Hello and welcome to the Psych Legal Pop podcast.

This is a podcast where we talk about popular culture through the lens of an attorney and a therapist.

I'm Brooke Brigham. I'm the attorney.

And I'm Tess Brigham. I'm the therapist.

And today we're going to be talking about the P. Diddy trial, which when this airs, should

already be underway. As we record this, the trial started, this is a Saturday. The trial started

officially on Monday with jury selection.

And as of the end of the week, they had narrowed it down to 43 prospective jurors who had already been screened.

You know, they go through a whole process.

There was, you know, a very lengthy questionnaire.

I don't know how many people were actually summoned or answered the questionnaire.

You know, and then there's always hardships.

And then there was some questioning, you know, to get rid of people who, you know, maybe seem not really into it or off or something, you know.

So they've gotten it down to 43, they, meaning, you know, the judge and the attorneys have eliminated everyone except for 43 people.

So on Monday,

they are supposed to pick the 12 jurors and six alternates from those 43 people.

So I guess the lawyers are just going to use their peremptory challenges.

Each side gets to kick off a certain number of people.

I don't know what it is in this case.

It's always different for any reason they want to. They just go back and forth and back and

forth until they have 12 jurors and six alternates. And then the opening statements are supposed

to start the same day on Monday.

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