To escape the condemnation for trafficking in sexual trafficking and the imprisonment with potential life, Sean “Diddy” Combs has spared no expenditure in the hiring of a “who’s Who” of the defense lawyers, some of which were involved in the representation of some of the greatest defendants of celebrities today, according to a report.
This includes Linda Moreno, a lawyer based in New York who helped the selection of jurys, just as she did for the founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Vulture reported.
The selection of the jury in the case of Combs ended on Monday in a federal hearing in New York, and opening declarations are underway, according to reports. The besieged music magnate faces five racketeering, sexual traffic and transportation leaders to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty.
On Monday, these new jurors should also hear the testimony of the ex-girlfriend of Combs, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. His explosive trial against Combs in 2023 helped stimulate the federal investigation, which led to the fall of the rapper and musical director, who was estimated by Forbes of $ 740 million, according to the Washington Post. In her trial, Ventura has allegedly alleged years of physical and sexual violence, coercion and sex traffic, which included combs forcing her to participate in sexual celebrations, called “freak offs”.
Combs no doubt hopes that Moreno can do a better job to help choose a panel of sympathetic jurors than for Holmes. After the conclusion of the fourth month of the fourth month of Holmes in San Jose at the end of 2021, the jurors of his case found him guilty of four charges of criminal criminal fraud for having designed investors in his Palo Alto blood test start-up, now missing.
While the jurors of Holmes found her “sympathetic” during her seven days of testimony, they also found that she was not credible – and that she brought the ultimate responsibility for the information disseminated to investors, one of the jurors told ABC News at the beginning of 2022.
Again, the Holmes jurors were sympathetic to some of the defense arguments, as the juror, Wayne Katz, said in ABC News. Holmes, who gave birth to the first of his two children before the start of his trial, was initially accused of 11 fraud leaders, but the verdict was divided. The jurors acquitted her of four of the accusations linked to the fraud of patients and were involved on three others.
While Holmes was pregnant with his second child, his trial judge sentenced him to 11 years and three months in prison. It is currently serving the time of the Federal Prison Camp in Texas. Holmes has also just lost his last offer to call on his case. Last week, a panel of three judges with the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his last attempt to cancel his conviction for fraud and a prison sentence, narrowing his options for early freedom to a call for hail of the United States Supreme Court or presidential forgiveness.
With Combs, there is, of course, if his lawyers and jury consultant can do on his behalf. Many depends on the force of the accusation affair. But Combs does not seem to save any expenditure to give itself the best blow to a acquittal, according to Vulture.
“I expect Diddy spending eight or more than $ 10 million figures in defense costs when everything is said.” Diddy has a small army of lawyers working on his case. It is expected when its net value would have been $ 1 billion and his life is at stake. “
His main defense lawyer is Marc Agnifilo, who represented Martin Shkreli and the head of the cult of Nxivm, Keith Raniere, and is currently part of the legal team for the CEO of Unitedhealthcare who shoots the suspect Luigi Mangione, according to Vulture. Agnifilo should argue that combat sexual meetings with its former partners, including Ventura, were consensual as part of a lifestyle of “swingers”.
The Combs defense team also includes Teny Geragos, the daughter of the famous criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos, and Brian Steel, who represented Young Thug.
California Daily Newspapers
