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Judge Arun Subramanian denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' petition for a mistrial Tuesday greeting up of the cross-examination of the rapper's ex-girlfriend.
Jurors heard grounds past week from Cassie Ventura's friend, Bryana "Bana" Bongolan, who claimed Diddy dangled her disconnected a 17th level balcony successful September 2016. Portions of her grounds were questioned aft Bana couldn't retrieve details of the alleged incident, including what drugs she was connected astatine the time.
Diddy's ineligible team argued that the prosecution knowingly presented mendacious grounds to the tribunal successful a missive filed June 7 and obtained by Fox News Digital.
Diddy's ineligible squad wrote that Cassie and Bana each provided "demonstrably false" grounds astir the balcony allegation to the court, and past "doubled down, utilizing this mendacious grounds to get a ruling admitting inadmissible hearsay grounds astir it arsenic well, each to contiguous a mendacious communicative to the jury."
DIDDY FILES FOR MISTRIAL OVER ALLEGED FALSE TESTIMONY IN FEDERAL COURT ABOUT 2016 BALCONY INCIDENT
Sean "Diddy" Combs' petition for a mistrial was denied Tuesday. (Jane Rosenberg)
However, the national justice ruled determination was nary interference. Judge Subramanian noted the defence was capable to, and did, onslaught Bongolan’s grounds to undermine her credibility. According to the judge, determination was nary prejudice to an grounds that had helped the defense’s case.
Diddy's defence argued the contented could not beryllium raised earlier Bongolan took the stand, and it's evident she perjured herself. The defence insisted determination is nary ground that the authorities wasn’t alert this grounds was false.
The prosecution said determination wasn't perjury and Bongolan's grounds could beryllium explained by confusion, mistakes oregon faulty memory. The authorities pointed retired Bongolan admitted she didn’t retrieve each the details.
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Following Bongolan's testimony, Didddy's ex-girlfriend Jane took the stand. Testifying nether a pseudonym, she told the assemblage astir gathering the "Last Night" rapper successful 2021. The 2 dated until Diddy's apprehension successful September 2024.
According to Jane, she was forced to enactment successful "hotel nights." During these sessions, which could past anyplace from 24 hours to aggregate days, she was allegedly expected to person enactment with different men portion Diddy watched.
Sean "Diddy" Combs spoke with his lawyers connected the 17th time of grounds successful his national trial. (Jane Rosenberg)
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Jane was dating Diddy erstwhile Cassie's intersexual maltreatment suit was made public. She claimed she work 3 pages that showcased a akin acquisition to hers.
"I was speechmaking these pages, and they felt similar a nightmare," she told the jury. Jane began to outcry connected the stand, saying she had a batch of sympathy for Cassie. "I can’t judge I’m speechmaking my ain story," she recalled reasoning astatine the time.
Jane testified from Thursday done Monday. Her cross-examination began Tuesday.
Diddy was arrested and charged with aggregate counts successful September 2024. (Shareif Ziyadat)
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