Diddy trial live: Shocking reason Mike Myers and Michael B. Jordan were named in court

Other names mentioned on the list by a female juror who said she recognized them were Michelle Williams from Destiny’s child, actress Lauren London – who was the girlfriend of Nipsey Hussle who was fatally shot in 2019 – and rapper Kid Cudi.

Judge Subramanian said that the list of people and places runs ‘several pages’ and felt like an ‘appendix from Lord of the Rings’. To speed up the process, he ruled that jurors would be given the list to review before they are brought into court and questioned one by one before they seat a final panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.

Prosecutos revealed on Monday that they have been having trouble communicating with the third alleged Diddy victim who was scheduled to testify against him.

Prosecutor Maureen Comey said the witness does not live locally and ‘may not show up’ even after receiving a subpoena.

It means that only two victims would testify against Diddy – one of them being his ex-girlfriend Cassie.

Three dozen potential jurors were questioned by Judge Arun Subramanian about their answers on a questionnaire meant to help determine if they could be fair and impartial at a trial that will feature violent and sexually explicit videos. Opening statements and the star of the testimony are scheduled for next week.

The judge gave the would-be jurors a brief description of the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges against Combs, telling them he’d pleaded not guilty and was presumed innocent.

By day’s end, the jury pool was half its size as some were excluded for personal reasons such as inability to economically endure a trial projected to last two months or because their opinions or past experiences would endanger their objectivity.

Combs, 55, has acknoledged one episode of violence that is likely to be featured in the trial.

In 2016, a security camera recorded him beating up his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel.

Cassie, real name Cassandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit in late 2023 saying Combs had subjected her to years of abuse, including beatings and rape.

Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo has said Combs was ‘not a perfect person’ and that there had been drug use and toxic relationships, but said that all sexual activity between Combs, Cassie and other people was consensual.

The rapper’s appearance has changed now that he has no access to the luxurious of the outside like hair dye.

Since being locked up at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center following his arrest in September, Combs has grown noticeably grayer and scruffier, and on Thursday appeared in court wearing eyeglasses.

He was holding a black folder filled with documents and hugged his lawyers, fist bumping with one female attorney, Teny Geragos, and exchanging smiles with her.

He waved to a man in the public gallery but nobody from his family was present, unlike previous hearings.

The jurors selected to decide Diddy’s fate in his high-profile sex trafficking trial will be asked a series of unusual questions – including about their views on sex with multiple partners, drugs and hip-hop.

Rapper Sean Combs, 55, is facing myriad civil lawsuits alleging he sexually abused several anonymous complainants between 1990 and 2023 at star-studded events including VMA’s afterparties and his notorious ‘White Party’ functions in New York.

The sordid accusations range from gang-raping minors as young as 13 alongside celebrities including Jay-Z, to drugging women in order to sexually assault them.

Diddy has been granted permission to wear his own clothes at his upcoming sex trafficking trial following a judge’s ruling.

The disgraced hip hop mogul can ditch the prison issue, tan colored top and pants when jury selection begins and for the remainder of the case.

But certain conditions on Diddy, who has designed his own clothing range and once won a prestigious fashion industry award.

Diddy’s lawyers made the application for him to wear clothes other than those from the grim Metropolitan Detention Center, where he is being held, to Judge Arun Subramanian.

Jury selection is expected to wrap up in about a week, with the trial’s opening statements scheduled for May 12. The proceedings are estimated to last eight to 10 weeks.

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About 35 potential jurors willl be questioned on Tuesday as they are considered for the jury that will decide Diddy’s fate.

It has already proven hard to find jurors who have not heard of the case.

On Monday, maybe admitted they have watched parts of a CNN video that shows the rapper beating up his ex-girlfriend, the singer Cassie.

Many potential jurors said they were familiar with Diddy, with one admitting he had liked a post making fun of the baby oil found in the mogul’s Miami mansion.

Diddy is facing five felony charges, namely:

• Racketeering conspiracy
• Two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion
• Two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution

The charge of racketeering conspiracy, the federal statute known by its acronym RICO that was once primarily used to target the mafia but in recent years has been wielded in cases of sexual abuse, including against the fallen R&B star R. Kelly.

It allows government attorneys to project a long view of criminal activity rather than prosecuting isolated sex crimes.

If convicted, the one-time rap producer and global superstar, who is often credited for his role in ushering hip-hop into the mainstream, could spend the rest of his life in prison.

The 55-year-old disgraced rap mogul will have a defense built around his mental capacity to commit the crimes as his representatives are arguing that he was not of clear mind during the alleged crimes according to court documents.

According to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, Diddy wants to have a doctor and Columbia professor Dr. Elie Aoun testify on his behalf that he had a ‘mental condition bearing on the issue of guilt.’

The details of his alleged condition had been redacted in the documents but there are a few clues of what it could be but federal prosecutors do not believe in its relevance.

Jury consultant Linda Moreno has joined his top-tier legal team, the Daily Mail can confirm.

She will help defense attorneys to profile potential jurors as selection starts Monday in Combs’ federal criminal trial in Manhattan.

Moreno gained fame as one of the country’s leading jury consultants after high-profile cases including the 2005 trial of Sami Al-Arian, a Florida college professor indicted on terrorism-related charges under the Patriot Act.

Unlike other high-profile cases, the rapper’s trial will not be televised as it is in federal court.

Electronic media, including cameras, are banned in the Manhattan court room.

A sketch artist’s work will be the only visuals coming out of the courtroom.

The disgraced hip hop mogul, who appeared in court wearing glasses, confirmed that he did not accept the offer during his pretrial hearing in New York on Thursday.

The specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but prosecutors said the Bad Boy founder would have faced less prison time if he had accepted it and been found guilty.

The first day of jury selection in the long awaited trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs did not disappoint – and has set the scene for a blockbuster of a court case.

‘I think it’s going to be a long, slow process this week, but remember all of the jurors already know what case they are here for because they have already filled out the written questionnaires,’ said Renato Stabile, jury selection specialist and managing director at New York-based Dubin Research & Consulting.

‘That is unusual. Everyone has had plenty of time to think about whether or not they want to be on this jury.

Diddy jurors will be able to leave court and go home after each day of the trial, TMZ reported.

“There are no plans to sequester the jury, which means you will go home every day after court,” the jury questionnaire obtained by the outlet read.

However, jurors were instructed to “avoid all media coverage and not to go on the Internet or social media with regard to this case for any purpose.”

They are advised to avoid discussing the case with family, friends and colleagues until after the trial is done.

Composed and with his hands in his pockets, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs greeted potential jurors who hold his fate in their hands with a slight nod as the sex trafficking trial that could send him to prison for life began Monday.

The embattled music mogul appeared in court wearing gray slacks, a navy crewneck sweater layered over a crisp white shirt and black-rimmed glasses. His prison garb was notably absent as Judge Arun Subramanian had given him permission to wear civilian clothing during the trial.

His shoes weren’t visible, but they are without laces per the judge’s order.

The most striking change in his appearance was the absence of the unruly white hair he had grown during his time at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Now his hair is cut neatly, and his white beard remained.

And despite the gravity of the crimes against him, Combs, 55, remained composed and calm, hugging his lawyers as he came in and nodding his head slightly when he faced the jurors with his hands in his pockets.

Until he cracked midway through the process after Diddy’s legal team requested a bathroom break. When the judge asked if they could carry on, Diddy put up his hand and said: ‘I’m sorry your honor, I’m a little nervous today.’