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(NewsNation) — After a two-day pause, the transgression proceedings for Sean “Diddy” Combs volition resume Friday with the grounds of the rapper's alleged "drug mule" arsenic the authorities gets person to resting its case.
The tribunal was adjourned Wednesday aft a juror suffered a bout of vertigo. Without the juror, the proceedings could not proceed. The tribunal was closed the pursuing time successful observance of the Juneteenth holiday.
The authorities volition bring Combs' erstwhile adjunct and alleged “drug mule,” Brendan Paul, to the basal Friday arsenic 1 of their past witnesses.
A erstwhile Syracuse University hoops player, Paul worked for Combs for respective years and was named successful civil suits against his erstwhile boss.
Paul has been referred to successful erstwhile suits arsenic Combs’ “mule” and was accused of procuring, transporting and distributing ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, marijuana and mushrooms by packing the substances successful his carry-on luggage and going done TSA.
He concisely appeared successful tribunal earlier this week to invoke his Fifth Amendment close against self-incrimination. He was fixed an immunity order, which volition insulate him from prosecution arsenic agelong arsenic helium is truthful connected the stand.
It is unclear if prosecutors volition telephone much witnesses.
The prosecution volition participate the last thigh Friday successful their six-week case against Combs. They had antecedently said they would remainder their lawsuit Friday, but with the pause, they whitethorn agelong into Monday.
The rapper’s defence squad said their lawsuit would instrumentality betwixt 2 and 5 proceedings days, a overmuch little estimation than the multiweek presumption they antecedently anticipated.
The estimated timeline makes it astir definite Combs volition not instrumentality the stand, fixed the magnitude of the testimonies of his 2 ex-partners. Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and different accuser nether the pseudonym “Jane” took astatine slightest 2 weeks to testify.
Court ended Tuesday with the grounds of a national cause who spoke to evidence, including edifice receipts and substance messages detailing “Freak Offs” allegedly conducted by Combs. U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Agent DeLeassa Penland constructed a timeline of immoderate of the intersexual events allegedly orchestrated by Combs.
Jurors were besides shown three video clips of the rapper’s “Freak-Off” enactment parties.
They were portion of a larger statement that Combs and his main of staff, Kristina Khorram, were connected to the enactment of these parties.
