Music legend Diddy is getting ready for a courtroom showdown with a jury technique that can exceed Trump’s controversial numbers.
Diddy goals to prime Donald Trump’s jury pool numbers as he prepares to name a whopping 600 potential jurors to courtroom in his upcoming legal trial, setting the stage for one more high-profile courtroom spectacle.
The Hip-Hop mogul, whose actual title is Sean Combs, is going through severe federal allegations starting from sexual misconduct and compelled labor to drugging victims and making threats in opposition to careers and livelihoods.
Authorities even seized firearms with defaced serial numbers throughout raids on properties linked to Diddy.
In a strategic transfer harking back to Trump’s latest legal trial jury choice, Diddy’s authorized workforce has requested 300 potential jurors seem on Could 5, 2025, adopted by one other 300 on Could 6, to fill out detailed written questionnaires on the courthouse.
This large pool of 600 jurors dwarfs the five hundred summoned throughout Trump’s Manhattan trial, the place the previous president confronted 34 felony counts associated to falsifying enterprise information to hide hush cash funds to Stormy Daniels.
Regardless of Trump’s massive jury pool, the intensive choice course of didn’t pan out nicely for the previous president.
After weeks of intense questioning that noticed greater than half of the jurors dismissed for bias, Trump in the end confronted conviction on all counts in Could 2024, changing into the primary former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes.
Diddy’s attorneys hope a equally expansive pool will grant them better flexibility in deciding on neutral jurors. They’ve additionally requested particular person, sequestered questioning of jurors to keep away from any undue affect, a follow normal in high-profile trials.
Prosecutors, in the meantime, are keen to begin jury choice earlier—on April 21, 2025—to stop trial delays. They declare their case alone will take roughly six weeks, with one other two weeks put aside for the protection.
Diddy’s authorized workforce counters {that a} Could choice begin is crucial, arguing they nonetheless have “an amazing quantity of discovery to overview and put together prematurely of trial.”
The federal costs in opposition to Diddy arose from a civil lawsuit introduced by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, unleashing related accusations in opposition to the Dangerous Boy founder.
He has denied all allegations and pleaded not responsible whereas proclaiming his innocence.
Diddy’s legal trial is tentatively set to begin on Could 5 with jury choice, whereas opening statements will happen on Could 13, 2025.
