Diddy trial live updates from June 9-10
A social media influencer who says Sean “Diddy” Combs savagely beat her and made her have unprotected sex with porn stars and escorts during their years-long relationship was grilled Tuesday by his lawyers at this bombshell sex-trafficking trial.
The woman testifying anonymously as a “Jane Doe” has at times sobbed uncontrollably as she described in horrifically graphic detail how the disgraced rap mogul forced her into depraved, drug-fueled “freak-off” sex marathons that are at the center of the case.
Combs, 55, is accused of using his fame, fortune and many businesses to run a decade-long scheme in which he controlled and manipulated his longtime girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie Ventura, 38, and others including Jane using violence and threats, forcing them into the “freak-offs” that went on for days.
The rapper has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He faces life in prison if convicted.
The trial is not televised because cameras are prohibited inside the federal courthouse, but we’re there following all the action — so watch this space for the latest updates.
You can read this lengthy article on the NYPost at the link below.
=====================================================================================
R. Kelly hospitalized after prison overdose, his lawyers allege murder plot
R. Kelly’s lawyers are alleging that the disgraced R&B singer overdosed last week on medication given to him by prison staff.
In a filing, obtained by USA Today, Kelly’s legal team claims that after he was placed in solitary confinement, prison staff provided him an “overdose quantity” of medication on June 12 compared with his “normal anxiety and sleep medication dosages,” which resulted in his hospitalization on June 13.
The filing states that Kelly was “forcibly removed from Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, against medical advice.”
Kelly was convicted in 2021 in Brooklyn federal court of multiple charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking and has been serving a 30-year sentence since 2022 in the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, N.C.
His lawyers claim that the alleged overdose took place after he was put in solitary confinement on June 10 “against his will,” shortly after his legal team filed an emergency motion seeking his immediate release from federal custody to home detention while claiming that his life is in danger and accusing the government of misconduct, according to Variety.
Kelly woke up feeling “faint” and “dizzy” on June 13, according to the filing.
“He started to see black spots in his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to the ground,” the motion read. “He crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness.”
Kelly’s lawyers say onsite prison medical staff could not help him and that’s when he was transported to Duke University Hospital by ambulance, where he stayed for two days.
His team said they were only able to speak to him on Monday, after a previous call was cancelled “without explanation.”
The filing also claimed that Kelly was removed from the hospital before he was set to receive surgery on “an ongoing blood clot issue” and the hospital would need to keep him there for two weeks for the surgery.
“Within an hour, officers with guns came into his hospital room and removed Mr. Kelly. He was taken from the hospital against his will and against the directives of the doctors,” according to Kelly’s lawyers.
“It is undeniable. Mr. Kelly’s life is in jeopardy right now because the Bureau of Prisons denied him necessary surgery to clear clots from his lungs,” Kelly’s lawyer Beau B. Brindley claimed. “He could die from this condition, and they are letting it happen.”
Brindley is requesting a temporary furlough to home detention but federal prosecutors are referring to Kelly’s emergency motion claims as “fanciful” and “theatrical.”
They also noted that Kelly’s motion was filed at the wrong court and location, using the wrong kind of case and not following proper procedure.
Federal prosecutors also said Kelly’s emergency motion “makes a mockery of the harm suffered by Kelly’s victims” and accused him of being a “master manipulator.”
There is more on this story on Global:
No comments:
Post a Comment