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Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news now, Day

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Speaker 1: two of jury deliberations in the Shawn Comb sex trafficking trial.

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Speaker 1: Standing by our John Limley John, What's the latest?

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Speaker 2: A tense moment Monday in New York as a federal

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Speaker 2: jury deliberates charges that could send Sean Diddy Combs to

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Speaker 2: prison for life. Barely an hour into deliberations, the jury

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Speaker 2: four person alerted Judge Urun Submaranian that one juror was

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Speaker 2: struggling to follow instructions. In response, the judge sent a

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Speaker 2: note reminding jurors to deliberate carefully and obey the law

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Speaker 2: as he explained it. The fifty five year old Combs

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Speaker 2: has fleeted not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, two counts of

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Speaker 2: sex trafficking involving former girlfriends, and two counts of transporting

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Speaker 2: sex workers across state lines. After seven weeks of testimony,

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Speaker 2: often graphic and emotional, jurors are now weighing allegations that

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Speaker 2: the Grammy winning founder A Bad Boy Records, used violence, intimidation,

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Speaker 2: and a loyal inner circle to arrange what prosecutors called

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Speaker 2: drug fueled sex marathons, sometimes referred to as freak offs.

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Speaker 2: Assistant US attorney Christy Slovak told jurors Combs believed his

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Speaker 2: power and fame put him above the law, while defense

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Speaker 2: lawyer Mark Agnefilio argued it was about money, pointing out

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Speaker 2: one accuser also filed a civil suit. In all, thirty

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Speaker 2: four witnesses testified, including Combe's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who

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Speaker 2: accused him of forcing her into sex with paid male partners,

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Speaker 2: and another woman known only as Jane, who described knights

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Speaker 2: of coerced encounters. Jurors also saw security footage from twenty

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Speaker 2: sixteen showing Comb's beating and dragging Cassie in a Los

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Speaker 2: Angeles hotel hallway. Combs declined to testify, and his defense

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Speaker 2: team called no witnesses, focusing instead on questioning the accuser's credibility.

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Speaker 2: While the defense concedes Comb sometimes acted violently, they insist

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Speaker 2: all sexual activity was consensual and prosecutors are unfairly targeting

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Speaker 2: his private life. The jury, eight men and four women,

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Speaker 2: continues deliberations, aided by video evidence and thousands of text

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Speaker 2: messages and photos from the trial. Five alternates remain on standby.

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Speaker 2: John Limley, an Idaho judge, says the quadruple murder trial

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Speaker 2: of Brian Koberger will move forward this summer, despite defense

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Speaker 2: efforts to delay it. Fourth District Judge Stephen Hipler has

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Speaker 2: ruled that jury selection will begin August four, four, with

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Speaker 2: opening statements likely around August eighteenth. The thirty year old Coburger,

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Speaker 2: a former Washington State University criminal justice student, is accused

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Speaker 2: of fatally stabbing for University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin,

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Speaker 2: Zana Kernodle, Madison Mogan, and Kayleganzalvez inside an off campus

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Speaker 2: rental home in Moscow, Idaho, November thirteenth, twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 2: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Coburger stood silent at arraignment,

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Speaker 2: prompting a judge to enter a not guilty plea on

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Speaker 2: his behalf. Judge Hipler also rejected a defense request to

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Speaker 2: present theories of four alternate perpetrators, saying there is not

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Speaker 2: a sentilla of credible evidence linking them to the killings.

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Speaker 2: The judge wrote that allowing those claims would invite wild

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Speaker 2: speculation and prolong a trial already expected to last three months.

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Speaker 2: Defense attorney and Taylor argued that publicity surrounding the case

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Speaker 2: threatens Coburger's right to a fair trial, and that his

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Speaker 2: team is still gathering evidence, but Hipler noted delays have

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Speaker 2: only fueled further media coverage and public speculation. In New Orleans,

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Speaker 2: authorities have recaptured one of ten inmates who broke out

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Speaker 2: of the Orleans Parish jails six weeks ago. Police a

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Speaker 2: thirty three year old Antoine Massey, peacefully surrendered Friday at

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Speaker 2: a home just two miles from the jail. Massey had

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Speaker 2: been awaiting trial on charges including rape and kidnapping in

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Speaker 2: Saint Tammany Parish. The May sixteenth jail break, one of

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Speaker 2: the largest in US history, involved inmates prying open a

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Speaker 2: faulty cell door, cutting a hole behind a toilet, and

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Speaker 2: scaling of fence. Hours later, staff discovered graffiti pointing to

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Speaker 2: the hole with the words too easy lol. Louisiana State

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Speaker 2: Police say Massey likely had help hiding. A woman described

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Speaker 2: as his on and off girlfriend is charged with obstruction

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Speaker 2: and helping him escape. Massey now faces additional charges. Eight

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Speaker 2: escapees have been recaptured. Only convicted murderer Derek Groves remains

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Speaker 2: at large. A fifty thousand dollars reward is offered for

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Speaker 2: tips leading to his arrest. A settlement has been reached

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Speaker 2: in the lawsuit over the fatal shooting on the set

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Speaker 2: of the western film Rust. Three crew members sued producers,

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Speaker 2: including Alec Baldwin, for emotional distress, accusing them of ignoring

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Speaker 2: safety rules. Producers denied wrongdoing. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.

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Speaker 2: The case followed the twenty twenty one death of cinematographer

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Speaker 2: Helena Hutchins, killed when Baldwin's revolver fired during rehearsal near

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Speaker 2: Santa Fe. A manslaughter charge against Baldwin was later dropped. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: armorer Hannabutiera's read served eighteen months for bringing live ammunition

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Speaker 2: on the set. Rust finished filming in Montana and was

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Speaker 2: released in May.

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