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Brendan Paul, a former Syracuse basketball player, testifies in the
trial of Sean Ditty Combs, that he began working for
Combs in twenty twenty two. Paul says his job responsibilities
included travel logistics, packing, planning Comb's fitness workouts and meals,
taking care of his music related needs, and securing drugs.
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Paul says he regularly purchased marijuana and rolled joints for Ditty,
as well as securing harder drugs and picking up prescriptions
under the alias Frank Black. Paul once had to deny
Comb's requests for Xennex as he didn't know how or
where to get any without a prescription. Paul further testified
that he also helps set up and clean up what
Christina Korum referred to as Combe's wild king Knights. Paul
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says he knew very little about what actually happened in
the hotel rooms other than partying and Sacks being involved.
He says Combs once sent him to purchase costumes for
Jane and that he always wore gloves when cleaning up
the hotel rooms afterward. On Cross examination, Paul says he
often spoke with Jane before and after the hotel stays
and never noticed signs she was uncomfortable with the situation.
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As Brendan, Paul was traveling with Combs and Korum to
the Bahamas for a Comb's family vacation. They were stopped
by Homeland Security at the opa Waca Airport. An investigator
searching his bag. Paul affirmed everything inside belonged to him,
but his heart dropped when a baggy of cocaine was removed.
Paul says he picked up the drugs while cleaning Diddy's
last hotel room and forgot to remove them before the trip.
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Paul tells the court he was not asked by Combs
or Koram to travel with the drugs, but he did
not reveal they did not belong to him out of
loyalty and the knowledge he was a first time offender.
Shocking evidence photos released from the Ditty trial give a
twisted look inside his Los Angeles mansion, which was replete
with drugs, guns, and a treasure trove of baby oil
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and lube. The FBI rated Comb's West Coast home, as
well as his Miami Beach mansion in March of twenty
twenty four, the jury saw photos from inside the dramatic
Miami raid last month. Today, the jury saw shocking evidence
photos from inside Combe's mansion in LA getting jurors an
upclose and personal look behind the curtain at the dark
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side of Combe's drug addled lifestyle. The jury was shown
photos from the FBI raid at the La home in
March twenty twenty four, revealing a look at Combe's bedroom
untold number of baby oil bottles and lube. Some are
even stored in a fancy display box as if they
were some precious valuables. The jury also got a look
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at pictures of an arsenal of weapons and drug stash.
The trial of Sean Diddycomb's had an abbreviate a week,
with one day canceled when a jury suffered vertigo, and
another day off for Juneteenth. The prosecution did not finish
their part of the trial and will resume it Monday.
The defense says they will only need one or two
days to present their defense. Brian Coberger's case is in
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the news as bodycam footage from a DUI arrest made
by Pullman PD has revealed a possible second eye witness
to the murders at eleven twenty two King Road. The
DoorDash driver that dropped off Xaner Kernodles Jack in the
box order at three point fifty nine am, just seven
minutes before Brian Coberger's alleged killings, free mentions to the
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arresting officer she may be called to testify in the case.
The woman only identified as MM in court document says
she saw Coburger at the scene that night and claims
she parked right next to his white Alantra to make
the delivery. The judge in Coburger's case is pushing for
the trial to begin as planned in August. Judge Hipler
said he will consider the defense team's request to delay
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the proceedings, but warned attorneys on both sides to be
ready to go next month anyway, and said he will
issue a written ruling about the trial start soon. Defense
attorney and Taylor tells the judge that proceeding with an
August trial date would violate Coberger's constitutional right to a
fair trial. She adds that his attorneys are still reviewing
evidence and struggling to get potential witnesses to agree to
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be interviewed. Prosecutor Josh Hurwitz noted that Coberger has three attorneys,
two investigators, a mitigation expert, and various other experts working
on the case. It appears the defense has followed through
on Judge Hipler's offer to appoint a special prosecutor to
determine the source of the leak that provided sealed evidence
to Dayline NBC for their episode on the case. Prosecutors
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have filed a response to the defense requests, though all
the documents regarding the special investigation remained under seal, and
Taylor argues that the person or person's responsible must be
found before the case can go to trial. Now. While
the public heard arguments regarding the defense request for a continuance,
the issue of Coburger's alternative perpetrator theory was addressed in
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a closed door hearing. Prosecutors and the defense fought over
whether Coburger has provided enough evidence that someone else could
have killed the four victim to present the theory to
a jury. Defense attorney Anne Taylor previously told the court
investigators received a tip about an alternate suspect that was
not properly investigated. Many family members and friends of Madison Mogan,
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Kayleigan 'sovas Zena Cernodle and Ethan Chapin are speaking out
for the first time in an upcoming Prime video docu
series One Night in Idaho. Emily Allant, Hunter Johnson, and
Josie Laturne the three voices heard on Bethany Funk's nine
to one one call. We'll explain what exactly happened that
morning and how they came to know something terrible had happened.
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Both Mattie and Ethan's parents and siblings are also featured
in the series that will begin streaming July eleventh, exactly
one month before Brian Coberger's trial is set to begin.
Be sure to watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on
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