WEBVTT - Behind The Trial: Reflections on the Diddy Trial and Media Evolution 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:05.280 I'm a homegrowl that knows a little bit about everything. 0:00:04.800 --> 0:00:07.600 And everybody, you know, if you don't lie about that. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:14.960 Right, Hey, y'all, what's up. It's Laura de Rosa and 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.000 this is the Latest with Laura de Rosa. This is 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:21.200 your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.000 and all of the conversations that shake the room. 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:24.520 Baby. 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:27.160 Now we are getting into and I'm so happy we've 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.520 been doing this so much lately on the podcast. We're 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:34.320 getting into another conversation that is gonna shake the room. Uh, 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.960 And it's about conversations that shook the room. So I was, 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.040 you know, honored to be invited. Shout out to Jureka 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.400 Duncan from CBS News. Uh, I was honored to be 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.199 invited by her and her Association of Black Journalists New 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:52.600 York team to speak on a panel about the experience 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:54.640 of covering the Diddy trial. Now, you guys know, here 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.560 the Latest with Laura Rosa, the podcast that the Diddy 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.279 trial and that coverage was such a you know, a 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.160 time for us, not only because I think you know 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.000 a lot of people were able to really hear my 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.080 voice separately of anywhere else you've ever heard. 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.320 It, but also it was such a hustle. 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:16.119 I mean every day from you know, early four am, 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.640 five am mornings with the breakfast club, going right to court, 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.800 finishing my day six seven pm, and getting back up 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:22.520 and doing it again, to the point where I was 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:26.160 like cleetwalking, and you guys will know, we were doubling 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:26.959 up on content. 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.280 And I was very honest about you guys. 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.160 I was very honest with you guys about just how 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.600 I was feeling, how I was handling it, and everything 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:35.679 I was seeing in the courtroom. 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:36.279 And it stuck. 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.360 So I was joined by some amazing journalists, you know 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.000 the outlets in the room. Shout out to Picks eleven, 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:47.640 which is a local New York traditional news station. There 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.400 was you know, ABC was in the room. You also 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.440 had let me actually get their names so I can 0:01:54.160 --> 0:02:00.720 make sure giving these beautiful journal journalists their credit. So 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.720 on the panel you had Armind Wiggins shout out to 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:07.480 Arma Yaa. I love Armand who is a YouTube content creator. 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.640 Celia Bussy who is a senior field producer with TMZ. 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:13.320 I worked with her there for some time. 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.320 Darla Miles who was a reporter for ABC seven, Jay 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.560 Dow who is a reporter for Pixe eleven, and then 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.359 Jureka Duncan, who was the moderator of the conversation who 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.560 I mentioned in the beginning of this from CBS News, 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.399 and I was there on behalf of the Breakfast Club 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.440 and the Latest with Lona Rosa, and we got into 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.480 some conversations. They weren't the easiest because covering the Diddy 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.960 trial and all the things we learned weren't but we 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:37.240 had it. Let's get into it. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.640 Hello, everybody, thank you so much for coming. I'm like, oh, 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:45.440 you look so familiar. I know who you are. I 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.519 really appreciate you all taking the time to come together 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.079 to hear some of what we had to say and 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.360 experience while covering the Diddy trial. Welcome officially to behind 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.720 the scenes, behind the headlines covering the p Diddy trial 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:04.880 from start to sentencing. So for many of us, coverage 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.880 of Sean Diddy combe started two years ago, almost to 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.840 the day when his ex longtime girlfriend, Cassie Ventura filed 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:17.240 her civil lawsuit. More allegations were lodged. Colmes was later 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:21.200 arrested in September of twenty twenty four. A federal criminal 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.519 trial followed in May of this year and by now 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:26.400 you know the rest. The now fifty six year old 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:30.400 Grammy Award winning artists mogul and father of seven, was 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:34.400 convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.600 His release date is June of twenty twenty eight. Combs's 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:42.160 conviction was a pivotal moment in the culture that has 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.960 shaped many of us in this room. I grew up 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.600 listening to Colms's music, and on the outside he represented 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.320 someone who made it in spite of But when it 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.680 was all over, I felt it was important to come 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.720 back together with my colleagues sitting right here to reflect 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:01.120 on a once in a lifetime memory trial that shaped 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.800 all of us in different ways. So tonight you will 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:09.240 get a chance to speak with a diverse group of reporters, producers, 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:14.400 content creators for a revealing and respectful conversation about the 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:19.360 trial of the year. Clap it up, We're gonna make 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:19.960 some noise. 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:29.799 Hi, it's Selia Simone. 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:34.160 I'm here with Arma Legasp I'm j Dal This is 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:35.560 the latest with Lona Rosa. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:39.800 Well that you have been in every single day. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.719 Frega, how wout you describe Passi's demeanor which you took 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:43.440 the stands today. 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.720 Welcome to the Dissecting Vinny podcast. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:48.600 Everybody's talking about jury. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.040 I don't believe that when you're telling you right now, 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.680 it's true that I do believe one day, Willie, And 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:54.320 if it is a. 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:00.479 Thank you love, what do you make of the government 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:04.320 strength in this case compared to when you represented him 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:05.440 twenty six years ago. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.600 And just stepped out of the courtroom? And tensions were 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.760 extremely high on day fourteen of the Ditty trial, prosecutors 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:14.600 accusing Ditty's attorney Ryan Steele of yelling at and humiliating 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.000 Ditty's formal assistant Niya, who's on the stands today. 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.000 Mia had a heartbreaking testimony in which she spoke about 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.080 being suchly assaulted by did He. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:25.880 She mentioned seeing tons of abuse. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.080 Could you imagine somebody telling you, do you know what 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.200 your problem is? Could you went away for a view 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:31.719 the video. 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.000 Jurra Island for a hour. 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.120 And I joked with you a couple of days ago 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.240 about you know, footsopb the next. 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:41.000 Generation of news gatherers who offer their own opinion. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.320 I'm not on either side. Let me just start there. 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:44.400 I'm not on either side. 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.479 Did He is facing life in prison and convicted. So 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.040 let's break down what he's actually charged with. There are 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.760 five counts total in the indictment, rocketeering conspiracy, rico, two 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.599 counts of sex trafficking, and two counts of transportation to 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.000 engage in prostitution. Okay, let's start with Rigo. It was 0:05:58.040 --> 0:05:59.760 a lot that was passed in nineteen seventy so that 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.159 the gun making takedown the mob. So he was found 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.680 not guilty of the racketeering charge. He was found not 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.960 guilty of trafficking. Well, he was found guilty of was 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:08.600 the prostitution. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:13.080 So the first verdict Todd racketearing conspiracy, not guilty. You 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.520 saw him do this, pop and so top it all off. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:21.760 This week President Nowald Trump was teasing and alluding to possibly. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:23.120 Part of thing. 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:28.200 Sean Combs, Sewan Buffy Combs, SHAWNA did it comes there's 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.479 a prostitution for Casy Ventura guilty. 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:32.800 He was shocked. 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.520 He was visibly affected when that one came. You could 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:36.880 tell he. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.800 Was not a brain for that to come like a kinetic, 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:43.160 like a real serious shock because I think you know, 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.240 once you start hearing the work, heinditive, not guilty. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:46.320 Bird, it's there. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.320 Maybe have been an assumption that there was going to 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:49.960 continue to be a not guilty verdict. 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:53.039 This was the most important day of this case. His 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.120 sentence is fifty months of incarceration at NIFFOLO, which is 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.080 the lead of turning for Combs asking for more time 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:04.760 to list the recommendations, also supervised release five years. No 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.080 reaction from Colnes. He is still sitting and there's a 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:09.840 five hundred thousand dollars fine. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.000 Sean Combs dropped a different and just bowed his head 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:13.640 and just pray. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.200 This is probably the first trial where I've seen so 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:21.040 much social media presence, TikTok, Instagram, bloggers, people out here. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.320 So even though you're not supposed to look at your 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.880 phone and you're not supposed to read messages from familin 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.559 friends about this case, there's a lot of information out there. 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:33.280 Man. 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.200 Thank you and thank you to Ron Thompson who put 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.000 that lovely video together. So before we get started on 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.720 the questions that I have, and we're going to open 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:46.600 it up to Q and A, I want everybody to 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.720 just take thirty seconds to introduce themselves, who they are 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:54.120 and why they're here. Thirty seconds, Lauren, you can start 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:54.480 us off. 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.640 Hey, everybody, I'm Lauren le Rosa. 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.760 I am the senior news producer at The Breakfast Club 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.040 and I am the host and a creator of the 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.600 Latest with Lona Roads, of the podcast on the Black 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.160 Effect Network via iHeart. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.000 And I'm here because I was. I was there. We 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.440 were in the courthouse and covering the trial. 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.080 I was covering it for the radio show The Breakfast 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.880 Club that I worked for, and then it spilled over 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.280 into the podcast, and then it took its own life 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:21.800 on social media, and it's just been such a conversation 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.760 because it was such a big deal in pop culture 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:26.640 and you know, in conversation. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:27.960 So thank you for having me. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:31.280 My name is Jay Dawe. 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.080 I'm a correspondent with wpix pix eleven News and the 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.040 host of Community Close Up with Jay dow And I 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.559 was in the trenches with these amazing journalists. I'm not 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.480 going to break it down and call them content creators 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:44.840 because we were all there in the courtroom with pads 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.960 in our laps, pens or pencils taking notes that are 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.240 re court. You can't bring in cameras, And it was 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.480 an amazing experience, an eye opening experience for me. 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:55.559 I mean, this is my twenty sixty. 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.360 Year reporting in New York City, and this is the 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.920 first time that I saw our business come full circle, 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:05.640 the evolution. I felt like this was the transition where 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.600 you had, you know, one hundred years ago radio stars 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.560 and silent movie stars looking to the future. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.840 And I saw folks. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:19.000 Like Lauren, like armand sitting there doing what they do, 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.240 delivering the same material to their own audiences, and I 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.000 was I was so impressed. So I'm honored to be 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.920 here and it's great to be a part of this. 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:33.319 Good evening everyone. I'm Darla Miles, a correspondent with ABC 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:35.600 seven New York. I have been on the streets of 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:39.679 New York City for sixteen years. I have been in 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:44.720 this industry for thirty years. Benjamin Button, Yes, and you 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.000 know I've I cover crime. I cover a lot of 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:52.000 high profile crime. I produced a documentary set the record straight, 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:56.080 the cold case murder of cham Master Jay. And I 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.040 don't do celebrity news or sports news, but whenever they 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:03.600 get arrested, you will see me in court. I just 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.760 really can't even remember. Because there's always the thing about 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.800 covering news in New York and crime and high profile crime. 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.480 Everything is the big story until the next big story. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.480 So there was Trump, there was Jonathan Majors. I've covered 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:23.560 Luigi Mangioni, Weinstein, the Guilgo murders. I was there on 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.360 the first day when they found the first body. So 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.600 I've just been in the trenches a long time and 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.480 being a part of legacy media, I really feel it's 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.480 a duty and a calling and a purpose in life 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.079 to hold this seat at the table to make sure 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:43.680 there is representation and context and everything that we cover 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:49.240 when it comes to being empathetic as a human right, 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.280 not just a person of color, not just a woman, 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.680 but being the good Southern person that my family taught 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:58.480 me to be, treat people the way you'd like to 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.719 be treated. So I'm very humbled and honored every day 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:02.959 that I get a chance to be one of the 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.880 lead reporters at the number one news station in the city, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.480 the number one station in the country, a legacy station 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.400 that really shaped local news. And like Jay said, we're 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:16.679 now part of an evolution in our and our industry 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.839 where the ecosystem is expanding and we're all better for it. 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:23.560 Hello. 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.280 I am Celia Simone. I am a senior fild producer 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:32.120 at TMZ Hence Field so for the Diddy Child, I 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:37.520 was almost exclusively in the field covering the case. I 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.440 really was honored to cover the case because, like Jureka said, 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.560 I grew up listening to Ditty's music and I was always, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.720 you know, to be honest, a fan. So this was 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.640 a different way of seeing someone I looked up to 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.640 my whole life, a different way to kind of view them. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:56.000 I will say that I'm also a YouTuber, so I 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.480 was really anxious to talk to my YouTube family and 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.720 to also do my field work. But I think what 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.560 was really important was my voice. People always notice my voice. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:09.160 I have a really interesting voice. In this trial really 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.600 helped to further the narrative. With my voice, you probably 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.880 heard me saying, oh my god, Justin, I love that jacket, 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.760 or ms COLEMs, I love your hair, you know was 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.640 I kind of was carving out a lane for myself 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.040 strictly behind the camera. 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.120 No one could see my face, just in my voice, 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:27.559 and it was great. Loved it. 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:32.240 I do always recognize your voice, lie Hi. I'm Monico 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.280 sar Abdi. I am a senior correspondent for Extra TV 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.800 and weekend co host, and I was covering this obviously 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.360 because I am an entertainment journalism, so a journalist, so 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.120 I was looking through an entertainment lens. But I'm also 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:48.000 a seasoned journalist who was at network news. I was 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.000 at ABC before Extra came up through local news. So 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.840 for me, hard news meets entertainment news is my bread 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:55.160 and butter. 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.640 This is where I excel to bring kind of just 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:58.160 the background. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:02.680 Like Darla said, I covered wins Epstein, Luigi Mangioni so 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:07.160 many cases, Jonathan Major's as well, and to look at 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:09.600 entertainment news through a hard NewsLens. 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.160 It's not very often that they mix, even though more 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:12.720 so now. 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.600 But taking that and also I have a large following 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.680 online and bringing it to the audience was a very 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:24.200 interesting experience because we've talked about in this case, this 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:25.960 was the first time that we saw a lot of 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.920 creators and a lot of conversation happening online. So there's 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.920 no blueprint for covering it, both for legacy media channel 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:37.880 and also for an online platform, and so it was 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:39.840 interesting to see how audiences received it. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:41.880 It was interesting to see what people were interested in. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.360 I will say that this case, I believe a lot 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.640 of legacy media outlets thought they were going to cover 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.960 it for the first week and that was it. And 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:54.800 then they saw the interest online and they saw the numbers, 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.080 and they saw the young people were interested, old people 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.960 were interested everyone because of the impact that did He 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:05.880 had in entertainment and how he, you know, transhid in 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:07.920 generations and so it was interesting to see them kind 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:11.040 of course correct and really try to follow this case. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:15.120 And I think we'll see this impact for many years 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:15.480 to come. 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.600 Turn it up. Turn you into a very large screen here, arman, 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:23.800 we can all see you. 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.000 Hey, yeah, it's my turn. Yeah. 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:30.480 So hey guys, my name is Armand Wiggins. I am 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.120 a YouTuber content creator. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:32.960 Yeah. 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.680 I had a great time covering the trial. I've covered 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.160 cases before. I've covered the Megan and Tory case, so 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.600 I like a lot of like hip hop culture news 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.640 and cases. So the did He trial just fell right 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.600 in line for me to cover it. I felt like 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:50.160 it was important for me as a content creator to 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.520 come get the story for my audience because while you know, 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.720 we love legacy media, I think there's something that there's 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:59.160 a trust that's built in when you when you're speaking 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.080 to your audience every single day, and I felt like 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.240 it was just my duty to be on the ground, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:09.560 sleeping outside getting the news firsthand for my supporters. You know, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.240 I would love to be there with you now, but 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.640 you know, my people literally in one hour, less than 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.600 an hour last night, came up with one thousand dollars 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.760 to fly me out to Miami to cover the Megan 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:24.000 thee Stallion versus Malagro Gram's case. So, I mean, people 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.200 have a real interest in that, and so you know, 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.480 I'm now my people They want to hear the news 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:32.200 and from me covering these cases. So I think now 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.000 like this is a new lane for me and I'm 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.800 really enjoying it. And it's hard work, but I mean 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:38.800 it pays off really well, and I'm excited to be 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.120 a part of, you know, such a great conglomerate. 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.720 Thank you, Thank you to all of you guys again 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.160 for being here. My name is Jureka Duncan. I'm a 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:52.080 CBS News national correspondent and I have to say this 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.840 particular case for me was the first time that I 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.440 really leaned into social media my following group by almost 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.960 twenty thousand and followers, because I was posting every single 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:06.200 day about the nuances of this case at a time 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.160 when our network actually did not cover it the first day, 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.840 we covered it, the last day on evening news. We 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:15.120 did cover it in the morning. But when people ask me, 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.200 how were you able to do that? I had the 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:21.000 benefit of not having a deadline at five or six 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.600 like Darla did or Jay did. And what's so fascinating 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.160 with what they were able to do and why I'm 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:30.239 just a study of what we do as a business, 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.200 is they were literally doing their social media videos and 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.200 then they were getting ready for five o'clock or six 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.080 o'clock live shot. Sometimes I think I saw you doing 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:39.760 some stuff at ten or eleven at night or a 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.280 couple times. So, I mean, there's a lot that was 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:44.120 asked of us, and we can delve into that, and 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.120 of course you all will be able to ask questions. 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.080 But the first question that I want to post to 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.440 the panel, and you guys can feel free to jump in, 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.600 is when you went into this trial, you went into 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:54.760 it thinking what. 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:58.000 Well for me? 0:16:58.160 --> 0:16:59.920 When I went into the trial, I went into it 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.480 this is crazy, Like, of all the places in the 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:08.240 ways that I've seen Diddy, to be with him in 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.680 court is like I couldn't even fathom. 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.080 What seeing him in court would be like. 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.200 And you know, all of that because I've been working 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:16.840 in entertainment for some time and I was living in 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.439 LA for eight years. I was working at TMC with Salia, 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.840 so like you know, I've been in interaction and things 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.399 like that. I just remember the first day being at 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.560 courtroom and seeing him walk out. I was like, oh wow, 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.880 like he man, Nothing's ever going to be the same 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:34.800 for him. So for me, it was kind of like 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:39.879 that shock of like, this is really real. People's lives 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.439 have been really impacted and nothing will ever be the 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.520 same for him. After this first day of court that 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:46.160 we're sitting in. 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.440 I was fortunate enough, and that's what I'm gonna call 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.879 it to be reporting. When Diddy was on trial the 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:58.159 first time, I was working at New York one and 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.080 I was what twenty five, I twenty six years old, 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.399 and I remember that case, and at the start of 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.800 this trial, I knew things were going to be different 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.400 because that was a state case the first one. This 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:12.919 time it was a Rico and anyone who's familiar with 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.560 a Rico case knows that when the Feds come, they 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:19.200 come hard, you know, And the whole framework of a 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.800 Rico case is designed to take down the head of 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.399 an organization. It was designed to take down the mob, 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:26.879 and when they're successful, they not only put you in 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:28.560 prison for the rest of your life, but they take 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:32.200 all your assets. And so the stakes were extraordinarily high. 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.440 So I knew and you saw it the first time 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.360 that Colmbs came into the courtroom. He took it seriously 0:18:37.600 --> 0:18:40.800 because he knew how serious it was, and to have 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.960 two rows of attorneys there. He was speaking with his wallet, 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.760 knowing that he had to beat this, and he did. 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.720 He beat the rico and not many people beat Arigo. 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:54.960 So I knew that going into this case, it was 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.600 going to be a huge deal. It was going to 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.760 be mainstream. It wasn't going to be something that was 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:04.760 just on, you know, in hip hop culture and just 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.960 entertainment news. This was going to be a hard news adventure, 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:13.800 and our station luckily made the commitment. I was grateful 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:15.639 to hear that they were going to cover a gavel 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.640 to gavel and I've covered several trials gavel to gavel, 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:23.800 and this one was extraordinary, not just because of the 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:27.120 national and international media that came, but because of all 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:30.600 of the content creators that I was just sitting next to, 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:34.720 and Drika, you talked about how, you know, we were 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:37.800 trying to you know, get up our game and do 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.199 our social stuff and then also have to do you know, 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:42.520 Darla as to do the noon. We don't have a noon, 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:44.680 but you know, we're doing the four, five, and six, 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.440 we're doing the morning show, and I'm trying to figure 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.360 out how am I supposed to do all of this 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:52.600 and still put together a piece, you know, for the 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:53.240 for the evening. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:54.720 But we had to figure it out. 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.840 We have to figure it out because that is where 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.359 everything is going. So yeah, going into this trial, I 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:03.440 was ready for the. 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:06.760 Unknown and we got it. 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:14.040 Okay. 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:17.719 So a couple of things. So I was I was 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:20.879