Diddy's defense team signals shift in trial strategy as prosecutors wrap up: expert

Prosecutors successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' national proceedings indicated Tuesday they'd remainder their lawsuit earlier the extremity of the week, astir six weeks aft the proceedings began.

The rapper's ineligible squad precocious told Judge Arun Subramanian it volition request betwixt 2 and 5 days to contiguous its case, a stark opposition to its archetypal petition of up to 2 weeks with witnesses connected the stand.

A alteration successful timelines for the defence whitethorn signify Diddy's lawyers recovered "some weaknesses" successful the government's case, according to New York-based lawyer Nicole Brenecki.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' defence whitethorn statesman presenting its lawsuit arsenic aboriginal arsenic this week, telling Judge Arun Subramanian it volition lone request betwixt 2 and 5 days. (Jane Rosenberg)

"The defence tin alteration the magnitude of clip allocated for their presumption of the case," Brenecki told Fox News Digital. "This existent alteration is apt based connected the defense’s reflection of immoderate weaknesses successful the prosecution’s case. We person to support successful caput that the load of impervious rests connected the prosecution.

"Given that the jurors tin spot the lawsuit arsenic mostly based connected grounds by disgruntled ex-girlfriends and ex-employees, they whitethorn not beryllium inclined to convict Diddy of fundamentally forming a transgression endeavor to perpetrate crimes crossed authorities lines, which is simply a summary of the definitions of the crimes helium is accused of.

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"Criminal court, arsenic opposed to the tribunal of nationalist opinion, requires a strict exertion of the facts to the explanation of the crime, and the prosecution whitethorn suffer if the assemblage disagrees with them arsenic to this application."

In a national indictment unsealed Sept. 17, Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy (RICO); enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. 

Diddy's defence initially asked for 2 weeks to contiguous its case. (Jane Rosenberg)

"The defence does not person to enactment connected a lawsuit astatine all," New York-based Attorney David Schwartz told Fox News Digital. "It is up to the prosecution to beryllium their lawsuit beyond a tenable doubt, and the suspect gets each presumption of innocence. So, successful galore cases, the defence does not enactment connected a lawsuit astatine all.

"By putting connected nary lawsuit oregon a abbreviated case, the defence is emphasizing that the prosecution did not conscionable its burden. 

"The past happening you privation to bash arsenic a defence lawyer is to displacement the load by putting connected a agelong case. The load ne'er shifts, but the longer the lawsuit the defence puts on, the much juries hide astir the burden, which is bad."

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Los Angeles litigator John J. Perlstein noted that the clip enactment of 2 to 5 days requested by the defence is thing uncommon.

"Two to 5 days is the accustomed magnitude of proceedings clip the defence needs successful transgression cases, and I fishy it volition beryllium person to 2 successful this case," Perlstein told Fox News Digital. "The defence volition typically overestimate the clip needed to relationship for witnesser availability and/or the introspection of caller evidence. 

Diddy's ineligible squad whitethorn person recovered weaknesses successful the government's case, according to lawyer Nicole Brenecki (Jane Rosenberg)

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Diddy was arrested and charged with aggregate counts successful September. (Shareif Ziyadat)

"Given the complexity of the lawsuit and its media attention, it is apt the defence padded the clip successful bid to relationship for immoderate and each unknowns."

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In tribunal Tuesday, the justice reprimanded lawyers for some sides for violating the court's sealing bid by allegedly speaking to the media astir the trial. He reminded the parties that the defence requested the gag order. Judge Subramanian added that a usurpation of that bid could effect successful contempt charges.

The assemblage was past seemingly shown videos of "freak offs" betwixt Diddy, his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and a antheral escort. The surface for exhibits was unopen disconnected and the witness, Special Agent DeLeassa Penland, and the jurors were fixed headphones to ticker immoderate videos from Oct. 14, 2012.

At 1 point, the dependable from the videos was audible successful the courtroom. The tribunal fixed the occupation by making definite headsets that were not successful usage were turned disconnected and distant from immoderate mics. Diddy's defence lawyer, Teny Geragos, played respective minutes of videos for the jury. Geragos past played clips of videos from December 2014. While the videos were being played, Diddy sat astatine the defence table, occasionally tapping his fingers connected his legs. The clips were played for astir 30 minutes.

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During Penland's cross-examination, the assemblage was shown substance messages betwixt Cassie and Diddy astir the "freak offs."

There was a substance connection from Diddy to Cassie dated September 2014 asking what she wanted to do. Cassie past sent a screenshot of a connection from a antheral escort named Keith, who they knew from the website Cowboys for Angels, asking if she was successful town. 

Cassie wrote to Diddy, "I privation to marque emotion and portion wine…whatever makes my emotion happy." 

Combs responded, "Why did you amusement maine the Keith thing?" She replied, "Because I ne'er amusement you…" Diddy asked if she wanted to person a "freak off."

In a aboriginal message, Diddy asked, "Wanna freak disconnected for the past time?" Cassie responded, "I wanna freak-off for the remainder of our lives."

The "Last Night" rapper has maintained his innocence passim the trial, successful which witnesses person testified to alleged rape, intersexual assault, terrible carnal abuse, forced labour and cause trafficking. If recovered guilty, helium faces a minimum of 15 years down bars and a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison.

The proceedings is expected to wrapper up by July 4.