1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Caf I Am six forty you're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Cobelt Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. We're on the radio 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: from one until fourth and after four o'clock it's John 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Cobelt Show on demand, the podcast version same as the 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: radio show, in case you missed anything. We have much 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: to cover today, but at the moment it's going to 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: get crowded out because Steve Gregory has an exclusive story 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: that he's breaking and we're going to get him on 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: the line here to talk about it. Because I have 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: only a headline. I don't have any of the details. 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: So Steve, let us know what you have there. 12 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you remember about a week or so ago 13 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: I tipped you off that I was being told about 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: an appending bust that was about to happen, And today 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 2: was the day. I was out here at around six 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: forty five this morning. I'm in West LA on Mapleton Drive. 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: I'm in front of the home of p Diddy Sean 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: Puffy Combs, and I'm told that he was taking into 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: custody in somewhere in the East Coast. And soon after that, 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 2: a convoy bear cats like swat vehicles from the federal 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: agencies Homeland security investigations and other agencies rolled up here 22 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: to go in and search his house. Now if you 23 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: don't know, and you might not know that he did. 24 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 2: He's been involved in a series of accusations in the 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 2: last couple of years involving the trafficking of minors for sex, 26 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: and a lawsuit filed in December and another one, a 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: separate one filed in February of this year, alleged that 28 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: Diddy actually procured these teenagers, both boys and girls, to 29 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 2: have sex not only with him, but also with his friends. 30 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 2: And I'm told by law enforcement sources that today's raid 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: on his property here on Mapleton Drive is directly related 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: to that. 33 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: Homeland Security is involved in this. 34 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: Why because it's what they consider a transnational crime or 35 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: a trans continental crime. So that means part of the 36 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: allegations in these lawsuits is that Diddy would fly these 37 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: underage kids on a private jet. So there's international travel 38 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: potentially and or interstate travel, and that's when the feeds 39 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: get involved. 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: Do we know what countries they were traveling from? 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: That I don't know, but again it could be all domestic. 42 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: So once it's interstate like that, and it involves you know, 43 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 2: private transportation, private transportation like that. Then Homeland Security would 44 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: actually be one of the agencies to investigated along with FBI. 45 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: But HSI also specializes in trafficking. That's one of their 46 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 2: primary focuses and goals is to make a den in 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: the trafficking drug trafficking, sex trafficking, human trafficking. 48 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: So it's pretty much right up their alley, all right. 49 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: So he's under arrest and they are confiscating a lot 50 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: of his possessions and records and computer I imagine is 51 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: that still going on now? Yeah? 52 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: I mean we literally rolled up on scene a few 53 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: moments ago and there was a bunch of those white 54 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 2: panel vans that are lined up on the street. Here 55 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: we're facing sort of a northeasterly direction on Mapleton Drive. 56 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 2: Those three Bearcats rolled up first, followed by probably four 57 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: or five of those panel vans, and those vans presumably 58 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 2: would include boxes and bags that they'll collect evidence with 59 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: a lot of electronic evidence. 60 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: In this case Mapleton Drive. So this is Holmby Hills, Yeah, 61 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: office at Boulevard and this is where the Playboy estate. 62 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: Ye, there's a lot of money here and a lot 63 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: of big homes and the property is gated, but not 64 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: the community that we came in in the direction we 65 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: came in a lot of big gates for access into driveways, 66 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: but not a gated community per se. So we were 67 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: able to get right up here about as close as 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: we could before APD shut it down for us to 69 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: get any closer. But we can see I'm looking at 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: right now, members of the Homeland Security Investigations swat team. 71 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: They're decked out in the the olive drab flack vests, 72 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: the ballistic vests and their helmets. You got people with 73 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: windbreakers at say HSI on the back of it, and 74 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 2: they're near their bearcats right now, and they've got people 75 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 2: going into the property. 76 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: This must be a pretty serious operation that they think 77 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: Diddy was running well right and that much equipment, and 78 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: from a. 79 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: Federal agency, I mean, Homeland Security Investigations doesn't get involved 80 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: unless it rises to this kind of this kind of 81 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: a situation. A lot of times, FBI handles most of 82 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,119 Speaker 2: the domestic stuff. HSI handles a lot of the transnational stuff. 83 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 2: So that's why I'm based on my experience with Homeland 84 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: Security Investigation. We don't know whether there's other countries, you know, 85 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: all of Jeffrey Epstein kind of stuff. Chris Brown has 86 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: shades of Chris Brown in it, according to what the 87 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: law suit's claim anyway, But. 88 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: There's no paperwork on these particular charges today. No, no, no, no, 89 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: this is fresh. 90 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: I mean, John as soon as they got the green 91 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 2: light that they had him in their sights and that 92 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: they at least had approached him or denned him, then 93 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: they got the green light here on the West coast. 94 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 2: And let me give you some backstory. Originally, when I 95 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: was tipped off on this a week or so ago, 96 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: they were surveilling him locally. I know that the law 97 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 2: enforcement sources told me they had been surveilling him already here. 98 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: It was their intention to take him into custody here 99 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. But over the weekend he took off 100 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 2: by private plane and went back east. So they had 101 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: to really reshift at the last second, they had to 102 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: reshift their strategy, and they didn't even know if they 103 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: were gonna be able to pull this off today. But 104 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 2: then they were able to mobilize a team back east. 105 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 2: They were able to get up on his plane, get 106 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 2: from about his plan, and then they were able to 107 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: converge and at least get him into cut is. 108 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: What I'm told. Well, you are the first one in 109 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: the world to have this as far as I can tell, 110 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: because I can't find any information on the internet now 111 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: about him being arrested or this raid at his home 112 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: in Holmby Hills. No, that's why I. 113 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 2: Got at six thirty this morning. He got laid twice, 114 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: so we stuck it out and we did. 115 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: All right, Steve, when you find more out, let us 116 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: know right away. We'll put you on immediately. Got it 117 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: all right, excellent work, Steve greg Reek haf I News, 118 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: And yeah, he did tell me a week ago that 119 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: he had a tip Homeland Security has a source there 120 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: said you might want to be available very early next 121 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: week Monday Tuesday. I think originally it was scheduled to 122 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: be a middle of the night raid on Ditty's home 123 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: on Mapleton Drive. And then, as Steve just explained, did 124 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: he took a private plane out to the East coast 125 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: where he has been arrested. But his house is being 126 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: raided by many many law enforcement personnel from Homeland Secure 127 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: already in other agencies, and they have three bearcats that 128 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: have shown up outside the property and they are going 129 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: to be confiscating a lot of stuff. This is Sean 130 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: Diddy Combs. He's had various rap names, Puff Daddy, p 131 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: Diddy Diddy and going back about twenty five years. Back 132 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: in the late nineties, he had his first run of 133 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: hit records. He was a record producer, record executive, extremely 134 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: well known and extremely successful. But in recent years, and 135 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: this has dogged in periodically, he's been the target of 136 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: sexual lawsuits, civil suits, and now it looks like there's 137 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: major criminal charges. It indicates that some kind of sex 138 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: trafficking was going on, and by the amount of equipment 139 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: and the amount of manpower they have, it must be 140 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: quite an operation they think he was running. He's in 141 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: custody on the East Coast. No details as to wear. 142 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: But you heard it here first. Steve Gregory with a 143 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: worldwide exclusive on kfive. When we get more, we'll pass 144 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: it along to you. 145 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 146 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 3: six forty. 147 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: If you're just joining us, Steve Gregory just broke an 148 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: exclusive story that Sean Puffy Comb's also known as Puff 149 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: Daddy and P Ditty, famous rap star, hip hop executive, 150 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: record producer, and he's in a lot of trouble. The 151 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: Homeland Security was conducting a huge federal investigation. Fox eleven 152 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: now has a helicopter over the scene and they're on 153 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: Ditty's property in Homby Hills on Mapleton Drive, which is 154 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: a very wealthy exclusive area. It's where the Playboy Mansion 155 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: used to be. And they're showing video now of guys 156 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: in like looks almost like gear, wearing helmets, and they're 157 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: prowling all over the property. It's a huge, huge estate, 158 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: enormous home and it looks like a guest home also 159 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: on the property, and they're searching the entire property looking 160 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: for evidence about this sex trafficking case. Now we are 161 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: dealing with nothing but the raid here. The story is 162 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: is that did he fled to the East coast on 163 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: a private plane over the weekend. He may be in 164 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: custody to be and I want to clarify we're not 165 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: certain of that yet. Meantime, his property is completely taken 166 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: over by a lot of scary they almost look like soldiers, 167 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: like this looks like a war invasion. So they were 168 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: in camouflage, that were in the helmets. They've got big 169 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: weapons and whatever they think he did, it's got to 170 00:09:54,200 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: be pretty serious and extensive trafficking girls and boys from 171 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: other countries into the US. Now I'm looking, and I 172 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: don't want to mischaracterize anything, but do you have that 173 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: Channel eleven on in there? Does it look like they've 174 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: got somebody handcuffed and they've got police circling him with 175 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: guns pointed at him. Just outside the property on one 176 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: of the streets. There's a main mansion in two guesthouses, 177 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: and they've got somebody, a young man standing with his 178 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: hands behind his back, maybe handcuffed. It's hard to tell 179 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: because I think Steve might be the only reporter on 180 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: the ground as of now. This This is a helicopter shot, 181 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: and it's they've got these bear cat you know, tank 182 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: like vehicles and all this personnel wandering around outside and 183 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: inside the property. He's had a serious lawsuits going back 184 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: to well. The most recent one was February twenty seventh 185 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: and was filed in Federal District Court by A Rodney 186 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: Jones Junior, also known as Little Rod. He was working 187 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: a while back on Sean Combe's Puff Daddy p Ditty's album. 188 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: Jones said he was a producer of nine of the 189 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: album tracks lived with him for months at a time, 190 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: he claims that Combs grabbed his genitals without consent. He 191 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: tried to groom Jones into having sex with another man, 192 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: told him it was a normal practice in the music industry, 193 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: forced him to hire prostitutes and participate in sex acts 194 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: with them, among other things. When the suit was filed, 195 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: it looks like the demand was for thirty million dollars. 196 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: His story was at mister Combe's house in July twenty 197 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: twenty three, he was forced to drink shots at Tequila 198 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: Lace with dry uggs. Jones said after he had the drink, 199 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: he passed out and woke up at four the following 200 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: morning naked with a sex worker sleeping next to him. 201 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: Combs forced Jones to solicit sex workers and perform sex 202 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: acts for the pleasure of Combs, and he was offered 203 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: money threatened with violence if he didn't cooperate. Seventy three 204 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: page lawsuit, filled with graphic details and photographs, also named 205 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: his defendants the Universal Music Group, which Combs briefly partnered with, 206 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: and he claims he wasn't paid properly. And November, a 207 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: woman named Cassandra Ventura, who was Colmb's longtime girlfriend, accused 208 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: him of rape and years of physical and sexual abuse 209 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: and another detailed lawsuit. That suit was settled in a day. 210 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: Three other cases followed in quick succession, each a leg 211 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: alleging sexual assault, and last week there was a claim 212 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: from a woman who said Combs gang raped her in 213 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 1: two thousand and three when she was seventeen. So it's 214 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: a lot of ugly, ugly news surrounding P Diddy. I 215 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: both met. I guess, yeah, there's two guys now, yeah, 216 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: all we've got in these distant helicopter shots on Fox eleven. 217 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: But just to recap, Steve had told me a week 218 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: ago that Homeland he has a source at Homeland Security 219 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: who said there was going to be a big raid 220 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: in West LA early next week, meaning this week, and 221 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: that they were going to alert Steve so he could 222 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: have the exclusive, which he had the exclusive today. But 223 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,119 Speaker 1: we don't have any details about the criminal charges, the paperwork, 224 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: and we don't have it confirmed that P Diddy has 225 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: been taken into custody back East. It's possible, but we 226 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: don't know for sure. And they were going to raid 227 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: him early in the morning overnight, maybe three, four or 228 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: five o'clock in the morning. But when Diddy got on 229 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: his private plane and left. Don't know if he had 230 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: advanced word or that's just a coincidence. They had to 231 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: change their tactics and they started earlier this morning to 232 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: invade the property, and it really does look like an invasion. 233 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: So I can't imagine how extensive the case is to 234 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: use this much band power and this much looks like 235 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: military hardware. I mean, it really looks like they were 236 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: prepared to go to war bulldoze the place. And that's 237 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: on Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills in case you're traveling 238 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: in the area. All right, we've got more coming up, 239 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: and if Steve has further details, he'll join us. I 240 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: think the quote was that Steve passed along to me 241 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: from somebody is TMZ is going to love this one. 242 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: So it made me wonder all weekend who the big 243 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: star was going to be that was getting nailed. 244 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI AM. 245 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: Six Fortyon from one till four and then alfter four 246 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: o'clock John cobelt Show on Demand and Steve Gregory could 247 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: break in at any moment if he has more details 248 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: on what's going on in Holmby Hills, which is on 249 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: the west side of La near Westwood, off Sunset Boulevard, 250 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: near Homby Park. It's the neighborhood famous for the Spelling Mansion, 251 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: the Playboy Mansion, and p Diddy lives there. Sean Puffy 252 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: Combs known as Puff Daddy, p Didty, a variety of 253 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: rap star names. He was not only is not only 254 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: a huge rap star, but a record producer and record 255 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: executive and extremely wealthy. And the Feds are indicating that 256 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: he had a huge sex trafficking operation going on, and 257 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: they have a massive raid going on his property, a 258 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: lot of personnel, bearcats, all kinds of law enforcement vehicles. 259 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: They it looks as if they have two people in custody. 260 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: Diddy was supposed to be arrested this morning. He is 261 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: allegedly on the East coast. Took a private plane out 262 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: there over the weekend and again don't know if he 263 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: got tipped off or that's a coincidence. And the story 264 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: going around as he had a human smuggling operation, sex 265 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: trafficking operation, possibly bringing in young boys and girls from 266 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: other countries. Again, there's no paperwork on this, there's no 267 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: formal charges. It's just what Steve is piecing together from 268 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: his sources, and he is there live at the moment, 269 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: and he has the absolute worldwide exclusive on this, and 270 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: we will bring you more as time goes on. Now 271 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: at two o' well, two things are happening. At two 272 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: forty five, Shohei Otani is supposed to speak, and we'll 273 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: carry that live. He may just be reading a statement, 274 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 1: and this is about the gambling scandal that's engulfed his 275 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: interpreter at pay Missahara and Otani. Now you probably know 276 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: the story by now, and if you don't, you probably 277 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: don't care. But Missahara had a bad gambling problem and 278 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: he ran up four and a half billion dollars in debts, 279 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: and ESPN saw a number of wire transfers from Otani's 280 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: account to this bookie named Matthew Bauer in Orange County. 281 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: Wire transfers involving that much money, you would think Otani 282 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: had to know about it. So there's really three possibilities here. 283 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: I doubt that Otani is going to speak to any 284 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: of the three. Well, he's going to die. Deny one outright, 285 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure. But number one possibility is that Musahara somehow 286 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: had access to Otani's bank accounts and was able to 287 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: take out four and a half million dollars without anybody noticing, 288 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: which is really hard to believe. Possibility number two, which 289 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: I think is most likely, is that Otani willingly was 290 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: covering Missahara's gambling debts because they were such close friends. 291 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 1: That's understandable, and I think the most plausible third that 292 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: Otani actually ran up the debts and Missihara has taken 293 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: the fall for him. That seems unlikely. So I don't 294 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: know if he's going to add anything of substance, and 295 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: I don't know who's going to translate for him either, 296 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: But we're going to bring that at two forty five, 297 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: assuming it's on time. All this stuff dates back to 298 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: his Angel days. I think the Dodgers are probably as 299 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: blindsided as anybody when this story broke last week. Okay, 300 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: so that's in a little over an hour now. Another 301 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: big story happening today that at the last minute, Donald 302 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: Trump got a break from a five judge appeals court 303 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: panel instead of putting up it really was going to 304 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: be about five hundred and forty million dollars a bond 305 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: that he was going to have to put up until 306 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: his case is hurt on appeal. This Appeals court reduced 307 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 1: it to one hundred and seventy five million, so it 308 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: was cut by almost two thirds, and he's got ten 309 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: days to come up with the money. And Trump seems 310 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 1: to be okay with that. He said, it will be 311 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: my honor to post, and we'll post what is necessary, 312 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: whether it be cash security or bond the now, because 313 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: it's a four hundred and fifty four million dollar judgment, 314 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: and we'll review the details of it in just a second. 315 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: But there was about ninety million dollars in interest that 316 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: had accrued already. I think there's one hundred and twelve 317 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: thousand dollars in interest a day, and he had thirty 318 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: days to put up the money. Today was the thirtieth day, 319 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: and if you're keeping track of this case, there was 320 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: a hullabaloo as to how he was going to get 321 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: that cash, because while he is worth probably two and 322 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: a half billion dollars, it's almost all of it is 323 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: tied up in hard physical assets real estate, buildings, land, 324 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: and things of that nature. Not easy to liquidate, and 325 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: it's hard to get somebody to put up a bond 326 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: for you. If your collateral is expensive office towers in 327 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: New York. It's difficult to it's difficult to on short 328 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: notice at least come up with a proper value of 329 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: the building. And right now, the New York's real estate market, 330 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: like most big cities office real estate market, is in 331 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: complete shambles because there's so much vacant office space that 332 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: it's hard to say what anything's worth right now. However, 333 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 1: having said all of that, the whole thing is preposterous 334 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: because it's always difficult to talk about because there are 335 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: people who feel Trump does no wrong, and then there 336 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: are people who start spinning blood when they hear his 337 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: name and want only the worst possible things to happen. 338 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: And too many people don't behave rationally and don't think 339 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: rationally around Trump. But I still try to. And here's 340 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: the facts that I see. He did inflate his assets 341 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: when he applied for loans and applied for insurance. But 342 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: as far as I see, and this is born out 343 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: in the court trial, the banks did their own due 344 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: diligence on what his properties were worth and gave him 345 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: the money, and he paid it all back with interest, 346 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: and they were happy. There is no victim in this crime, 347 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: not the banks, not the insurance companies, anyone that he 348 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: misrepresented the worth of his properties too. Entities can easily 349 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: check and dispute the value and then choose not to 350 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: give the loan or not to give that amount of 351 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: the loan. They didn't dispute the value. They gave him 352 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: everything he wanted, and he paid it all back, and 353 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: as far as they're concerned, they say they're happy and 354 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: they would do business again with him. So if there's 355 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: a crime, it's a paperwork crime that the banks didn't 356 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: care about. To say that he has to be a 357 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty four million dollar fine plus interest, 358 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: that's a half over half a billion dollars is obviously preposterous. 359 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: Nobody's ever been charged in a case like this. In fact, 360 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: nobody in New York State has ever been charged under 361 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: this law in a victimless crime. This is supposed to 362 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,959 Speaker 1: be when people get scammed by a business. No one 363 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: got scammed here, and the banks and the insurance companies 364 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: were always in complete control. Because the banks have the money, 365 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 1: they don't have to land it out and it's up 366 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,239 Speaker 1: to them to do the due diligence or not come 367 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: to their own conclusions. He still is not supposed to 368 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 1: falsify the net worth. But that seems to be a 369 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: paperwork crime, does it not a small fine? There is 370 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: an eighth Amendment that guards against excessive fines. That's unconstitutional, 371 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: And in fact, Ruth Bader Ginsburg a few years ago 372 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: there was a case and she said explicitly that that 373 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: eighth Amendment to protect people from excessive fines is extremely important, 374 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 1: because otherwise you could get fined simply because the government 375 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: doesn't like what you know, what you have to say, 376 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: which certainly would fit this case. They wanted to. He 377 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: Trump claimed the only cash he had he had earmarked 378 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: for spending on his campaign, and it was clearly interference 379 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: by the Biden administration and the Justice Department into his 380 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: ability to pay for his campaign. And it's hard not 381 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: to agree with him on that. So if you want 382 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: to charge him with really a very mild, benign case 383 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: of fraud and find him a relatively small amount of 384 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,199 Speaker 1: money that could be fair game, but a half a 385 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: billion dollars and put it up in a bond, or 386 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: you lose your buildings, you lose your towers. Now, I 387 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: don't think anybody wants to live under a government like that. 388 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: That's Soviet Union stuff. And you wouldn't want any of 389 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: your political favorites, You wouldn't want anyone in your family 390 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: or your business to be treated like this by the government. 391 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: There is such a thing as due process. And if 392 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: after I mean, he didn't even get he didn't even 393 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: get a chance to file all the appeals yet, So 394 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: was really preposterous, really something that has never happened in 395 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: America before. It's really garbage. This really is a political 396 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: attack to try to destroy him before he runs from president, 397 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: because they're for he's going to win, and this might 398 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: ensure that he's going to win. And we're going to 399 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: talk at two o'clock more about this. In fact, we're 400 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: going to talk with Peter charl Lambas and he's going 401 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: to give us some more information. 402 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI am six. 403 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: All right, Steve Gregor, he has more information on the 404 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 1: p Diddy raid in West LA. Let's head him on 405 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: right now. 406 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 2: I'm just told a few moments ago that Diddy's sons 407 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 2: were in the house here on Mapleton Drive, and at 408 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 2: least two of the three that were taken into custody 409 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: or at least handcuffed and stuff to the side. Two 410 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: of them are Ditty's sons. And we're also told that simultaneously, 411 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 2: while this raid was going on, they were also rating 412 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: Combs's Miami property, his compound there in Miami, and it's 413 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 2: possible they're raiding something else in the New York area. 414 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 2: Homeland Security did send me a statement a minute ago, 415 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 2: and they did confirm they are investigating this and that 416 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 2: they executed what they call law enforcement actions as part 417 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 2: of an ongoing investigation with assistants from HSI Los Angeles, 418 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 2: HSI Miami, and local law enforcement partners. And this is 419 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 2: from the New York office. So the New York office 420 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 2: is leading this raid and investigation with the help of 421 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 2: other Homeland Security investigation offices around the country. 422 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: All right, Steve, we'll check back with you, Okay, Steve 423 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: Diddy this massive raid, among other places p Diddy's huge 424 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: mansion in West LA and the Holmby Hills area on 425 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: Mapleton Drive. And so the two young men we noticed 426 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: on TV Fox eleven as an aerial shot, we're handcuffed. 427 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: We're going to take a break and more to come 428 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: here On CAFI. You heard the story broke on KFI 429 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: Worldwide exclusive that Steve Gregory had about the massive raid 430 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: that they're having on P Diddy's mansion complex in Hombie 431 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: Hills on the Mapleton Drive in West la and is 432 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: a massive sex trafficking investigation being done by the federal 433 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: government and Homeland Security and local law enforcement. It looks 434 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: as if p Didty's two sons have been taken into custody. 435 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: And as you heard Steve mentioned just minutes ago, they 436 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: have raided properties in Miami and in New York as well. 437 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: And this is coming out of the New York office. 438 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: We will continue with updates. Steve is on the scene 439 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: and again ABC News and Peter char Almbos is going 440 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: to explain more on Trump getting his bond requirement cut 441 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: by two thirds today by an appeals court. Big news 442 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: out of Boeing today. Heads are rolling, A lot of 443 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: heads are rolling. The CEO, Dave Calhoun is going to 444 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: be gone by the end of the year. Stand Deal, 445 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: the head of the division that makes planes for airlines 446 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 1: and other commercial customers. He's going to retire immediately. So 447 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: that's the commercial airline division Stan Deal. He's gone. The 448 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: chairman of Boeing is going to step down as well. 449 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: He's not going to stand for reelection. They've named a 450 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: new chairman named Steve Mollenkopf, the former CEO of Qualcomm, 451 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: and then there are going to begin a process to 452 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: choose Boeing's next chief executive. This is the second CEO 453 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: that had to quit in the last few years because 454 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: of bad airline construction by Boeing, because you had those 455 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: two Max eight jets crash and Ethiopian Indo the HE'SIA 456 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: back twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen, and that led to 457 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: the CEO resigning at that time his name was Dennis Muhlenberg. 458 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: After those two crashes, Calhoun came aboard in January twenty twenty. 459 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: He'd been a member of the board since twenty two 460 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: thousand and nine. And now Calhoun the CEO, and Stan 461 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: Deal the head of commercial airplane production, and the chairman 462 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: Larry Kellner all out. Does that make you feel better? No, 463 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: I'm wondering. You know. What I don't understand is why 464 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: the end of the year. That's the first thing I 465 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: thought too. Only one of the three guys is going 466 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: to leave immediately, and I think Kellner, the chairman, is 467 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: going to step down soon. And then the new chairman, 468 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: Steve malinkoff, he's got to start the process of picking 469 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: a new seat EEO. But it seems like they should 470 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: put in an interest CEO. Yeah, no, I agree. I 471 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: think I think they all should be forced to out 472 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: out of their offices. What are their packages going to 473 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: look like? Oh my god, can you imagine huge? In fact, 474 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: I read what this Muhlenberry that I resigned a few 475 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: years ago. I was just reading old stories about him. Yeah, 476 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: he got he got a huge payout. These guys just 477 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: bounce to the next company. In the next company, There's 478 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: there's no real lifestyle penalty for them. Uh. But uh, 479 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: I think the Boeing problem is so deep that if 480 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: it was possible, they'd want to bulldoze the whole company 481 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: and start over again. And I am guessing I didn't 482 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: read this, but I am guessing last week they had 483 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: a meeting with a number of CEOs, their customers, the airlines, right, 484 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: the companies that order planes from Boeing. Those CEOs had 485 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: a meeting with the board and uh, I think they 486 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: they told him, we're gonna just woid our contracts out 487 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: if you don't get new management in here, We're not 488 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: going to buy planes from you anymore. It had to 489 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: be that Boeing was probably looking at their customers in 490 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: open revolt. And really, I bet you the customers are 491 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: the ones who fired the CEO. And you could imagine why. 492 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: I mean, United has been splattered with a lot of 493 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: a lot of the mud. Although they've got a problem 494 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: too in the way that they are doing the maintenance too. 495 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: Many of those planes were United, and once Boeing manufactures 496 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: the plane, now it's in the hands of the airline 497 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: and how they maintain the plane. And the FAA announced 498 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: that they are going to increase oversight of United Airlines 499 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: to make sure United is complying with safety regulations and 500 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:57,479 Speaker 1: identifying hazards and mitigating risk. Certain activities and process may 501 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: be allowed to continue, but future projects maybe the delayed. 502 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: The FAA could potentially not approve allowing customers on United's 503 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: new planes or new routes. They're going to hold that 504 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: over the head of United that if they don't get 505 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: their act together, then your new planes, no one's going 506 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: to be allowed to board them, and the new routes, 507 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: no one's going to be allowed to use them. The 508 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: FAA is reviewing work processes, manuals, facilities, and so United 509 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: is also in a lot of trouble, and they should 510 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: be too, because Boeing is responsible for what goes out 511 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: the door. But some of these other issues that we've 512 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: been reporting on for weeks have to do with bad maintenance. 513 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: You know, when you have a wheel come flying off 514 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: the plane as it's taking off or landing. All right, 515 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: we come back the specific details on Trump getting his 516 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: bond cut to one hundred and seventy five million dollars 517 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: in that case in New York City. Peter Charlambos from 518 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: ABC News is gonna give us more detail sho he 519 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: Hotani his statement. We're going to carry that live at 520 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: about a quarter to two over that gambling scandal. Too much, 521 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: too much going on, Deborah Mark live in the KFI 522 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: twenty four hour newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to the 523 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: John Cobalt Show podcast. You can always hear the show 524 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: live on KFI AM six forty from one to four 525 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: pm every Monday through Friday, and of course anytime on 526 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: demand on the iHeartRadio app.