Diddy's alleged 'drug mule' takes the stand with immunity deal; trial reveals dark secrets
Jurors in Sean Diddy Combs' federal trial will hear from a close ally of the rapper when former Syracuse basketball competitor Brendan Paul takes the stand Friday Paul became embroiled in Diddy's legal drama in April after he was named in a lawsuit filed by Rodney Lil Rod Jones against the disgraced mogul The music producer claimed Paul worked as a mule for Combs procuring and distributing drugs and guns The former college basketball star was then charged with felony cocaine possession which was later dropped Paul was given immunity in exchange for his testimony in Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial Nicole Blank Becker explained that Paul may be a crucial witness to the executive as it attempts to tie up loose ends and wrap its episode against Diddy DIDDY'S SEX TRAFFICKING RACKETEERING TRIAL FORCED INTO DELAY DUE TO JUROR ISSUE In this particular situation why Brendan Paul may be key is because he is allegedly one of the individuals who supplied the drugs Becker reported Fox News Digital The distribution of drugs giving other people drugs to make them intoxicated and possibly do more than they would do had they not been intoxicated that's a predicate felony In other words in order to prove this particular charge of racketeering there's got to be a number of other felonies that they can connect the attorney declared Whether it's the coercion of women and or they indicated about how Diddy brought escorts in That's one way to prove a predicate You have to prove two of them So another way to prove a predicate felony is bring in the guy who supposedly is the one who was supplying P Diddy and or his people with what the authorities is gonna say the drugs that he used on others DIDDY'S DEFENSE CLUB SIGNALS SHIFT IN TRIAL STRATEGY AS PROSECUTORS WRAP UP EXPERTCombs was charged with racketeering conspiracy RICO sex trafficking by force fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution in a federal indictment unsealed Sept Throughout two weeks of testimony jurors heard assertions of freak off parties involving male escorts and Diddy's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura The Me U singer testified that drugs including ecstasy ketamine and cocaine were in regular circulation during the freak offs for her to disassociate during the sessions Cassie admitted ecstasy made her feel euphoric and aroused while ketamine would make her dissociative She disclosed cocaine made her heart race mushrooms made her see things and GHB also known as the date rape drug made her feel drunk Another ex who testified under the pseudonym Jane notified prosecutors there were times she felt coerced into hotel nights with Diddy and that the Bad Boy Records founder still pays for both her legal fees and rent Jane recalled alleged instances of abuse while dating Diddy on and off for three years and up until the week before he was arrested in New York City on federal charges Jane communicated the court Diddy sought her about coercion after he allegedly forced her to take drugs before having sex with a male escort She testified about Diddy's alleged violent behavior and explained he once put her in a chokehold after kicking and punching her LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSDiddy's criminal defense lawyer Teny Geragos questioned Jane about her relationship with the rapper and her participation in the allegedly forced hotel nights Diddy paid Jane's rent through their love contract according to her testimony The ex-girlfriend stated the prosecution she felt obligated to perform at hotel nights for the rapper because he had threatened to stop paying for her home For hotel nights Jane claimed she was expected to dress in lingerie and have sex with other men in front of the rapper Audio issued in Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured the rapper calling Jane a crack pipe Jane claimed she was forced to continue having sex with multiple male escorts after becoming sick Becker who works as R Kelly's defense attorney explained why the leadership might offer immunity to bystanders the ruling body wants to testify In Diddy's sex trafficking episode Paul was the fifth witness granted immunity CLICK HERE TO GET THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER It is very common especially in federal cases that immunity is given to eyewitnesses if they have the information or the insight that they need for their scenario Becker announced Oftentimes those individuals who are given immunity although they may have crimes that they are either facing or faced they're usually a lot less in the hierarchy of crimes They're usually lower crimes in which the administration says 'You know what this information that this particular person has is so fundamental that we are willing to forego whatever you've got going on in the criminal section or division now here so that we can have you testify in this bigger occurrence 'WATCH SEAN DIDDY COMBS ASSAULTS CASSIE VENTURA IN HOTEL HAPPENING Their goal i e the leadership is to get in as much realizable information from anybody who knows anything Nearly six weeks after the trial began prosecutors indicated they'd rest their episode by Friday The rapper's legal band not long ago described Judge Arun Subramanian it will need between two and five days to present its matter a stark contrast to its initial request of up to two weeks with onlookers on the stand Becker noted there were a lot of questions whether the administration was truly proving anything specific to the charges Diddy faced WATCH LEGAL EXPERT DISCUSSES DIFFICULTIES WITH DIDDY TRIAL Yes there was domestic violence Yes there was chosen relationships and physical violence happening but does that rise to the level of what he's definitely charged with in the federal court Becker declared I think at the beginning there were question marks everywhere However I think as time goes on what does the cabinet do They just throw up witness after witness Although those individual spectators have their own story together they form what they are trying to form which is this step beneath P Diddy who's up here And these individuals each individual person has a role in what they're calling the enterprise CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBecker noted this was the connection the governing body was attempting to prove to the jurors In a vacuum if we just had the first witness or we just had Jane who just testified people I think would be a little confused like Wait a minute Maybe call him a bad boyfriend a bad person a bad husband for sure based on what we see for example in the video Becker noted But does that rise to the level that the administration demands to get to in order for an ultimate verdict of guilty I think like I declared at the beginning it was a little shaky However as time goes on they are able to put in their different bystanders and really shape what they're trying to shape which is to basically you know this charge of RICO in the United States This has not it was not initially made for purposes of the way it's being used now
