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AUSA Slavik: The defendant called Cassie a slut, he stopped on her face. She was disfigured. Roger Bonds caught her and brought her back. The defendant made her go to the London Hotel on Sunset, so no one saw her. She wanted to go home to her mom. But no

AUSA Slavik: It's clear Cassie did not consent to staying in the London Hotel. David James testified the defendant demanded to see his search history, if he had posted that the defendant assaulted Cassie in the club. Then there's Capricorn Clark

AUSA Slavik: They made her take a lie detector test for days in an empty office building in Manhattan. This was in 2004. She was holding expensive jewelry that went missing. Uncle Paulie took her to the future HQ of Bad Boy. She was tested for 5 lies.

AUSA Slavik: The man administering the test told her if she failed she'd end up in the East River. In Central Park the defendant told her if anything happened he'd have to kill her. David James remembers this. He was tested too, to get the rat out of the team

AUSA Slavik: In December 2011, Rube helped the defendant kidnap Capricorn Clark. It started on Dec 22, 2011. The defendant banged on Capricorn's door, with a gun. He was out for revenge. He barked an order at Capricorn: Get dressed, we're going to kill Cudi

AUSA Slavik: They drove to Kid Cudi's house, the defendant had a gun in his lap. This was kidnapping, he moved her a substantial distance. The defendant said he wouldn't let her told until she brought him Cassie- who he kicked when she arrived, into fetal position

AUSA Slavik: Cassie, who was with Kid Cudi that morning, testified with this. The officer who responded to the 9-1-1 call he saw a black Escalade registered to Bad Boy. Then on January 12, 2012 the defendant had Kid Cudi's car set on fire: Arson

AUSA Slavik: Someone cut a hole in the roof of Kid Cudi's car and dropped in a Molotov cocktail. We're not suggesting the defendant cut the hole - he didn't even buy his own soup, you heard the Voice Notes. He said he was going to blow up Kid Cudi's car

AUSA Slavik: What are the odds, he says it and it happened. The coincidences just keep on coming. The defendant and Rube just happened to be there a few weeks before. Kid Cudi was driving the same Porsche the night of the trespass. What are the odds?

AUSA Slavik: Kid Cudi had conflicts with no one except the defendant. Then D Roc brought Kid Cudi to the defendant, who was looking like a Marvel super villain. Years later the defendant apologizes to Kid Cudi. Then there's bribery - the 2016 video

AUSA Slavik: The defendant was having a freak off with Cassie and one of the escorts, Jules. Florez found the defendant sitting in a chair with what he called a devilish stare. In the room, he saw another man. The defendant tried to hand Florez a stack of money

AUSA Slavik: It was his first attempt at a bribe that day. As Cassie leaves, Combs starts damage control -
Judge: We had a power issue. Is your mic working?
AUSA Slavik: Hello? Yes. He called Cassie over a dozen times. The texts: Call me, cops are here

AUSA Slavik: He was just manipulating her. But the defendant knew he could be arrested. There was video of the assault. He went and banged on Cassie's door with a hammer. Neighbors were going to call the police. They did in fact go. Kerry Morgan had the LAPD card

AUSA Slavik: KK suggests, Say they had a fun drunk night. She calls and reaches Eddy Garcia. Eddy says no. Then KK shows up in person. He won't show her, but says off the record, It's bad. KK has the defendant call Eddy, on him personal cell phone

AUSA Slavik: Once Eddy says his boss will do it for $50,000, the defendant calls him Eddy My Angel. That's how he's saved in the cell phone. Eddy goes to deliver the USB. D Roc and KK are there. The defendant counted out dollar by dollar the bribe.

AUSA Slavik: Eddy told you the security guard told him he came up with the defendant. That was D Roc. Eddy asked the defendant, What if Cassie calls police? So the defendant knew. Eddy finds the ID of stand-in for Florez. NDAs are signed - don't speak to anyone

[For those asking, during this closing, Sean Combs has his chair pushed way back from the defense table, and is looking around]
AUSA Slavik: Paying for silence is influencing testimony. In their opening the defense suggested it was just about bad publicity.

AUSA Slavik: Police involvement would hurt him. The 2 are connected. The next racketeering predicate is sex trafficking. Defendant's inner circle assisted, whether they wanted to or not. Threats, drugs, lies and illegal violence to make them have sex with escorts

AUSA Slavik: This is not an attempt to criminalize dysfunctional relationships or personal sexual behavior. They did not want to have sex with strangers while the defendant masturbated. They were covered in oil and sore, over and over again

AUSA Slavik: We are not asking you to find that every hotel night or freak off was sex trafficking, or even the majority. You only need to find the elements were met one time. One freak off. That's it. He's guilty. But it was way more than once.

AUSA Slavik: Let's start with Jane. Turn off the public screens.
[Combs still in his chair passed back from defense table, at which Xavier Donaldson and Alexandra Shapiro have their chins in their hands]
AUSA Slavik: Consider the sobriety party, & in Jane's house

AUSA Slavik: Let's start with the love bombing stage. Jane was head over heels. They traveled to the Caribbean. Doctor Hughes talked about this - she never met with any witness, but it was like she knew them. Love bombing is a tactic. He was grooming her

AUSA Slavik: He gave Jane Ecstasy, she fell to the ground convulsing. The defendant liked baby oil and red lights. Then introduced in May 2021, she wanted to please her partner, she was high - the defendant had a freak off set up that very night. An escort came

AUSA Slavik: Jane was excited by that first experience. She didn't realize she had opened Pandora's box. It became 90% of their relationship. For a while, she went along. Then she told him she wanted it to stop. There are texts about this
[Shown with screen off]

AUSA Slavik: Jane wrote, I wanted to do things outside these rooms, to travel with you. The defendant ignored Jane's discomfort. Those hotel night were not about what Jane wanted. They were about what the defendant wanted to see. He decided how long

AUSA Slavik: Jane said, if she was going to have sex with strange men, she should chose which. The defendant made her ask them for nude photos - these were not for her. When she asked to use condoms, the defendant was not happy. He was dismissive and condescending

AUSA Slavik: She would try to have it go faster; he'd order her to slow down. It was about what he wanted. He dangled carrots. He gave her gifts and money. He lied to her repeatedly. She asked, When are we doing a get-away? He said they'd go on a yacht, but didn't

AUSA Slavik: Here's what Jane wrote in her Notes app, I don't want to have you use me to fulfill your freaky wild desires in hotel rooms. He used his payment of her rent as leverage. The carrot turned into a stick. She wrote, the threats and inuendo are non-stop

AUSA Slavik: He paid for her veneers because he didn't like her teeth - then said, look at the roof over her head and your pretty mouth and teeth. He wanted the All-Star party, sex with three men. She sent him a photo of her period blood.

AUSA Slavik: He sent this this voice note
[Sean Combs' voice: I'm about to really disappear on you. I don't have no time for this baby girl, you got me on my job, you got to get on your job]
AUSA: The message couldn't be clearer. Not going to take No for an answer

[For those asking, AUSA Slavik is looking down and reading her closing statement from a binder on the lectern]
AUSA Slavik: After reading Cassie's lawsuit, Jane writes to the defendant, I feel like I'm reading my own sexual trauma. 2 of my birthdays you forced me

AUSA Slavik: Jane wrote, You gaslit me, it was sexual exploitation you framed as love for your sick fetishes. The defendant called her and tried to trick her into saying it was all consented to. He fed her a false narrative. Listen to this clip- he talked over her

AUSA Slavik: Doctor Hughes told you how a victim is trauma-bonded to her abuser. Jane often felt the defendant didn't listen to the truth. She said, Sean would say just to move on. He told her to charge him, that lawyers would be involved, to buy her silence

AUSA Slavik: So she asked for $100,000 a year for her to move on. She thought it was reasonable, far less than Cassie. The defendant went ballistic. She refused to adopt her false narrative. You can read the text message
[We can't - they are not on the screen]

AUSA Slavik: Jane wrote that the defendant was going to show her sex tapes to the father of her child. Then he reached out and told her to come see him in Miami. She makes it clear he doesn't want a hotel night. He says, OK. Despite his promise he called an escort

AUSA Slavik: Here are more threats about the rent. Jane writes, I hate worrying about the rent. This is in 2024. It all culminated in June 2024. He assaulted her and forced her to perform oral sex on an escort. This is sex trafficking.

AUSA Slavik: It was interstate, and the Astroglide crossed state lines. The defendant knew or recklessly disregarded that force, threats of force, coercion or fraud were used. Consenting once doesn't mean she consented every time. One time is enough.

AUSA Slavik: In 2023 he made Jane feel she'd have a proper NYC weekend - but invited escorts. Jane sent him another message: It's dark and sleazy, in fear of losing my home. His response? Girl, stop. Then he Facetimed her and told her about stopping and dinner

AUSA Slavik: He lied. Look
[public screen is still off, for summary chart]
AUSA: He is also texting Paul Arthur, as escort. Look at these messages. He is setting up a hotel night. When she is in the air, he tells her he has a surprise for her. She did not want it

AUSA Slavik: That, before the plane even lands, is a completed act of sex trafficking. He tricked her. Then, under coercions, she calls Cabral to come to New York. In the next text, she says in NYC I knew you would pair me up with a random person

AUSA Slavik: In the sobriety party, without drugs, she is so disgusted she vomits. She writes, I'm not a porn star, I'm not an animal. I need a break. The defendant responds, Let's spend the day, no strangers. She replies, You'll love bomb me

AUSA Slavik: He switches from carrot to stick - the house. He texts, Are you going to let me into our house. Eight times. Then he said he was sick & needed her. She went - and had sex with three different men, without drugs. After vomit, he said Get back out there

AUSA Slavik: 2024 in Jane's house. Three months after Homeland Security agents searched the defendant's homes. They used Jane's house. He came there. They were supposed to have a fun date night. They drank and argued. She pushed his head into the counter.

AUSA Slavik: He shouted at her. She told him to leave. She ran and closed doors - he kicked down three doors. You saw the doors, here's one of them on the screens
[public screens are still off - for no reason]
AUSA: She ran without shoes. She hid. He was waiting

AUSA Slavik: Jane hit the defendant. He punched her in the face. Here are photos
[Public screens are off]
AUSA: He dragged her by the hair back into the house. Jane took his phone and called the other woman. She shouted. The defendant called Jonathan Perez.

AUSA Slavik: He followed her into the shower & hit her, knocked her down. He called Anton the escort and told her to have sex with him. She put on make up to hide her injuries. She drove to pick up Anton at the gate. Then the defendant said, Take this f*cking pill

AUSA Slavik: He put his face inches from her and asked, Is this coercion? He was brazenly acknowledging he was breaking the very same law he violated before. Jane didn't want to have sex with the escort that night. She said No. But he wouldn't take no as an answer

AUSA Slavik: Jane performed oral sex until Anton ejaculated. The defendant told this security to bring cash to Anton. They didn't have it. The next day he gave Jane the money to pay Anton. She Uber-ed the bag of money over to him. This was coercion.

Judge: Ms. Slavik, at the appropriate time let's break for lunch.
AUSA Slavik: This would be a fine time.
Judge: OK, jurors, you may go eat.

Break
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1:25 pm they've back
Judge: Ms. Slavik, are you ready?
AUSA: Just to flag for the court, we are going to need to change PowerPoints
Clerk: Can we turn the public screens on?
[Apparently not]

All rise!
Jurors enter.
Judge: Ms. Slavik, you may proceed.
AUSA Slavik: Let's go back - the three nights were part of a build up, from fraud to coercion to finally force.
[Loud beeping]
AUSA: I apologize
Judge: Do you need to change the batteries?

Courtroom deputy: Ms. Slavik, do you need batteries? Double A?
[Combs still with chair pushed back, now legs cross, hands crossed]
AUSA Slavik: The house was just an example of defendant's financial coercion of Jane. Also drugs - they came a necessary part of sex

AUSA Slavik: Jane told you about Miami in 2024, he gave her liquid Molly. They showed you video, they'll argue that she was super into it. But she was super super high. His coercion included threats to release tapes of her having sex in the hotel rooms

AUSA Slavik: Combs threated to send sex tapes to Jane's child's father. This was to coerce her into more commercial sex acts. The defense has suggested that Jane agreed to these hotel nights. Let's talk about what agreeing means. Their's is an imcomplete picture

AUSA Slavik: Let's turn to volume 2. We're going to talk about Cassie, with several examples. You know from sitting through this trial that force was not limited to these days. Through the decade they were together, he forced her to have sex with escorts

AUSA Slavik: Cassie was 19, he was in his late 30s. He signed her to 10 record deal. He took her on a yacht and gave her Ecstasy. They had sex. They were in a relationship. She had just turned 21. The defendant was her boss, who called all the shots.

AUSA Slavik: He molded her. He told Capricorn, let me show you - then ordered Cassie around. She did it, walk and turn around. Total compliance. He didn't take no for an answer. He was abusive: physical, emotional, psychological, sexual.

AUSA Slavik: They want you to call this domestic violence. But he was forcing her to have freak-offs. He controlled everything. He demanded that her nails be done a certain way, on red carpets. The Vanity Fair party in 2014, Deonte Nash told you - he shouted

AUSA Slavik: Combs shouted, I thought I told y'all she had to have her hair up. He wouldn't let her make money from her music. She was offered the chance to do a Common video, Puff said no. He paid for her car, clothing, phones and vacation. He made her dependent

AUSA Slavik: He did it to her family too. After he found out she was with Kid Cudi, he demanded $20,000 from her parent to pay him back, or he'd release sex tapes. That month in just this account he had $3.2 million coming in and out. This was about control

AUSA Slavik: Remember what Doctor Hughes said: when a victim is on unsure footing the abuser has control. He punched her, kicked her, dragged her. When it was bad he hid her in hotels to heal & not be seen. You saw photos and video. D Roc, Rube, Paulie, they knew

AUSA Slavik: He attached her for attending a Prince party, until Prince's security intervened. Mia and Myra Morales described abuse to you. Cassie told you, when she got to the house he threatened to release the sex tapes. He assaulted her in Jamaica

AUSA Slavik: He beat her up in Las Vegas while she was curled up under the toilet. She said D Roc cried. There was his assault at the Inter-Continental Hotel, caught on tape. For Cassie, it was her normal. She was there when he attached Mia, Devonte Nash - & Bana

AUSA Slavik: Bana may have gotten the date wrong. But she had injured. One time he has Cassie told guns for him. The diner and Suge Knight incident? Cassie was in the house. She saw. Why didn't she leave? Ms. Hughes explained that hitting leads to fear.

AUSA Slavik: Even when Cassie was in South Africa, she could not get away. KK kept calling. D Roc was loyal only to the defendant. He played both sides - he talked to Cassie then reported it back to the defendant. "She about to ice up, I told her to chill out"

AUSA Slavik: They met for dinner in Malibu - then he raped her on the living room floor. She said no. She cried. But he didn't take no for an answer. He raped her. He wrote, I could tell I didn't turn you on yesterday. That is, he raped her

AUSA Slavik: Because of the trauma bond, after the rape, she met him at a friend's party then had sex. Consensual sex. This was a trauma bond. He had an M.O. - an hours-long performance, he masturbated and sometimes filmed. Just like with Jane.

AUSA Slavik: Sometimes the defendant told escort to urinate on her. Sometime he urinated himself. Why? To turn himself on. She began drug addicted. Here she wrote, I love our FOs, when we both want it. Jurors, this is not an all or nothing situation

AUSA Slavik: There were times he knew she didn't want to do it. That is sex trafficking. She obviously didn't want to have an escort urinate in her mouth while she lay on the floor. Let's talk about the videos. You've seen clips. You don't see weapons

AUSA Slavik: You see her having sex, masturbating. The defendant is moving the camera around, at times focuses on the escort, not Cassie at all. It's clear this was about his fantasy, not Cassie's. March 5, 2016 in the Inter-Continental Hotel, the video

AUSA Slavik: Before the Inter-Continental Hotel, Cassie had a premiere - it was a big night for her. She agreed to a freak-off as damage control. Look at this, She says I don't want you thinking I don't want to. She knows the defendant won't taken No for an answer

AUSA Slavik: The defendant gets Jules to come. You know what happens - an argument, the defendant hits Cassie in the face. All she can think about is her premiere. She takes off without her shoes.
[Inter-Continental video shown]
AUSA: He throws her to the ground

AUSA Slavik: He kicks her then drags her back to the room where Jules is waiting. Why is the dragging relevant? Because Jules is there. Freak offs have multiple sessions. They were between sessions. He leaves her, but he takes her bags. But she doesn't follow him

AUSA Slavik: Instead Cassie is using the phone in the elevator lobby.... The defendant is making another conscious decision, to take the bags into the room then come back for Cassie with his hands free. He grabs her phone - then makes the decision to stay

AUSA Slavik: He stays even though he is in a towel and looks ridiculous. After Florez arrives, he stalls in the hall. He knows Jules is still on the room, possibly naked. The defense claims he took back drugs that day. But you can see, he is in control.

AUSA Slavik: Cassie just wanted to get her bag and phone and leave. The defendant offered Florez money. This is a photo of Jane in the car back to her house, with sunglasses her black eye. He was using force to get Cassie to continue with the freak off

AUSA Slavik: The defense may tell you the violence was not connected to the sex. But it was an attempt to get Cassie to continue with the freak off. Later she wrote to him, I'm not a rag doll. I'm someone's child. There were freak offs in NY with Daniel Phillip

AUSA Slavik: Daniel Phillip was not paid for his time - this is a ridiculous argument. In one freak off, between session the defendant told Cassie to come in the bedroom. She kept using the computer. The defendant threw a bottle, dragged her, then slapped her

AUSA Slavik: Daniel Phillip heard Combs yell, B*tch when I tell you to come here, you come here. After that Daniel Phillip could not perform. But a completed act is not required for sex trafficking. This is sex trafficking. Cannes, they were at the film festival

AUSA Slavik: The defendant accused Cassie of stealing his drugs. He threw her off the boat they were staying on. Mia heard an audio of this, recognized the voices. They flew back to NY. She traded seats to get away, but he followed and showed her freak-off videos

AUSA Slavik: He threatened to release the sex tapes. When they got to New York they had a freak off. This is another example of clear cut coercion. He threw her off a boat without her passport. He wanted Cassie to be afraid to say No to him

AUSA Slavik: Cassie said, I didn't know what No would mean, what No would turn into. He could be violent. The defense said Cassie made a choice every day to stay with him. Step back. Imagine yourself as Cassie. This was the force. This was the leverage

AUSA Slavik: There were the drugs - dissociative and numbing. She needed that buffer. Yes, some of the messages are explicit. That doesn't mean she wanted to have sex with escort at freak offs. In 2009, he wrote, You're supposed to be seducing me all day

AUSA Slavik: Cassie told the defendant she didn't want to do freak offs. Take her birthday party. Deonte told you about. He demanded she freak off and she did. What choice did Cassie have in the end? She did not have the freedom to make voluntary adult choices

AUSA Slavik: Let's go back to Count 1 for a minute. While it was the defendant in the freak offs - but he had help. From KK, D Roc, Faheem. They knew it was wrong. How did they facilitate? KK got strange men access to rooms the defendant & Cassie shared

AUSA Slavik: KK got Clayton Howard - Dave - access to the room. Jonathan Perez found the video of Cassie having sex with an escort. He showed it to KK - she knew. Faheem saw it too. Faheem got drugs to the defendant even during the freak offs, between sessions

AUSA Slavik: On February 18, 2024 - after Jane told KK - KK still sent stuff for Wild King Nights. D Roc iced Cassie's black eyes. It would be absurd to think D Roc didn't know what they were doing. Of course he knew. I expect the defense will say they didn't know

AUSA Slavik: David James saw a stranger... Deonte Nash saw one. Jonathan Perez saw video of Jane having sex with another man while the defendant watched. Inter-state travel for prostitution? The defendant paid escorts. He caused the travel. He sometimes booked it

AUSA Slavik: The transportation counts do not require force, fraud or coercion. Even if all consented - we know that's not true - it still a crime. It's just knowing transportation with the intent the individual engage in prostitution

AUSA Slavik: For Count 3, freak offs involving Cassie - the escorts' travel was often booked by travel agents. She remembered Dave, Clayton Howard - he would travel from NY to Miami or LA. Another escort traveled to Ibiza. GX 1402.

AUSA Slavik: This was Jules Theodore at the London Hotel in NYC. The defendant asked for Jules' name for the ticket. The defendant's AmEx show he paid for a car. There's the $2000 bill from the London Hotel. The defendant texted, I will tip you. For what? Sex

AUSA Slavik: For this incident alone, the defendant is guilty under Count 3. But there's more, more Jules at the London Hotel, starting at 7 am. Consider this: Paul going to Turks. The defendant says, how should I pay. He paid for Paul's travel to Turks for sex

AUSA Slavik: Here, Reggie flew from Las Vegas to LA for sex, he is never tired. Jane sent $1100 via CashApp. Here is the hotel folio - $4000 of damage, the hotel staff found bodily fluids on the floor. It couldn't be clearer.

AUSA Slavik: Every time KK helped arrange travel for the Wild King Nights, she was part of the crime. She may not have liked it, but she did it. KK sent up travel for a Wild King Night in Vegas.
[Combs voice: The wildest Wild King night in Vegas]
AUSA: KK knows

AUSA Slavik: KK helped Cabral book his travel. Combs asks her for cash, she knows exactly what is going us. She facilitated travel for the escorts. Each is a racketeering act. You only need to find two acts. Just here, there are dozens... Afternoon break?
OK

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3:31 pm they've back
[When Judge Subramanian asked AUSA Slavik how much more time she has, she said: one hour. ]
Jury entering - All rise!
AUSA Slavik: I expect the judge will instruct you on forced labor [shows chart]

AUSA Slavik: You heard of forced labor of four women: Cassie and Jane, and Mia and Capricorn. Cassie and Jane, it was grueling sexual services. Cassie called them grueling, up to 4 days, maybe even more. Jane said the same thing

AUSA Slavik: Cassie and Jane were on call to perform freak offs for the defendant whenever he wanted, wherever he wanted. He used force or threats of force. He would say, let's finish on a high note, let's push through, you're not tired, are you?

AUSA Slavik: It took weeks to recover for these freak offs. That's forced labor. KK kept setting up hotel rooms and flights. Let's turn to Mia. She worked for Combs, finally at Revolt... She went five days without sleep. Combs sexually assault her.

AUSA Slavik: He put his hand up her dress. He came into her bedroom and penetrated her. he came into the closet and forced her to perform oral sex on him. There was a time in the bathroom of the private jet she can't fully remember. Repeated traumatic events.

AUSA Slavik: She was clear as a bell even under cross examination. She performed labor and services, including sexual services. He threw here against a wall and slammed a door on her arm. She saw violence at Prince's party. And on Turks

AUSA Slavik: When they were in South Africa. KK told Mia, if you don't call him in ten minutes, you don't have a job. He has all the power and control. She knew she couldn't say no, even to little things. Mia knew that her job was to protect the defendant.

AUSA Slavik: HR was for Combs; she couldn't go to the police due to Combs' power. The threats left her with no options. I expect you're going to hear that she could have left, that she told Combs she loved him. Mia pulled no punches - there were high highs

AUSA Slavik: And low lows. Capricorn Clark had an issue with overtime. She took the issue to the head of HR, Vashta Wilson. But HR was the defendant's puppet. The defendant and Uncle Paulie threatened her in Central Park. & the lie detector, & taken to Kid Cudi's

AUSA Slavik: Capricorn had a son to provide for. Combs threatened to blacklist her. Now, witness tampering and obstruction after Cassie filed her lawsuit. This weaves the whole story together. Jane wrote, You gaslit me. She posed a problem for the defendant

AUSA Slavik: So Combs called Jane - the calls were recorded on KK's phone. You can listen to them. On November 19, 2023, Cassie's lawsuit was already settled. But he is afraid of a criminal investigation. He calls and asks, What can I do to make you feel better?

AUSA Slavik: He says, I can't be speaking on the phone. He is worried the US will get 3 years of his text messages with Jane. While he's recording the call, he tries to convince her she was willing. He says, We just did some kinky shit I thought we both enjoyed

AUSA Slavik: Do you hear, on the recorded call, the sound of notes being take with a Sharpie? To plan how to get what they want Jane to say? You've seen that in this trial, the lawyers passing notes to each other

AUSA Slavik: Do you hear, on the recorded call, the sound of notes being take with a Sharpie? To plan how to get what they want Jane to say? You've seen that in this trial, the lawyers passing notes to each other

AUSA Slavik: Then Combs had D Roc reach out to Mia, asking her to say something. Mia told you her reaction to this call - she had seen the defendant bash in Cassie's head. D Roc had seen it too - he was asking her to agree with a lie

AUSA Slavik: As the Federal investigation grew, they kept reaching out to Mia. D Roc calls her five times in a row. The chart Ms. Sankar presented to you bring this together.

[For those wondering, here's how Combs' family looks in the courtroom, art courtesy to Inner City Press from Elizabeth Williams

AUSA Slavik: The defendant's conduct toward Mia is also obstruction and witness tampering. Also obstruction: the video of the Inter-Continental assault. It's bribery but also obstruction.

AUSA Slavik: Finally, venue. We only have a show an act in this District. Doesn't have to be criminal. SDNY includes Manhattan and The Bronx. Count 2? Freak offs in Manhattan. Court 3, freak offs, Jules to the London Hotel in Manhattan. Court 4, Jane in Manhattan

AUSA Slavik: You spent 7 weeks listening, a lot of the evidence was hard to hear, or see. You heard from Kid Cudi, whose house was broken into and whose car was burned. You heard from Regina Ventura, Deonte Nash - how he ran the Enterprise with total control

AUSA Slavik: It's time to hold him accountable. It's time to find him guilty.
Judge: We'll continue tomorrow, jurors. Do not watch or read anything about the case. All rise!

Adjourned
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