Prosecutors Accuse Defense of Humiliating Diddy Witness "Mia" | Crime Alert 6AM 06.03 .25

Prosecutors accuse the defense of humiliating Sean Combs former assistant Mia.

In Cleveland, an Ohio attorney accused in a decade-old murder case is now facing new charges.

51-year-old Gregory J. Moore pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy in the 2013 stabbing death of Aliza Sherman, a 53-year-old nurse and mother of four.

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Episode Transcript

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In Manhattan Federal Court? On Monday, the high profile sex
trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean Ditty Combs entered a
pivotal phase. The defense concluded its cross examination of Mia,
a former assistant who has accused Combs of repeated sexual
assault during her employment from two thousand nine to twenty seventeen.

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Under intense questioning by defense attorney Brian Steele, Mia was
presented with past social media posts and text messages that
appeared to praise Combs, including a twenty nineteen message where
she dreamed he rescued her from r Kelly. Steele suggested
these communications undermined her allegations. Mia responded that such expressions

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were a coping mechanism, reflecting the psychological manipulation she endured.
The defense further questioned MIA's credibility by highlighting the delay
in her disclosure of the alleged abuse, noting she first
met with prosecutors in January twenty twenty four, but only
revealed her experiences in June of that year. Mia explained

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that control and isolation by Combs prevented her from confiding
in others, including fellow accuser Cassie Ventura. Prosecutors objected to
the defense's line of questioning, accusing Steel of humiliating the
witness and potentially deterring other victims from testifying. While Judge A.
Rum Submaranian disagreed that the questioning was inappropriate, he cautioned

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Steel on tone and repetitiveness of his inquiries. In a
recent development, Combe's legal team filed a motion for a retrial,
alleging that government leaks, including a twenty sixteen hotel surveillance
fitte aired by CNN, have prejudiced the jury pool and
deprived Combs of a fair trial. The prosecution denied any

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involvement in the leagues, labeling the defense's claims as baseless
and an attempt to exclude damning evidence. Combs, who has
pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking,
remains in custody at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center. If convicted,
he faces a minimum of fifteen years to life in prison.

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Speaker 3 (02:47):
John Limley, a leader and two members of a fringe
group tied to multiple killings across three states, are now
facing new weapons charges in Maryland. Jackles Soda, also known
as ziz leads the so called Zizians, an extremist group
linked to six deaths, including US Border Patrol agent David Milan,

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killed in a Vermont shooting in January. Lasota, Michelle Ziko,
and Daniel Blank were arrested last month in Frostburg, Maryland,
after a local resident reported them trespassing on his property.
Initially charged with trespassing and obstruction, the trio now faces
additional counts, including concealed firearm possession offenses carrying penalties of

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up to five years in prison. Investigators a guns purchased
by Zycho were found at the scene of Milan's killing.
Authorities also linked the Zizians to murders in California and Pennsylvania,
including the deaths of Zyko's own parents. The investigation is
ongoing in Cleveland, an Ohio attorney accused in a decade

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old murder case as now facing new charges. Fifty one
year old Gregory J. Moore pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping,
and conspiracy in the twenty thirteen stabbing death of Eliza Sherman,
a fifty three year old nurse and mother of four.
Sherman was found stabbed more than ten times outside the

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downtown office where she was supposed to meet More to
discuss her divorce just one day before trial. Prosecutor say
More staged the attack to delay that trial, luring Sherman
to the locked office than misleading investigators afterward. Moore, already
convicted in twenty seventeen for lying to police and making

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bomb threats to delay other court cases, was arrested in
May in Texas and extradited to Ohio. His bond two
million dollars. Sherman's killing sparked years of public outcry and
remembrance events. New Hampshire has agreed to a ten million
dollars settlement with Michael Gilpatrick, who says he was raped

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and abused at a state run youth to ten T
center in the nineteen nineties. Gilpatrick's lawsuit was set for trial,
but was settled instead. His payout is four times the
state's usual compensation for victims, but far less than a
thirty eight million dollar jury award in a similar case
last year, a verdict the state is fighting to reduce. Gilpatrick,

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now forty one, was fourteen when he was sent to
the Youth Development Center in Manchester. His allegations led to
criminal charges against four former staffers. Two have faced trial,
One was sentenced up to forty years in prison, while
another's case ended in a mistrial. The facility, now named
for former Governor John H. Senunu, is set to close,

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with a smaller replacement planned. Since twenty nineteen, eleven former
staffers have been arrested in connection with abuse claims, two
have been convicted, and more trials are pending.

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