Ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ shall be again on stand after tearful testimony
Court docket is now’s session
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Court docket is now in session kicking off Day 19 of Combs’ trial.
Combs is carrying khaki pants and a white long-sleeved shirt at present. Upon coming into the courtroom, he seemed via some papers in a folder and sat down on the protection desk.
Combs’ attorneys request mistrial for second time
Legal professionals for Combs have — for the second time in two weeks —known as for a mistrial, as he faces expenses of intercourse trafficking and different alleged offenses.
On Saturday, his authorized crew wrote to the choose asking for the mistrial, for what they claimed was “prosecutorial misconduct,” alleging that prosecutors knew that one witness’s testimony was false.
‘Jane,’ a former girlfriend of Combs, to retake the stand at present
The witness recognized solely by way of the pseudonym “Jane” is anticipated to return to the stand after breaking down throughout testimony final week.
Final week, she described encounters with intercourse companions throughout alleged “resort nights” that she stated might go on for a number of “rounds.”
Jane has testified that Combs was paying her lease and continues to pay her lease. She is one in all 4 accusers referred to within the authorities’s indictment that alleges he ran his enterprise empire as a felony enterprise and exploited the ladies via his monetary assist.