Judge boots juror from Diddy's sex trafficking, racketeering trial

A juror successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' enactment trafficking and racketeering lawsuit was dismissed Monday morning.

Discussion astir dismissing juror No. 6 began past week aft the prosecution pointed retired inconsistencies successful statements regarding his residency.

"There is thing the juror tin accidental astatine this constituent that tin enactment the genie backmost successful the vessel and repair his credibility…" Judge Arun Subramanian said successful tribunal Monday up of proceedings testimony.

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A juror successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' proceedings was dismissed Monday morning. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

As to the concerns astir diversity, Judge Subramanian said this assemblage does not rise those concerns. Diddy's ineligible squad had asked to support the juror owed to his ethnicity and requested a mistrial should the juror beryllium dismissed.

"The tribunal cannot and should not fto contention origin into what it should do," the national justice noted.

Juror No. 6 was dismissed and was replaced by the archetypal alternate juror. Judge Subramanian besides noted determination was nary grounds of prosecutorial misconduct.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs confers with his lawyers aft a gathering with the justice during his enactment trafficking proceedings connected June 12. (Jane Rosenberg)

On Friday, the prosecution said juror No. 6 successful Diddy's trial disclosed that helium precocious moved to New Jersey with his woman and has been staying determination for astir of the trial. When helium was questioned down closed doors, the juror said helium was staying successful New York 4 to 5 nights. He besides said his girl was calved successful New Jersey and lives there, but helium lives successful NYC.

The authorities pointed retired that during voir dire helium said helium lived successful the Bronx with his fiancé and daughter.

Judge Subramanian noted that determination were respective inconsistencies successful the juror's statements and either the juror was incapable to travel elemental instructions and reply the questions oregon determination was deceit. He agreed that determination are "serious questions" astir the juror’s candor fixed the discrepancies successful the record.

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Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion, and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution successful the indictment unsealed successful September 2024. He has pleaded not guilty. (Jordan Strauss)

There appeared to beryllium an contented with a 2nd juror arsenic of Monday morning. No details connected the contented were shared successful court. 

The juror was asked to enactment astatine the extremity of the time pursuing trial testimony for further questioning.

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Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.