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Day one of deliberations got off to rocky start as jurors expressed 'concern'
Eight weeks into the blockbuster trial, the jury finally started to deliberate Monday on the case.
Judge Arun Subramanian spent two hours reading through jury instructions in the morning before the jurors began deliberating at 11.30 a.m.
Just over an hour later, the group sent a note to the judge: “We are concerned that Juror 25 cannot follow your honor’s instructions.”
Subramanian said he was unclear whether “cannot” meant the juror refuses to follow the instructions or cannot understand them.
After giving both sides 10 minutes to propose a response, the judge opted to use the government’s language, telling the panel to keep deliberating and to let him know if the issue persisted.
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James Liddell1 July 2025 11:55
Who are the jurors set to decide Diddy's fate?
As jury deliberations are set to continue for a second day in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex trafficking trial, here’s a look at the 12 members of the panel tasked with deciding the music mogul’s fate.
Eight men and four women comprise the dozen New Yorkers selected to sit for the trial.
Ranging in age from 30 to 74, the jurors hail from Manhattan, the Bronx, and nearby Westchester County.
Their professions vary widely: from an investment analyst to a massage therapist.
Several of the younger jurors said they listen to hip-hop and R&B music, genres aligned with Combs.
Some of the jurors have said they were familiar with the 2016 surveillance footage of Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway.
James Liddell1 July 2025 11:52
