WEBVTT

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A BATTLE OVER WHAT PROSECUTORS

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ARE CALLING A DAMNING CLAIM OF

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EVIDENCE, ONE THE DEFENSE CLAIMS

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WAS LEAKED.

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LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER BEING

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INDICTED, SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS NOW

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SET TO GO TO A TRIAL.

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A JUDGE SETTING A MAY 5th TRIAL

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DATE.

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ARRIVING IN COURT ON THURSDAY.

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PROSECUTORS MAY FILE A

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SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT WITH NEW

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CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

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AMONG HIS SUPPORTERS IN THE

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PACKED COURTROOM, HIS CHILDREN

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AND MOTHER WHO SAID IN A

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STATEMENT ON INSTAGRAM THIS WEEK

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HE IS NOT THE MONSTER THEY HAVE

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PAINTED HIM TO BE.

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THE RACKETEERING AND SEX

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TRAFFICKING INDICTMENT UNSEALED

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LAST MONTH ACCUSING COMBS OF

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ABUSING WOMEN FOR DECADES,

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ORCHESTRATING SEX PARTIES HE

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REFERRED TO AS FREAK-OFFS.

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PROSECUTORS SAY HE SILENCED

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VICTIMS THROUGH BLACKMAIL AND

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VIOLENCE.

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>> THIS IS A SERIOUS PROCEEDING

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WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES, AND

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ALL OF US ARE ADDRESSING IT

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ACCORDINGLY.

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>> Reporter: COMBS HAS PLED NOT

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GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES.

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>> HE’S DOING FINE.

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HE’S MAKING AN ADJUSTMENTS.

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>> Reporter: COMBS HAS BEEN

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BEHIND BARS SINCE HIS ARREST.

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HIS LEGAL TEAM CONTINUES TO

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APPEAL HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION

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AND FIGHT AGAINST THE LOOMING

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CIVIL SUITS.

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>> THE REASON FOR DENYING BILL

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WAS THAT HE MIGHT THREATEN

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VICTIMS, THE DEFENDANT, AND

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COULD OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.

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SOME OF THEM LIVE IN FEAR.

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>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS

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SUGGESTING A MOUNTAIN OF

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EVIDENCE, CONFIRMING THEY SEIZE

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NEARLY 100 OF HIS ELECTRONIC

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DEVICES.

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AMONG THE POSSIBLE EVIDENCE AT

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TRIAL, THIS 2016 VIDEO FIRST

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OBTAINED BY CNN SHOWING COMBS

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PUNCHING AND KICKING HIS FORMER

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GIRLFRIEND, SINGER KASSY, AT AN

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L.A. HOTEL.

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>> MY BEHAVIOR IN THAT VIDEO OF

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INEXCUSABLE.

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>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS DENY

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MAINTAINING THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE

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VIDEO BEFORE CNN AIRED IT.

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>> SO, LAURA, ASIDE FROM THAT

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MAY TRIAL DATE, WHAT MORE DO WE

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KNOW ABOUT THE ACTUAL TRIAL

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DATES?

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>> ONE OF THE COMPLICATIONS WITH

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ALL OF THOSE DEVICES, WE’RE

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TALKING ABOUT PHONES.

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WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF

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THINGS.

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THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN THE DATE OFF

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OF IT.

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WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT A NEW OR