by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 5 – At 4:30 pm on September 16 Inner City Press was told by its SDNY source to expect "the big one" - Sean Combs - the next day in the courtroom here.
At US Attorney Damian Williams' press conference Inner City Press asked if his office would be seeking detention - Yes, he said. Detention memo on Patreon here.
[Inner City Press published book / audio book Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on Amazon here]
On April 14, on less than a day's public notice, Combs was arraigned on the superseding indictment. Thread. His lawyers floated the idea of a two week adjournment.
Extra/analysis on X for Subscribers here & Substack here
On April 18, Combs' motion to delay the trial was denied and some anonymity was upheld, thread
On April 25 Judge Subramanian held another pre-trial conference, ruling out expert testimony on coercive control, thread. The AUSA asked for Combs to be allocuted on plea offer(s) - it will happen [this] week.
More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
On April 29 Combs' lawyers asked for a gag order on victims' lawyers. Filing on Patreon here.
On April 30, written disputes about questions for jurors. Full 5 page filing on Patreon here
On May 1, a discussion of jury selection - and confirmation as Inner City Press first reported that Combs got and rejected a plea offer, no details. Thread here.
On May 5, Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection Day 1, including an HBO staffer, here
More detail and analysis on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
The case is USA v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542 (Subramanian)
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