Sean "Diddy" Combs jury resumes deliberations with question for judge

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With nary verdict reached successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' national enactment trafficking and racketeering proceedings connected the first time of deliberations, the assemblage of 8 men and 4 women gathered again Tuesday to proceed discussing the charges.

Judge Arun Subramanian began by addressing with the prosecution and defence a question posed Monday from the assemblage astir 1 of the alleged racketeering acts — possession with intent to administer drugs — which relates to the racketeering conspiracy complaint Combs is facing. The assemblage sent a enactment asking for clarification connected the portion of the instructions addressing cause distribution.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, 2 counts of enactment trafficking, and 2 counts of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution for allegedly arranging to alert enactment workers crossed authorities lines.

The archetypal time of deliberations saw respective notes from the jury, arsenic good arsenic Combs and his supporters bowing their heads successful supplication successful the courtroom. One of the notes came not agelong aft jurors started deliberating and raised concerns from respective jurors astir different subordinate of the panel. They told the justice they thought "he cannot travel your honor's instructions."

After a treatment betwixt the judge, attorneys for Combs and prosecutors, the justice reminded the jurors of their work to travel the instrumentality and sent them backmost to resume their deliberations, but said if much issues should arise, the foreperson should nonstop different note.

To assistance them travel to a verdict, jurors were provided with a laptop loaded with each of the exhibits shown successful court, including substance messages, photographs and videos of the intersexual encounters astatine the bosom of the case.

Five alternate jurors are besides connected standby successful lawsuit they're needed to capable successful connected the main jury.

The assemblage volition sift done 7 weeks of astatine times graphic and affectional testimony astir the rap, manner and world TV impresario's propensity for unit and his intersexual predilections, including drug-fueled enactment marathons dubbed "freak-offs" oregon "hotel nights." Defense lawyers argued that determination was nary conspiracy and that his behaviour did not interruption national laws.

Alice Gainer contributed to this report.