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NEW YORK – A assemblage returns to deliberate for a 2nd time Tuesday astatine the enactment trafficking proceedings of euphony mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
On Monday, jurors deliberated implicit 5 hours without reaching a verdict aft receiving instructions connected the instrumentality from the proceedings judge, Arun Subramanian.
They are deciding whether prosecutors person proven racketeering conspiracy and enactment trafficking charges during a proceedings that began successful aboriginal May.
Prosecutors accidental Combs for 2 decades utilized his fame, luck and a roster of employees and associates to assistance him coerce and unit 2 antithetic girlfriends to repeatedly perform sexually with antheral enactment workers for days astatine a clip portion helium watched and sometimes filmed the drug-fueled events.
Defense lawyers accidental prosecutors are unjustly basing national crimes connected what Combs did successful the chamber with his girlfriends arsenic they participated successful the swinger manner and connected acts of home unit involving their client.
Combs, 55, could look 15 years successful situation to beingness down bars if helium is convicted of each charges.
After pleading not guilty, Combs chose not to attest arsenic his lawyers built their arguments for acquittal mostly done lengthy transverse examinations of dozens of witnesses called by prosecutors, including immoderate of Combs' erstwhile employees who took the witnesser basal reluctantly lone aft being granted immunity.
When jurors archetypal near the country to statesman deliberating connected Monday, Combs sat for a portion slumped successful his seat astatine the defence array earlier lasting and turning toward 3 rows of spectators packed with his household and friends.
Those supporters held hands and lowered their heads successful prayer, arsenic did Combs, who was respective feet from them successful the good of the courtroom. After they finished, they unneurotic applauded, and truthful did Combs, inactive clapping arsenic helium turned backmost toward the beforehand of the room.
Combs besides showed disconnected 2 books he’s reading: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale and “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor.
Barely an hr into deliberations, the assemblage foreperson sent a enactment to the judge, complaining that determination was 1 juror “who we are acrophobic cannot travel your Honor’s instructions. May I delight talk with your Honor oregon whitethorn you delight interrogation him?”
The justice decided alternatively to nonstop jurors a enactment reminding them of their duties to deliberate and work to travel his instructions connected the law.
By day's end, the assemblage seemed backmost connected track, requesting clarification astir what qualifies arsenic cause distribution, an facet of the racketeering conspiracy complaint that volition assistance find whether Combs tin beryllium convicted oregon exonerated connected the count.
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