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To your knowledge, this was particularly offensive to Mr. Combs.

Because of kid-cutty stature in the industry, right?

To my knowledge, yeah. And Mr. Combs was irate over this, right? Yeah. Mr. Combs was not cheating on you with other

celebrities, right? I don't know. You don't recall what kind of drugs you took? I mean, it was usually

always the same kind of thing, so I would guess that's what we took, like ecstasy or MDMA.

We're about an hour away from testimony resuming in Ditty's federal sex trafficking trial.

Another former bad boy artist is set to retake the stand to detail his alleged bad acts to the jury.

And cameras are banned inside the courtroom,

but with the help of AI, testimony is being heard like never before. This morning, we're focusing

on Cassie's Cross and what could tip the scales. And in the retrial for defendant Karen Reid,

the medical examiner took the stand last week and described the injuries to John O'Keefe,

which contributed to his death. Our experts weigh in on what it means for the case against

his former girlfriend. And the man convicted of the murder of Holly Bobo is asking for a new trial

where shining a spotlight on his case. It's all coming up next for you right here on opening statements.

Good Monday morning to you and welcome to opening statements. I'm your host Julie Grant. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We planned a great show for you this morning. So let's get it started. Grab that cup of coffee. It's time for my opening statement.

They're off to the races. The federal government is well on its way to proving the charges against Sean Diddy Combs.

What we heard from Cassie Ventura legally constitutes so much more than domestic violence.

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