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Speaker 1: Crime Lord Hourly Update, Breaking crime News Now. I'm Dave mac.

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Speaker 1: As the sixth week of Sean Diddy Coombe's trial comes

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Speaker 1: to an end, Prosecutors did not wrap up their part

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Speaker 1: of the trial as was originally expected, and will try

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Speaker 1: to wrap things up on Monday. But today was a

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Speaker 1: day of shocking evidence photos from inside Comb's mansion in

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Speaker 1: la giving jurors an up close and personal look behind

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Speaker 1: the curtain at the dark side of Combe's drug addled lifestyle.

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Speaker 1: The jury was shown pictures from the FBI raid at

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles home in March of twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: revealing a look at Combe's bedroom untold number of baby

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Speaker 1: oil bottles in lube, some even stored in a fancy

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Speaker 1: display box as if they were precious valuables. The jury

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Speaker 1: also got a look at pictures of an arsenal of

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Speaker 1: weapons and drug stash. The jury already saw picturesrom inside

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Speaker 1: Comb's Miami pad earlier in the trial. Brendan Paul is

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Speaker 1: referred to in the media as Combe's babyface drug mule.

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Speaker 1: But All is a former Syracuse University basketball player who

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Speaker 1: was arrested while trying to board Comb's private jet in

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Speaker 1: March twenty twenty four, around the time Diddy's homes were

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Speaker 1: raided by the FBI as part of the investigation in

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Speaker 1: this sex trafficking case. Testifying under immunity agreement with prosecutors,

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Speaker 1: Paul told jurors he had swept Combe's rooms and put

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Speaker 1: the coke in his bag and forgot to remove it.

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Speaker 1: Paul said he divided assistant duties with Comb's other personal

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Speaker 1: assistants and testified that he helped handle Comb's travel logistics

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Speaker 1: in packing and helped Combs with his fitness workouts, meal plans,

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Speaker 1: and music related needs. Paul also said that he would

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Speaker 1: pack marijuana joints in Combe's garage. Paul said he typically

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Speaker 1: worked between eighty and one hundred hours a week, saying

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Speaker 1: he would usually work between four to six days a week,

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Speaker 1: but he was always on call. His starting salary seventy

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Speaker 1: five thousand a year, but he later got a raised

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Speaker 1: to one hundred thousand dollars. He was paid by Combe's enterprises.

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Speaker 1: He testifies that his his mission was to make sure

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Speaker 1: Sean Diddy Combs was always happy. He said that Combs

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Speaker 1: told his assistants they should operate like Seal Team six.

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Speaker 1: More news from the Shawn did he Combs trial up next?

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Speaker 1: Paul said Combs fired him two or three times, and

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Speaker 1: he testified about one incident that sticks out in his memory.

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Speaker 1: In late October or early November twenty twenty three, Paul

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Speaker 1: testified that he forgot Comb's Lululemon fanny pack when he

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Speaker 1: wanted to go for a walk. That's when Combs told Paul, quote,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to see your face. Call KK and

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Speaker 1: tell her you're fired. Paul recalled it. Comb's former chief

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Speaker 1: of staff, Christina Korum, told him to lay low. Soon after,

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Speaker 1: she sent Paul to set up Comb's London hotel room

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Speaker 1: around Combe's birthday that year. Combs never discussed the incident

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Speaker 1: with him again. Brendan Paul also said it wasn't a

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Speaker 1: thing to talk to human resources about any issues. He

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Speaker 1: said if anyone had an issue, they went to Comb's

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Speaker 1: or Korum. He saw Combs use drugs including cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy,

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Speaker 1: and marijuana about once a month, but there were other

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Speaker 1: times he seemed high. According to his former assistant. The

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Speaker 1: jury saw a photo that Brandon Paul took early in

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Speaker 1: his employment of ecstasy of a powder form of ketamine

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Speaker 1: and molly that was dyed pink for the esthetic. According

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Speaker 1: to Paul's testimony, Paul said Comb's or another assistant would

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Speaker 1: tell him to obtain drugs for Combs. He testified that

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Speaker 1: he would buy marijuana about every two months, paying forty

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Speaker 1: two hundred dollars for sixteen hoss. He said he purchased

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Speaker 1: the marijuana from Philip Pines, one of Comb's previous assistants.

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Speaker 1: Paul said he bought other drugs for Combs fewer than

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Speaker 1: ten times, and testified that he would sometimes pay three

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Speaker 1: to five hundred dollars for one to two grams of drugs,

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Speaker 1: and other times he would pick up packages without paying

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Speaker 1: for them himself. On some occasions, Paul texted a drug

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Speaker 1: dealer and they would come to Comb's home to deliver

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Speaker 1: the drugs. The jury saw messages between Paul, a drug dealer,

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Speaker 1: and another Comb's assistant, Jonathan Perez, from February twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Paul testified that Perez put him in touch with the

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Speaker 1: dealer to obtain drugs for Combs. Is it for you

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Speaker 1: or Puff? The dealer asked in one of the messages.

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Speaker 1: Paul responded Puff. According to the message read out loud

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Speaker 1: in court also added, but please don't disclose that you

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Speaker 1: can tell whoever it is, it's for me. Paul said

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Speaker 1: once he received drugs, he would give them directly to

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Speaker 1: Comb's or put them in the Gucci pouch where drugs

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Speaker 1: were stored. He also testified that he would pick up

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Speaker 1: prescription drugs for Combs at pharmacies under Combe's real name

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Speaker 1: or the alias Frank Black. The jury saw messages that

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Speaker 1: Combs sent Paul in February of twenty twenty four asking

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Speaker 1: him to get xan x. Paul testified the Combs didn't

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Speaker 1: have a prescription for xanax and he wasn't able to

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Speaker 1: obtain the drugs. Brendon Paul said, Sean did he Combs

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Speaker 1: former chief of staff Christina Korum didn't really want him

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Speaker 1: involved in Wild King Knights for some reason, but he

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Speaker 1: set up and cleaned up a few times while he

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Speaker 1: worked for Combs. Paul said he only recalled Jane, one

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Speaker 1: of Combe's accusers, participating in Wild King Knights with Combs

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Speaker 1: during his tenure with Combs, and testified his understanding of

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Speaker 1: Wild King Knights to include partying, alcohol, sex, and drugs.

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Speaker 1: The knights were at hotels during the beginning of his

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Speaker 1: time with Combs, but testified Combs stopped holding them at

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Speaker 1: hotels after the Cassie lawsuit. Paul testified that when he

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Speaker 1: set up for a Wild King Knight, he would ensure

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Speaker 1: the room had baby oil, alcohol, small toiletrees, and extra

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Speaker 1: sheets and towels. He said the assistants shared a list

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Speaker 1: that included all the items needed to set up for

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Speaker 1: those nights. Paul cleaned up hotel rooms after Combs Wild

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Speaker 1: King Knights about three or four times, testifying the rooms

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Speaker 1: were in disarray and he would put towels and sheets

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Speaker 1: into a pile and throw out empty bottles of baby

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Speaker 1: oil and liquor. Paul said he wore gloves during the

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Speaker 1: cleanup for sanitary reasons. One time, Paul said, oh, he

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Speaker 1: saw white powder that he believed was drug residu. The

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Speaker 1: jury saw a photo of a hotel room with sheets

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Speaker 1: covering the furniture. Paul testified that he sent the photo

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Speaker 1: to combs travel manager to give her a heads up

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Speaker 1: that there might be some damaged charges. Paul testified that

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Speaker 1: he often spoke with Jane, one of Combe's accusers, before

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Speaker 1: a Wild King Knight, and almost every time afterward. He

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Speaker 1: confirmed that he never saw anything that made him think

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Speaker 1: she was hesitant or not a willing participant. Be sure

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