Ye makes shock look at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial; decide considers eradicating juror

NEW YORK -Ye made a shock look at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal trial on Friday, expressing help for his fellow rapper as he defends towards intercourse trafficking expenses.

Dressed all in white, Ye, previously referred to as Kanye West, arrived on the Manhattan federal courthouse in a Maybach, and entered via a public entrance.

Ye nodded when requested by a reporter whether or not he was there to help Combs. He left the courthouse about 35 minutes later.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution, and if convicted may face life in jail.

He has been held in a Brooklyn jail since his September arrest.

Ye has additionally confronted controversy for antisemitic and pro-Nazi remarks, prompting companies corresponding to Adidas to sever ties.

Friday’s testimony included an look by Jonathan Perez, who had been a private assistant to Combs for 3 years, as a prosecution witness.

Perez stated he helped arrange intercourse periods for Combs, referring to them as “king nights.”

Other witnesses have known as these periods “Freak Offs” and “hotel nights.”

He additionally stated getting medicine for Combs was a part of the job, and he ensured a Gucci pouch containing cocaine, Adderall and different medicine was in Combs’ backpack when the rapper traveled.

Under cross-examination from Combs’ lawyer Brian Steel, Perez stated he by no means thought a former Combs girlfriend, who testified for six days below the pseudonym Jane and complained of abuse, resisted collaborating within the intercourse periods.

Earlier on Friday, a Homeland Security particular agent testified about firearms and different gadgets that regulation enforcement present in a March 2024 raid of Combs’ Los Angeles residence.

After jurors have been dismissed for the day, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, who oversees the trial, stated he plans to dismiss one of many 12 jurors for making inconsistent statements about his residence, and change him with an alternate.

Subramanian stated the inconsistencies gave him “worry about deception and lying,” and whether or not the juror is perhaps unable to observe directions.

Combs’ attorneys expressed concern in regards to the dismissal, and the court docket is additional discussing the matter.

During an earlier trial break exterior the jury’s presence, prosecutor Maurene Comey renewed her criticism first made final week about Combs’ “nodding emphatically” at occasions about testimony he agreed with, on concern it would affect jurors.

Steel denied that Combs’ conduct was improper.

The decide stated he would attempt to look ahead to inappropriate gestures, however that it was regular to react to testimony and “impossible to police” everybody.

Prosecutors are anticipated to proceed their case subsequent week, after which Combs’ authorized workforce can start his protection.

Also identified in his profession as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, Combs turned artists like Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars, elevated hip-hop in American tradition, and have become a billionaire.

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