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I don't care what Karen read people say than the Sean Diddy Combs trial going on. It is

Sean Diddy Combs versus the United States government in Lower Manhattan at the federal

courthouse. Today, Sean Combs assistant assistant, who is going by a pseudonym,

simply Maya, MIA, returned. It is hard to believe. This is day three of some emotional cross-examination.

Her first day on the stand, there was a lot of crying, a lot of Kleenex is being used, and that

continued on today.

So far today, we have heard about alleged tracking devices used by Sean Diddy Combs, not even a surprise anymore, I don't think.

Stolen phones, how he would steal these women's cell phones in an attempt to control them and a chilling culture of silence.

A judge also today, and that would be Judge Arun's Supermanian, warning the defense about the tone they were using during cross-examination, which is a far cry from the way they

were kind of gently handling the government star witness. Of course, that is Cassie Ventura. It is June 2nd,

2025. Hard to believe that we're in June already. Court convened today. Judge Arun-Supermanian,

he took the bench, and they previewed exhibits for future testimony with both sides, deciding what can be admitted in and what can be excluded.

This has been the process all along.

They usually take about 20 minutes to 30 minutes

arguing both the government and the defense as to what will happen in the coming days.

At that point, defense attorney for Sean Diddy Combs, Brian Steele, who has got steel nerves.

He's one of the best criminal defense attorneys in New York City.

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