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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. On the thirteenth day of Sean Ditty

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Speaker 2: Coombe's highly publicized federal trial concerning sex trafficking, a former

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Speaker 2: assistant testified that the music tycoon once threatened to destroy

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Speaker 2: her career. The witness, who is using the alias Miya,

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Speaker 2: returned to the stand on Friday May thirty. For more,

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Speaker 2: Here's Crime Online.

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Speaker 3: Sidney Sumner Mia, who is testifying under a pseudonym, is

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Speaker 3: a former director of development and Acquisitions for Revolt Films

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Speaker 3: and assistant to Sean Comb's, who she mainly refers to

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Speaker 3: as Puff or PD. MIA's fear is quite plain as

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Speaker 3: she sits across the room from her former boss. Mia

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Speaker 3: is hunched over as she walks to and from the stand,

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Speaker 3: barely looks up from her lap while she answers questions

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Speaker 3: and speaks very quietly, sometimes not much louder than a whisper.

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Speaker 2: Ditty's assistant recounted a series of frantic messages and missed

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Speaker 2: calls from Comb's and his team back in October twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 2: while while she was in South Africa with Comb's then

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Speaker 2: girlfriend Cassandra Cassie Ventira. According to Mia, Ventira had discovered

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Speaker 2: that Combs was involved with another woman, Gina Hun, and

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Speaker 2: had chosen not to communicate with him. In an effort

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Speaker 2: to reach Ventira, Combs and his chief of staff at

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Speaker 2: the time, Christina korm sought me as assistance. Koram sent

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Speaker 2: a distressed message that read spiral call me please, prompting

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Speaker 2: Mia to receive a barrage of calls from her. As

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Speaker 2: she testified, Mia explained that she replied, stating her reluctance

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Speaker 2: to speak with Combs due to his slurring and irrational behavior,

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Speaker 2: which included threats to harm her professional reputation. One of

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Speaker 2: the messages from Combe presented today in court stated quote,

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Speaker 2: you don't call me now, if at all, I will

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Speaker 2: take everything you have two minutes f her call me.

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Speaker 2: Mia indicated that the everything Combs referred to suggests he

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Speaker 2: would disclose details about an alleged sexual assault against her,

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Speaker 2: while insisting it was consensual. Additionally, another part of Combe's

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Speaker 2: message included FABC and all the lawyers, let's go to war.

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Speaker 2: Mia clarified that this comment about ABC pertained to a

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Speaker 2: comedy project that she had sold to a network, with

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Speaker 2: Comb's threatening to derail it. Ultimately, the project never aired,

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Speaker 2: as Mia noted. MIA's testimony began on Thursday, May twenty nine,

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Speaker 2: during which she accused Combs, her former employee from two

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Speaker 2: thousand and nine to twenty seventeen, of sexual assault and

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Speaker 2: alleged that she witnessed him physically assault Cassie Ventira. Combs

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Speaker 2: faces charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation for the

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Speaker 2: purpose of prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty and could

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Speaker 2: face a life sentence if guilty. More Crime and Justice

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Speaker 2: news after this.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see What

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: Todd and Julie Chrisly have made a swift transition from

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Speaker 2: incarceration to the spotlight. During a press conference on Friday,

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Speaker 2: fifty seven year old Todd shared that he and his

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Speaker 2: fifty two year old wife quote began filming literally the

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Speaker 2: night we returned home after being pardoned by President Donald

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Speaker 2: Trump on Tuesday. Todd's official release followed the next day.

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Speaker 2: Their daughter, Savannah Chrisley twenty seven, mentioned at the Nashville

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Speaker 2: Press event that viewers will witness the emotional moment when

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Speaker 2: their parents to reunite for the very first time. On

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Speaker 2: May twenty one, People reported that Lifetime is set to

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Speaker 2: debut a brand new docu series that chronicles how Savannah,

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Speaker 2: along with her siblings Chase, Grayson, Chloe, and their grandmother

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Speaker 2: Nanny Fay, have coped with the family struggles since Todd

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Speaker 2: and Julie were convicted of tax evasion in bank fraud

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two. Savannah elaborated, we had been filming

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Speaker 2: prior to the pardon, and we're wrapping up when we

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Speaker 2: receive the news, so we just jumped back into production

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Speaker 2: right away. She said. She expressed excitement about the new series,

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Speaker 2: stating it will provide insight into the trial and their experiences,

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Speaker 2: as well as clarify misconceptions by presenting evidence. The host

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Speaker 2: of the Unlocked with Savannah Chrisly podcast, noted that this

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Speaker 2: series will allow the Chrisly family to quote come full

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Speaker 2: circle and move forward with our lives now that mom

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Speaker 2: and dad are pardoned. For me personally, this is a

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Speaker 2: chance to live like a typical twenty seven year old

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Speaker 2: soon to be twenty eight, Savannah shared, I've set a

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Speaker 2: goal to travel to thirty countries by the time I

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Speaker 2: hit thirty. Savannah also expressed her desire to work with

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Speaker 2: the Trump administration to quote, expose corruption and advocate for

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Speaker 2: legislation regarding incarcerated women. She mentioned that her parents have

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Speaker 2: received numerous offers since their release, hinting that viewers can

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Speaker 2: expect to see her father on various shows in the future.

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Speaker 2: This is going to make our lives much easier, Savannah added.

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Speaker 2: Julie was absent from the press conference, opting to stay

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Speaker 2: home with their youngest daughter, Chloe, who is twelve. Todd

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Speaker 2: and Julie, who gained fame through the USA's network Chrisly

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Speaker 2: Knows Best, were indicted by the federal Grand jury in

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Speaker 2: August twenty nineteen on multiple counts, including bank and wire fraud,

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Speaker 2: tax of asion, and conspiracy, all which they have denied.

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Speaker 2: They were initially sentenced to a combined nineteen years in prison.

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Speaker 2: They were released on May twenty eight after receiving full

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Speaker 2: pardons from President Trump. Savannah expressed her gratitude in a

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Speaker 2: statement at the time, saying, for the past two and

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Speaker 2: a half years, I've done everything in my power to

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Speaker 2: fight for my parents' freedom and bring them home. This

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Speaker 2: moment is the answer to countless prayers, and I'm beyond

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Speaker 2: grateful to President Trump for seeing the truth and restoring

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Speaker 2: my family, she said. For the latest crime injustice news,

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