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Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

The Trial: Diddy Gets Scolded

Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

ABC News

True Crime, Music, News

4.7972 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Brian Buckmire talks with someone at ABC who’s been tracking Diddy’s story very closely: Stephanie Maurice coordinates all the interview bookings for ABC’s coverage of Diddy (including this podcast!). She’s been in the courtroom watching the explosive testimony and comparing it with allegations from the civil lawsuits against Diddy. She’s got her eyes on Diddy everyday in court and she’s noticed how expressive he’s been during testimony. The judge has taken note, too. Got a question about the trial? Leave a voicemail  at 929-388-1249 and Brian Buckmire might answer it on a future episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is Bad Rap, the case against Diddy. I'm Brian Buckmeyer, an ABC News legal contributor and practicing attorney.

0:42.2

This episode, Diddy get scolded?

0:49.7

Week 4 of USA v. Sean Combs has been another full one.

0:56.5

But let's start with this. The judge Thursday delivered a scolding of sorts to Combs through his lawyer, saying that Combs had been

1:01.6

too expressive during the trial. This is definitely something I've noticed, but here's how

1:07.0

Judge Subermanian described it. He said, quote, there's a line of questioning where

1:12.2

your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury and there was a subsequent moment

1:17.4

when there was a sidebar and I saw your client looking at the jury. The judge then added

1:23.1

emphatically, that is absolutely unacceptable. He said that there shouldn't be any efforts to interact with the jury,

1:30.5

and that if Diddy doesn't comply, he can be kicked out of the courtroom.

1:34.9

The last witness to take the stand this week is another of Combs' alleged victims.

1:40.3

This is the woman known as victim number two in the indictment,

1:46.1

now going by the pseudonym, Jane.

1:55.0

Jane is a single mother who started spending time with Combs in 2020 while he was also seeing other women. We know from the opening statement that Jane will testify to participating in freak-offs and physical abuse,

2:02.6

while the defense will say that it was a consenting relationship plagued by jealousy.

2:07.8

She could be the last alleged victim to testify before the prosecution rests its case.

2:13.6

Earlier this week, we also heard witnesses, including Derek Ferguson, a former CFO of Combs Enterprises,

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