Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs juror dismissed regardless of protection’s concern about race

Judge dismisses juror as a consequence of inconsistent solutions about the place he lives

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Dismissed juror is Black and shall be changed by white male alternate

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Combs pleads not responsible to racketeering and intercourse trafficking costs

By Luc Cohen

NEW YORK, – A Black juror was dismissed from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ intercourse trafficking trial on Monday, regardless of protection objections that the dismissal would cut back the racial variety of the panel figuring out the hip-hop mogul’s destiny. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian mentioned the juror’s inconsistent solutions to questions on the place he lived raised questions on his honesty and will taint a verdict. Subramanian mentioned he took protection issues about race severely Combs is Black however couldn’t keep in mind that the Black male juror would get replaced by a white male, who had been an alternate juror. “The court should not, indeed cannot, allow race to enter into its consideration,” Subramanian mentioned exterior the jury’s presence, because the sixth week of Combs’ trial acquired underway in Manhattan federal court docket.

The jury is nameless, which is widespread for high-profile trials the place jurors may face threats or harassment if their identities have been recognized.

Subramanian mentioned the jury was “diverse.”

Combs has pleaded not responsible to racketeering and intercourse trafficking costs. Prosecutors say he coerced girls over twenty years to participate in drug-fueled sexual performances with male intercourse staff, generally generally known as “Freak Offs.” The protection says the sexual exercise described by prosecutors was consensual. Lawyers for Combs, 55, have argued that their shopper was unfairly focused due to his race. In a Sunday night time court docket submitting, protection attorneys wrote that the juror in query was considered one of two Black males on the jury.

“The fairness of the trial depends in part on having jurors with backgrounds similar to Mr. Combs share their perspectives on the evidence with other jurors from diverse backgrounds during deliberations,” Combs’ attorneys wrote.

Prosecutors mentioned in a Monday court docket submitting that it was “baseless” for the protection to counsel that they’d a racial motivation to hunt the juror’s dismissal.

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