DIDDY SUCKS UP TO JUDGE, DEMANDS CHARGES BE THROWN OUT
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In a stunning move, prosecutors in the federal criminal trial against disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pulled back some key testimony today—specifically related to attempted kidnapping, arson, and aiding and abetting sex trafficking.
This unexpected development comes just one day after Diddy addressed the court for the first time, telling Judge Arun Subramanian that he would not take the stand in his own defense. According to TMZ, in a letter issued to the judge, prosecutors stated that the government is following his instructions to “streamline” the jury instruction
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Philip Dubé- Former Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law, Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy
- Dr. Chloe Carmichael - Clinical Psychologist, Author: ‘Nervous Energy: Harness The Power of Your Anxiety”, Twitter: @DrChloe, drchloe.com
- Brian Fitzgibbons- Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, Leads a team of investigators specializing in locating missing persons, www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, former Marine and Iraq war veteran
- Dani Pinter - Senior Vice President and Director of Law Center, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, website: endsexualexploitation.org
- Rob Shuter - Host: Naughty But Nice Podcast, can be found at robshuter.substack.com, Former publicist of Sean Combs, IG: @naughtygossip
- Tisa Tells - Pop Culture Investigator & Commentator and Host of 'Tisa Tells' on Youtube, Instagram & TikTok: @TisaTellss, Facebook: Tisa.Tells.3
- Sydney Sumner - 'Crime Stories' Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Diddy sucking up to the judge and demanding that charges be thrown out. |
| 0:12.1 | This, Diddy's revenge ahead. |
| 0:14.5 | The state is bracing for a Diddy Hollywood-style closing argument. |
| 0:20.4 | And Diddy, in the last hours, throws in the towel, putting up zero defense witnesses and |
| 0:28.0 | refusing to take the stand. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:30.8 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:31.9 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:34.1 | Itty-bitty-ditty-ditty cheap skate. |
| 0:36.2 | He's ordering up a sex worker like he's ordering a pepperoni pizza from Papa John's, |
| 0:40.9 | haggling about the fee for the sex worker. |
| 0:43.2 | He even has an unpaid balance. |
| 0:46.0 | His own cheapness is the reason why the feds have this little bread from trail. |
| 0:51.4 | We've gotten our hands on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice where the state is now |
| 0:56.6 | streamlining charges. I think I know what they're up to. All charges are still being prosecuted. |
| 1:05.6 | Sex trafficking, RICO, transporting prostitutes to engage in illegal sex acts. |
| 1:11.8 | The three original charges remain. |
| 1:14.2 | This as the state is streamlining how they're going to prove those charges as they wade |
| 1:20.6 | into closing arguments. |
| 1:23.0 | Welcome, everybody. |
| 1:24.3 | We are headed into a verdict watch here at crime stories and joining us just |
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