HOT TOPICS | DIDDY TRIAL DAY 3: With TMZ's Charles Latibeaudiere - May 14th, 2025

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

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The Diddy trial continues to grip the nation. After Cassie Ventura’s emotional testimony, all eyes are on what’s next. This morning, TMZ’s Charles Latibeaudiere joins Don to break down the latest developments, the legal implications, and where this high-profile case may be headed. Then we pivot to the ongoing political chaos, because what else would 2025 bring? Trump is reportedly accepting a $400 million private jet from Qatar. Yes, you read that right. No, it’s not ethically allowed. But that hasn’t stopped him before. The grift is no longer subtle, and even some MAGA loyalists are starting to squint a little at the golden plane-shaped red flag. Scandal, corruption, and courtroom drama...it’s all happening. Tune in. 🍋 This episode of The Don Lemon Show is sponsored by Wild Alaskan. Go to https://wildalaskan.com/LEMON for $35 off your first box of premium, wild-caught seafood. This episode is brought to you by Beam. Visit https://shopbeam.com/LEMON and use code LEMON to get our exclusive discount of up to 40% off. This episode of The Don Lemon Show is sponsored by 120 Life. Go to https://120life.com and use the code, “D-O-N ” to save 20% This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Go to FFRF.US/Freedom or text DON to 511 511 and become a member today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone.
0:16.0	Welcome to Hot Topics, 10 a.m. Eastern time here on the Don Lemon show, the Don Lemon channel, same
0:22.7	bat channel, same bett times. I always screw that up. Anyways, I'm so glad that you're here.
0:27.9	We have a lot of news to tell you about, but specifically we're going to talk about Diddy.
0:34.9	And we're also going to talk about this crazy thing with the airplane that is really now
0:41.2	blowing up in Donald Trump's face.
0:42.9	But we'll see if he's as nakedly grifty as he has always been, I guess, or even more so.
0:50.5	Because now people are figuring out like, oh my gosh, Donald Trump's a grifter.
0:55.2	Like Ben Shapiro and Candice Owens and Laura Lumer just figuring that out.
1:00.8	We'll talk about that.
1:02.0	But I want to show you this is what we're covering.
1:03.3	We're starting with.
1:03.9	This is downtown Manhattan.
1:05.1	I want to show you Lower Manhattan.
1:06.2	This is a federal court live pictures now of the federal court where that trial is going on. The time that they
1:13.0	have up there is, that is West Coast time. So 6.45 a.m. Cassie said to continue testifying
1:18.7	on Wednesday, a day asking the witness stand to detail what she says was years of grotesque,
1:24.0	sexual and physical abuse. So that is, anyway, that's 10, but she took the stand seven minutes ago.
1:31.2	So she is a little bit early.
1:33.6	And so she's taking the stand.
1:35.7	Her testimony has been quite, quite graphic,
1:40.9	quite emotional.
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