The Trial: Abuse or Coercion?

Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

ABC News

True Crime, Music, News

4.7 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The newly seated jury heard opening statements with dueling explanations of events: The government said the evidence will show that the sexual conduct in this case was coercive and criminal. The defense conceded Combs “has a temper” and “got violent” when they say he drank or used drugs, but said domestic violence is not part of the charges. Early prosecution witnesses included a former hotel security guard who testified about Combs’s violence toward Cassie in a 2016 incident and a male escort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow.
0:02.8	Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level.
0:05.4	It's going off now.
0:06.8	Yeah, whatever.
0:07.9	Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is.
0:11.0	What? How?
0:12.3	Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time.
0:15.0	Mom!
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0:31.1	It is Monday, May 12th, and we're about an hour away before the jury is finalized in the case against Sean Combs, there's
0:38.6	quite the line. From what I've been told, people have been waiting outside since yesterday
0:42.9	at 2 p.m. to get in when courts are going to start until 8.30.
0:51.1	By some miracle slash by me using my ID as an officer of the court, I was actually one of the first members of the media to walk into the courtroom.
1:01.7	A ton happened the first day in USA v. Sean Combs.
1:07.2	We got a jury.
1:08.7	And as soon as they were seated, we raced into opening statements from both the prosecution
1:14.4	and then the defense.
1:16.2	We've even had the first two witnesses take the stand.
1:20.0	In this episode, I'm going to share all of my impressions of day one of Diddy's trial.
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