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Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace, Breaking crime news Now. Our

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Speaker 1: Jennifer Gould has the very latest from the Shawncrims courtroom.

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Speaker 2: Nancy, the walls are closing in on hip hop mogul

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Speaker 2: Sean did He Combs? As his federal sex trafficking trial

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Speaker 2: barrels towards its explosive climax in Manhattan this morning, the

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Speaker 2: court room braces for closing arguments, sitting the stage for

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Speaker 2: a verdict that could drop before the fourth of July.

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Speaker 2: In a stunning eleventh hour move on Wednesday, prosecutors dramatically

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Speaker 2: pulled back on the elements of their sprawling Rico case,

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Speaker 2: essentially dumbing down charges they seemingly struggled to prove. In

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Speaker 2: a letter to Judge Aaron Subramanian, the government conceded it

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Speaker 2: would no longer pursue claims did he attempted to kidnap

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Speaker 2: former employee Capricorn Clark and ex girlfriend Cassie nor the

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Speaker 2: attempted arson accusation that he blew up kid Cuddy's car.

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Speaker 2: Even elements of aiding and abetting sex trafficking were quietly

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Speaker 2: eighty six from jury instructions, though the core sex trafficking

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Speaker 2: charges remain despite the last minute concession, prosecutors spent seven

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Speaker 2: grueling weeks painting Comb's fifty five as the dark lord

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Speaker 2: of a criminal enterprise, coercing women into drug fueled freak

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Speaker 2: off sex marathons or hotel nights. They called thirty four witnesses,

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Speaker 2: including two ex girlfriends of Comb's Cassie Ventura seen in

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Speaker 2: the horrifying twenty sixteen hotel assault caught on video, and

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Speaker 2: a woman known only as Jane. The defense called zero witnesses.

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Speaker 2: Combs himself opted not to testify, dodging a brutal cross examination,

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Speaker 2: sticking to his claim all encounters were consensual. In a

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Speaker 2: rare court room moment Tuesday, when asked how he was

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Speaker 2: doing did, he briefly spoke, telling the judge quote unquote,

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great. He then thanked him for quote unquote,

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Speaker 2: doing an excellent job. With closing arguments set for today,

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Speaker 2: the judge instructing the jury tomorrow Friday, deliberations could begin

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Speaker 2: immediately and there could be a verdict, possibly before Independence Day.

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Speaker 2: If found guilty on all counts, the mogul faces life

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Speaker 2: behind bars. For the latest on this case, watch Crime

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Speaker 2: Stories with Nancy Grace on Merit TV Monday through Friday

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Speaker 2: favorite podcast app. In an unprecedented triumph against evil, Florida

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Speaker 2: authorities backed by US marshals have rescued sixty missing children

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Speaker 2: from a vile human trafficking ring in what officials are

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Speaker 2: hailing as the largest child rescue mission in US history.

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Speaker 2: Dubbed Dragon I, this two week massive sting operation spanned Hillsborough, Penelas,

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Speaker 2: and Pasco Counties, ripping vulnerable young lives from the clutches

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Speaker 2: of depraved exploiters. The rescued children, ranging from nine to

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Speaker 2: seventeen years old, included forty three girls and seventeen boys.

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Speaker 2: Here's doctor Catherine Gammez with the Florida Department of Juvenile

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Speaker 2: Justice at the news conference.

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Speaker 3: And I can see the tired nods in the audience,

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Speaker 3: because I don't think any of us have really caught

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Speaker 3: up on sleep just yet. But it was worth it

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Speaker 3: because we ensured that sixty recoveries, sixty young people were

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Speaker 3: given an opportunity. Sixty young people were brought home, whatever

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Speaker 3: home that may be for them.

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Speaker 2: The grim reality of their captivity was laid bare. Some

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Speaker 2: young girls were pregnant, with one tragically carrying the child

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Speaker 2: of her trafficker. Officials announced that the sprawling operations spearheaded

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Speaker 2: by the US Marshall's office, involved over twenty agencies and

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Speaker 2: one hundred dedicated personnel, including the Florida Department of Law

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Speaker 2: Enforcement and Department of Children and Families. The operation led

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Speaker 2: to the immediate arrests of eight suspects, five men, two women,

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Speaker 2: and one still unidentified individual, who now face a barrage

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Speaker 2: of charges including human trafficking, child endangerment, and drug possession.

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Speaker 2: Bonds for these monsters sore up to two hundred and

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Speaker 2: fifty million dollars as Florida's Office of Statewide Prosecution prepares

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Speaker 2: to prosecute these heinous crimes. The rescued children are now

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Speaker 2: receiving immediate critical medical and psychological care, with authorities vowing

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Speaker 2: continued support.

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Speaker 1: Nancy thanks Jennifer more Crime and Justice news.

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Speaker 2: After this, a day of innocent fun at the Jasmine

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Speaker 2: Moran Children's Museum in Oklahoma dissolved into unspeakable horror when

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Speaker 2: a four year old was engulfed in towering blue and

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Speaker 2: green flames during an indoor s'mores activity. According to family friends,

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Speaker 2: little Riker Corona and his family had just arrived when

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Speaker 2: disaster struck. Hand sanitizer allegedly used to fuel the s'mores

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Speaker 2: grill tragically spilled and ignited in a massive, searing burst.

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Speaker 2: Witness Dacy Phillips recounted the horrifying scene to News nine.

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Speaker 3: And at first you just see like big, big flames,

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Speaker 3: and then I look down and the little boy is

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Speaker 3: on the floor like flopping around trying to put himself out.

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Speaker 2: Panicked parents frantically downst Riker with water to extinguish the inferno.

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Speaker 2: Firefighters rushed to the scene, and Riker's suffering second degree

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Speaker 2: burns to his chest, face and arms, was immediately airlifted

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Speaker 2: to an Oklahoma City hospital for urgent medical care. The

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Speaker 2: museum confirmed the incident involved an indoor s'mores maker, which

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Speaker 2: is now suspended while promising a thorough review. The popular

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Speaker 2: children's attraction now faces intense scrutiny over its safety protocols,

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Speaker 2: as well as backlash from witnesses who say employees just

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Speaker 2: stood there and did nothing as fellow parents tried to

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Speaker 2: put the fire out. A GoFundMe has been launched to

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Speaker 2: help with medical bills as the community rallies around Riker's

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Speaker 2: family through this tragedy. No word yet if Riker's parents

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Speaker 2: planned to file a suit against the Seminole Museum and

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Speaker 2: finally talk about an expensive last call. One Nashville man's

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Speaker 2: attempt at a happily ever after hookup almost turned into

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Speaker 2: a time piece tragedy. He learned the hard way that

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Speaker 2: some flings come with a very hefty price tag. Audrey

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Speaker 2: Shump twenty four allegedly parted with the victim before heading

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Speaker 2: back to his airbnb. Once there, our guy reportedly stashed

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Speaker 2: his thirty thousand dollars Rolegs Daytona under a hat, but

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Speaker 2: when he took a bathroom break, his gold digging gal

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Speaker 2: pal apparently saw her chance to make a quick buck,

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Speaker 2: or rather a quick thirty grand. He came back to

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Speaker 2: find her reaching for his precious time piece, and she

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Speaker 2: then bolted from the airbnb. But her time on the

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Speaker 2: run was short lived. Cops quickly cuffed Hump just a

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Speaker 2: block away, finding these stolen blings still on her wrist.

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Speaker 2: She is now facing felony theft charges and is out

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Speaker 2: on twenty five thousand dollars bond. Further proof time is money. Nancy.

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Speaker 1: especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert,

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