1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Nicole Pardon. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: The trial against Sean Diddy Combs is nearing an end. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: During the defense's closing argument on Friday, Shawn Combe's attorney 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: dismissed the sex trafficking and racketeering trial as a sham, 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: labeling the prosecution's narrative and exaggerated depiction of the music 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: icon's swinger lifestyle. In a confident and at times sarcastic presentation, 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo countered the government's characterization of Cassie 8 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: Ventira as a victim of sex trafficking, referring to her 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: instead as a quote winner who emerged with thirty million 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: dollars following settlements with mister Combs and the properteer of 11 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: the hotel where she experienced an assault. Agnifilo contended that 12 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: the two ex girlfriends of mister Combs who testified they 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: were cohersed into drug fueled sex parties were actually eager participants, 14 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: citing explicit text messages that conveyed their excitement for the 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: encas he said they are swingers, asserting that the gatherings 16 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: did not constitute sex trafficking as alleged by the prosecution. 17 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: I suppose you can sex traffic your girlfriend if you 18 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 1: sell her into prostitution, he argued, but emphasized that mister 19 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: Colmbs was not profiting from these interactions. He characterized the 20 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: seven week trial as a quote tell of two trials, 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: claiming that the prosecution's arguments were undermined by witness testimonies 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: and text messages that were presented as evidence. Agniffilo also 23 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: challenged the assertion that mister Colmbs and his associates had 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: established a criminal enterprise involved in kidnapping, bribery, and arson, 25 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: and mocked the accusation of drug distribution, suggesting the government 26 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: had overstepped this is personal use drugs, he remarked. Earlier 27 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: in the week, the prosecution delivered their closing arguments in 28 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: Shandee Decomb's sex trafficking and racketeering trial. They detailed how 29 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: the testimonies throughout the trials substantiated the charges against the rapper, 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: including two counts of sex trafficking, racketeering, and two counts 31 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: of transportation for prostitution purposes. The government maintained that mister 32 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: Colmbs operated the alleged criminal enterprise with complete authority citing 33 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: witness testimonies, text messages, bank records, and audio evidence that 34 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: reportedly demonstrated his criminal activities spanning for decades. According to 35 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: the prosecution, they illustrated that mister Colmbs disregarded consent. Assistant 36 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: US Attorney Christine Slavic declared that Diddy had evaded accountability 37 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: due to his wealth and influence, stating that stops now 38 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: for more Here's crime online. Stave Mack. 39 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 2: Slavic asked the jury he carefully consider his testimony and 40 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: ask themselves if it's even remotely possible that Combes lieutenants 41 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: did not have some idea of what was happening in 42 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 2: those hotel rooms. Slavic says it defies logic that his 43 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: staff was totally in The staff members helped set up 44 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 2: Comb's hotel rooms, delivered him large sums of cash, and 45 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: made sure strange men had access to the rooms. When 46 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 2: assistant Jonathan Perez found a sexually explicit video of Jane 47 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: Christina Korum, questioned him about it and told him to 48 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: go to her if it ever happened again. Several former 49 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: assistants sent texts laughing about the escorts waiting in the 50 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: lobby and Korum's texts show she knew some of the 51 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: men by name. 52 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: Lastly, the prosecution delivers the final words. Assistant US Attorney 53 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: Maureen Comy is responding to the defense's closing statements. She 54 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: criticized the defense for attempting to justify the music mogul's 55 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: actions and shifting blame onto the victims. The judge has 56 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: indicated that the jury will probably receive the case on Monday. 57 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: For more on this ongoing trial, tone in tonight Crime 58 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: Stories with Nancy Grace seven pm Eastern and midnight on 59 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: Doctor Field's Merit Street Media, and download Crime Stories with 60 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: Nancy Grace on your favorite podcasting out for crime and 61 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: justice news. After this and now to Texas, where a 62 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: woman sat in the middle of the highway on a 63 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: lawn chair while armed with a gun, threatening to shoot 64 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: herself in a shocking incident that shut down the interstate 65 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,119 Speaker 1: and prompted a police stand off. The hours long event 66 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: occurred on Interstate forty five in the Spring area north 67 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: of Houston after the woman was involved in a car accident. 68 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: The sixty four year old woman finally surrendered to police 69 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: and no one was hurt. The incident began when the 70 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: woman allegedly intentionally crashed her car into the back of 71 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: a semi in the southbound lanes of the interstate. No 72 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: one was hurt in the crash. According to the police department, 73 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: the woman in reportedly got out a lawn chair and 74 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: a gun and sat down in the middle of the highway, 75 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: prompting emergency cruise to shut down the north and southbound lanes. 76 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: The suspect refuses to comply with verbal commands and is 77 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: refusing to drop the weapon. A member of the Harris 78 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: County Constable Precinct reported the woman involved in the standoff 79 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: reportedly has a history of mental illness. She sat in 80 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: the lawn chair with a revolver in her hand for hours. 81 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the woman kept pointing 82 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: the gun at her head. She persistently kept it to 83 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: her face, her throat, her head, therefore making it very 84 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: difficult for us to approach her and take the gun away, 85 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: he said. He said the woman was experiencing suicidal thoughts 86 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: while she sat in the chair. It was a very 87 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: delicate situation throughout this entire ordeal, said the sheriff. Law 88 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: Enforcement Crisis negotiators were brought to the scene to talk 89 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: to the woman, and eventually her daughter was brought in 90 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: as well. Once the woman realized her daughter was there, 91 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,679 Speaker 1: she felt safe. They said. She gave up the weapon. 92 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: We saved her life, said the sheriff. With the help 93 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: of her daughter and our officers, she will now receive 94 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: the help that she needs. For the latest crime and 95 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 1: justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite 96 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: podcasting app is crime Alert. I'm nickel Parton.