Diddy trial live updates: Is jury selection being televised?

Another juror moves into the pool, having — like many others — acknowledged he knows the basics of the case from the news.

Three more jurors are excused. One has a bias toward law enforcement, and another has to pick up her child from school every day.

The third has friends with connections to the music industry. Her friend’s son works for 300 Records, a rap and hip-hop label (she adds that his name was not on the list of people and places who may be mentioned at trial that jurors were asked to look at), and another friend’s son is country music singer-songwriter Aidan Canfield.

Two more jurors have been added to the pool from which the final panel of 12 and six alternates will be chosen.

After losing the “HBO juror,” we are still hovering around the 35 mark (there is some discrepancy as to whether we began the day with 34 or 35 people in the jury pool).

Another potential juror is out for cause concerning the lack of an answer as to whether he could discuss matters of a sexual nature with fellow jurors.

The defense team also raised concerns over a juror who works for Her Justice, a nonprofit organization that provides free legal help to women living in poverty in New York City.

They have discovered that prior to her work there, she was at the Legal Aid Society for juveniles in family court, and note that she did not disclose this on her questionnaire.

After a back-and-forth about whether an office manager would get legal training, Judge Subramanian says that maybe the defense just doesn’t like her prior employment.

That’s why you have peremptory challenges, the judge notes.

He later returns to the issue and says he will think about it.

Marc Agnifilo, Diddy’s lead defense lawyer, then asks for the so-called “HBO juror” to be removed.

The juror works for the streaming service that made the documentary The Fall of Diddy and was initially permitted to remain part of the pool.

Teny Geragos, part of the prosecution team, established from emails with the production company that people were paid.

Judge Subramanian asks if the documentary will come up at trial, and the prosecution says they believe it will.

Both sides agree to exclude her for cause.

Court is back in session for day three of jury selection in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Judge Arun Subramanian returns to the bench, and proceedings kick off with the prosecution suggesting that peremptory challenges — where jurors can be struck off without giving cause — take place on Friday morning, and not today, to give jurors time to think about whether they are able to serve.

A jury could be in place as soon as today.

Judge Arun Subramanian wants the 600 potential jurors narrowed down to a group of 45 from whom the final panel of 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen.

By lunchtime on Tuesday, 25 had been chosen, and that number had risen to approximately 35 by the end of the day.

The final ten should emerge today as would-be jurors are questioned about their experiences with domestic violence and sexual assault, attitudes toward law enforcement, and other factors that may inject bias into their handling of the case.

Lawyers from both sides will then be allowed to strike a number from the group without giving reason, finally arriving at the chosen 18.

Good morning and welcome back to our rolling coverage of jury selection at the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

We’ll be bringing you the latest from the court throughout this morning as the panel of jurors is formed.

After a brief sidebar with the lawyers, Judge Arun Subramanian adjourns court for the day, warning potential jurors not to read or post anything about the case.

After the panel departs, the lawyers agreed to strike more jurors from the pool.

As with Monday’s jury pool, this final stage of questioning has provided some insight into the lives of the potential jurors.

They live across the New York region, though Bronxville, Manhattan, Westchester, the Bronx, and Hell’s Kitchen were mentioned. It’s worth noting that the city boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and the suburbs of Long Island are not in the Southern District of New York federal court area.

Professionally, they work in oncology, legal services for women, kitchen design, manufacturing, medical services, banking, teaching for the blind, and for the MTA. One person recently left a job at WWE; another is a retired Navy Ship repairer; and another is a pilot for American Airlines.

For news, they go to NBC Nightly News, Today, Facebook, 1010 WINS, Morning Joe, YouTube, Reddit, or rely on alerts on their phone.

Other media mentioned included Essence magazine, The Athletic, ESPN, FS1, The New Yorker, and Men’s Health.

For entertainment, they watch Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Severance, Law & Order, American Idol, Survivor, Amazing Race, The Real Housewives, Basketball Wives, or stream Netflix, HBO, or Disney+.

Musically, they are into R&B, hip hop, Dave Brubeck, salsa, reggaeton, jazz, emo rock, Billy Joel, bachata, afrobeat, house music, gospel, alternative rock, and country.

In sport, they support Ohio State Football, the Knicks, the Mets (”since they became good again”), and in the WNBA, the New York Liberty.

And in any spare time they have left, they enjoy running, shooting hoops, dancing, going to Trader Joe’s, woodworking, biking, hiking, scuba diving, and surfing.