Re: Drugs and guns found in raid on black rapist Sean 'Diddy' Combs's Miami home, court told

"Leroy N. Soetoro" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/21/sean-combs-diddy-sex-
> trafficking-trial

Let's track though this and see what ACTUAL evidence of a crime they have.

> Combs, 55, is facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy
> and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was arrested in September
> and has pleaded not guilty.
>
> On Wednesday morning, Gerard Gannon, an agent with Homeland Security
> Investigations who oversaw the March 2024 search of Combs's Miami Beach
> home, took the stand for the second time this week.
>
> Gannon told the court on Tuesday that agents discovered AR-15 rifle parts,
> high heels, sex toys, lubricants, baby oil and lingerie in the closet of
> the main bedroom of Combs's Miami home.

Having AR-15 parts is not a crime.
High heels, sex toys, lubricants, baby oil and lingerie is not evidence of 
any crime.



> On Wednesday, Gannon recalled that agents found a Gucci bag containing an
> assortment of pills including MDMA tablets, as well as white residue that
> tested positive for cocaine and ketamine, and other items in different
> closet in Combs's home.

Unless they can show he owned the bag, Their only charges would be against 
the person who's bag it is. Unless there is proof he was going through the 
purse, He would have no knowledge those things were even there. Much less 
being his property or being used by him.

>
> Photos shown in court were of items that agents said were found in a
> hallway closet, including more than 20 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.

Which is not illegal or criminal

> Gannon testified that agents found a loaded .45 caliber handgun in a
> suitcase in the guesthouse on the property.

Which again is not illegal. Further being in a guest house would suggest the 
gun was not even his, or that he had any knowledge of it short of evidence 
showing otherwise.


> Under cross-examination, Gannon said the AR-15-style guns found in Combs's
> home were disassembled and thus inoperable.

IOW, totally Legal and no crime involved.

> The prosecution then called Dr Dawn Hughes, a forensic and clinical
> psychologist who specializes in trauma. Hughes previously testified during
> the 2022 defamation case of actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.
>
> Hughes testified that it was common for victims to remain in abusive
> relationships because they often feel trapped and that it can take months,
> or even years, before a victim is able to disclose the abuse to anybody.
> Trauma victims, she said, typically experience deep feelings of shame,
> humiliation and degradation.

Mere conjecture and does not speak to any crime shown to have been committed 
by Cobbs

> Hughes told the court that she is paid $600 an hour for her work as an
> expert witness and $6,000 for a day of testimony in court.

While the 'expert' has a financial interest in the case.


> During cross examination, Combs's lawyers tried to paint Hughes as a
> biased expert witness who is being paid by the prosecution.

Which seems perfectly accurate

> On the stand, Hughes confirmed that she's never testified in defense of
> someone accused of a sex crime, explaining to the court that she doesn't
> "evaluate offenders".

IOW, she only works for the prosecution attempting to build a case off her 
testimony for which she is paid for.


> After Hughes, the government called George Kaplan, a former assistant to
> Combs, to the witness stand.
>
> Kaplan said that he started working for Combs Enterprises in 2013 and that
> he was promoted in less than a year to Combs's executive assistant.
>
> Kaplan testified that Combs would frequently threaten to fire him, and
> would say that he only wanted the best employees.

Well, shit, that HAS to be a crime.. NOT

> Kaplan said that he communicated with Combs daily, and often prepared
> hotel rooms for him, stocking them with clothes, candles, lubricant, baby
> oil and more, and would clean them afterward.

Again, not a criminal action, nor does it suggest any criminal activity.

> On Monday, the jury heard from singer Dawn Richard and Kerry Morgan, a
> former close friend of Ventura's during her relationship with Combs. Both
> women testified that they had witnessed Combs assaulting Ventura.

Finally there is some actual testimony, however as friend of the 'victim' 
they can hardly be seen an neutral witnesses which combined with a utter 
lack of physical evidence to establish a crime occurred is really 
meaningless.

> Cassie Ventura spent four days on the stand last week, and testified about
> years of physical and emotional abuse she endured from Combs during their
> 11-year, on-and-off again relationship.

And yet, she kept coming back.. must not have been that bad.

> Ventura said Combs orchestrated drug-fueled sex performances with male sex
> workers that he called "freak offs", and that he coerced and blackmailed
> her into participating.

Again zero physical evidence and none of this suggests criminal activity.

> She also alleged that Combs raped her in 2018 after their breakup.

Ok, and what action was taken at the time? Police reports? Rape Kit?

> Prosecutors have sought to portray Combs as controlling and abusive, and
> as someone who exerted power over nearly every aspect of Ventura's life
> and decisions.

Which even if true.. is not criminal. Particularly when by her own admission 
she regularly left him without issue.


> Attorneys for Combs have tried to undermine Ventura's credibility and
> sought to depict her as a willing and consenting participant in the so-
> called "freak-offs".
>
> The trial is expected to last seven more weeks. If convicted, Combs could
> spend the rest of his life in prison.

Well, not knowing the case, and going on what I'm reading here.. unless they 
come up with physical proof of a crime.. I don't see what they can possibly 
convict him on.
Much less something worthy of a life sentence.