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(NewsNation) — Sean "Diddy" Combs' national enactment crimes proceedings assemblage enactment continues with concerns jurors could driblet retired implicit the weekend. The tribunal was acheronian Thursday.
Combs arrived successful tribunal astatine 9:09 a.m. ET. The imprisoned rapper, who is charged with national crimes of sex trafficking, intersexual battle and racketeering, acknowledged the press, nationalist and continued to look backmost astatine the audience. The disgraced euphony mogul has pleaded not blameworthy to each charges.
Jurors were not contiguous successful the courtroom, which was unfastened to the nationalist Friday.
Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura's attorney, Douglas Wigdor, was successful attendance. Ventura is the prosecution's pb witness. She is expected to beryllium the 3rd witness. The archetypal witnesser acceptable to attest is simply a antheral escort, and a 2nd witnesser hasn't yet been identified.
Footage of Ventura being allegedly assaulted by Combs has been allowed by the justice for jurors to watch. Wigdor did not respond to a petition for remark astatine the clip of publication.
An attorney, Arick Fudali, spouse astatine The Bloom Firm, besides attended. The instrumentality steadfast represents 2 Combs accusers, Dawn Richard, formerly of popular radical Danity Kane, and a antheral identified arsenic "John Doe" successful civilian cases. It besides represents a authorities witnesser who volition attest successful the national trial.
Fudali spoke to NewsNation connected Friday aft tribunal concluded for the time astir concerns implicit imaginable jurors dropping retired implicit the weekend.
"Selecting a just and impartial assemblage is simply a precise important facet of a proceedings for some sides. The parties and the justice enactment precise hard to prime the close individuals to beryllium the information finders connected the case," helium said.
Fudali continued, "In my acquisition trying high-profile intersexual maltreatment cases successful civilian court, determination is ever a concern, particularly erstwhile determination are play oregon vacation gaps successful the trial, that the selected jurors whitethorn driblet retired oregon conscionable not amusement up. There is an adjacent greater interest astatine this aboriginal signifier that definite factors could origin a juror to second-guess their information successful a lawsuit similar this with truthful overmuch media attention, a high-profile defendant, the quality of the allegations and the magnitude of the trial."
However, the lawyer noted that this should not origin a hold connected Monday's anticipated opening connection due to the fact that the tribunal is bringing "enough jurors successful that adjacent if a fewer driblet out, determination volition beryllium capable for jurors and alternates to beryllium sworn in."
The proceedings is expected to past 8 weeks.
A juror wrote an email asking not to enactment successful the case, citing acold feet. The prosecution asked to onslaught her, and the defence agreed.
The program is to person 12 jurors, six alternates and 3 backups.
Judge Arun Subramanian projected juror strikes statesman astatine 9 a.m. ET, and opening statements perchance could commencement astatine 9:30 a.m. Monday.
