Diddy Trial Highlights From Seventh Day of Testimony

Prosecutors gave the impression to be getting extra testimony geared in the direction of the racketeering cost in opposition to Diddy within the seventh day of witnesses on the stand … however there have been nonetheless some outlandish tales instructed in court docket too.

The wildest testimony got here courtesy of a male unique dancer nicknamed “The Punisher” … he instructed the jury about his first meetings with Cassie and Diddy and talked a few e book he wrote about erectile dysfunction, “In Search of Freezer Meat.”

The ‘Punisher’ had rather a lot to say about kinky intercourse … however there wasn’t an entire lot of meat on the bone when it got here to the felony fees … regardless that we’ll give him his due as a really entertaining character.

Prosecutors appeared to make one other fascinating transfer in asking Diddy’s former assistant David James about some ecstasy pills he saw Diddy popping … within the form of Barack Obama‘s face.

But James had some related testimony when he instructed the jury about Diddy grabbing three weapons and hopping in a automotive in search of his arch nemesis Suge Knight … who David had seen earlier at a well-known diner in Los Angeles. This testimony dovetailed with some of Cassie’s prior testimony and it went in the direction of the prosecution constructing their RICO case in opposition to Diddy.

Cassie’s mom, Regina Ventura, offered essentially the most highly effective testimony … when she instructed the jury about an e-mail she obtained from her daughter, the place Cassie relayed an extortion threat from Diddy involving some intercourse tapes and Kid Cudi. This testimony additionally associated to racketeering and intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud, or coercion.

The day ended with an agent from Homeland Security Investigations … he labored within the human trafficking division and ran level on the March 2024 raid at Diddy’s property on Star Island in Miami … and he instructed the jury the search turned up loaded AR-15 rifles with the serial numbers scratched off, plus intercourse toys, lube, lingerie and platform heels. The weapons are essentially the most related to RICO fees.

Prosecutors gave the impression to be zeroing in on the racketeering part of the case … regardless that they added some sideshows with “The Punisher.”

Testimony continues Wednesday … and there is a probability Kid Cudi will take the stand, although it might be pushed to Thursday relying on timing.