and two counts of transporting
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  Speaker 2: sex workers across state lines. After seven weeks of testimony,
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  Speaker 2: often graphic and emotional, jurors are now weighing allegations that
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  Speaker 2: the Grammy winning founder A Bad Boy Records, used violence, intimidation,
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  Speaker 2: and a loyal inner circle to arrange what prosecutors called
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  Speaker 2: drug fueled sex marathons, sometimes referred to as freak offs.
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  Speaker 2: Assistant US attorney Christy Slovak told jurors Combs believed his
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  Speaker 2: power and fame put him above the law, while defense
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  Speaker 2: lawyer Mark Agnefilio argued it was about money, pointing out
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  Speaker 2: one accuser also filed a civil suit. In all, thirty
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  Speaker 2: four witnesses testified, including Combe's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who
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  Speaker 2: accused him of forcing her into sex with paid male partners,
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  Speaker 2: and another woman known only as Jane, who described knights
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  Speaker 2: of coerced encounters. Jurors also saw security footage from twenty
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  Speaker 2: sixteen showing Comb's beating and dragging Cassie in a Los
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  Speaker 2: Angeles hotel hallway. Combs declined to testify, and his defense
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  Speaker 2: team called no witnesses, focusing instead on questioning the accuser's credibility.
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  Speaker 2: While the defense concedes Comb sometimes acted violently, they insist
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  Speaker 2: all sexual activity was consensual and prosecutors are unfairly targeting
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  Speaker 2: his private life. The jury, eight men and four women,
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  Speaker 2: continues deliberations, aided by video evidence and thousands of text
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  Speaker 2: messages and photos from the trial. Five alternates remain on standby.
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  Speaker 2: John Limley, an Idaho judge, says the quadruple murder trial
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  Speaker 2: of Brian Koberger will move forward this summer, despite defense
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  Speaker 2: efforts to delay it. Fourth District Judge Stephen Hipler has
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  Speaker 2: ruled that jury selection will begin August four, four, with
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  Speaker 2: opening statements likely around August eighteenth. The thirty year old Coburger,
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  Speaker 2: a former Washington State University criminal justice student, is accused
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  Speaker 2: of fatally stabbing for University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin,
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  Speaker 2: Zana Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Kayleganzalvez inside an off campus
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  Speaker 2: rental home in Moscow, Idaho, November thirteenth, twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Coburger stood silent at arraignment,
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  Speaker 2: prompting a judge to enter a not guilty plea on
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  Speaker 2: his behalf. Judge Hipler also rejected a defense request to
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  Speaker 2: present theories of four alternate perpetrators, saying there is not
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  Speaker 2: a sentilla of credible evidence linking them to the killings.
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  Speaker 2: The judge wrote that allowing those claims would invite wild
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  Speaker 2: speculation and prolong a trial already expected to last three months.
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  Speaker 2: Defense attorney and Taylor argued that publicity surrounding the case
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  Speaker 2: threatens Coburger's right to a fair trial, and that his
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  Speaker 2: team is still gathering evidence, but Hipler noted delays have
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  Speaker 2: only fueled further media coverage and public speculation. In New Orleans,
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  Speaker 2: authorities have recaptured one of ten inmates who broke out
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  Speaker 2: of the Orleans Parish jails six weeks ago. Police a
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  Speaker 2: thirty three year old Antoine Massey, peacefully surrendered Friday at
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  Speaker 2: a home just two miles from the jail. Massey had
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  Speaker 2: been awaiting trial on charges including rape and kidnapping in
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  Speaker 2: Saint Tammany Parish. The May sixteenth jail break, one of
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  Speaker 2: the largest in US history, involved inmates prying open a
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  Speaker 2: faulty cell door, cutting a hole behind a toilet, and
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  Speaker 2: scaling of fence. Hours later, staff discovered graffiti pointing to
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  Speaker 2: the hole with the words too easy lol. Louisiana State
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  Speaker 2: Police say Massey likely had help hiding. A woman described
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  Speaker 2: as his on and off girlfriend is charged with obstruction
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  Speaker 2: and helping him escape. Massey now faces additional charges. Eight
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  Speaker 2: escapees have been recaptured. Only convicted murderer Derek Groves remains
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  Speaker 2: at large. A fifty thousand dollars reward is offered for
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  Speaker 2: tips leading to his arrest. A settlement has been reached
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  Speaker 2: in the lawsuit over the fatal shooting on the set
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  Speaker 2: of the western film Rust. Three crew members sued producers,
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  Speaker 2: including Alec Baldwin, for emotional distress, accusing them of ignoring
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  Speaker 2: safety rules. Producers denied wrongdoing. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.
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  Speaker 2: The case followed the twenty twenty one death of cinematographer
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  Speaker 2: Helena Hutchins, killed when Baldwin's revolver fired during rehearsal near
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  Speaker 2: Santa Fe. A manslaughter charge against Baldwin was later dropped. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: armorer Hannabutiera's read served eighteen months for bringing live ammunition
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  Speaker 2: on the set. Rust finished filming in Montana and was
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  Speaker 2: released in May.
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