Sean "Diddy" Combs Won't be Wearing a Prison Jumpsuit During Next Week's Trial

The Southern District of New York has granted Sean “Diddy” Combs permission to wear "non-prison clothing" for the trial, which is set to commence on Monday, May 5.

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Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm Nicole Parton Sean Diddy. Combs is gearing up for
his highly anticipated trial regarding sex trafficking. On Wednesday, his
legal team filed a request for him to appear in
court in civilian clothes rather than the standard prison uniform.
This as outlined by court documents. The Southern District of
New York has granted him permission to wear non prison

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clothing for the trial, which is set to start on Monday,
May five. The fifty five year old musician is allowed
to bring five button down shirts, five pairs of pants,
five sweaters, five pairs of socks, and two pairs of
lace up free shoes. During his past court appearances, Combs
has been seen wearing a tan prison outfit. Combs was

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taken into custody in New York City in September twenty
twenty four following an indictment by federal prosecutors on charges
of sex trafficking and racketeering. The latter charge carries a
potential sentence of fifteen years to life in prison. Prosecutors
allege that Comb's manipulated or forced women into participating extended

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sexual activities. Furthermore, they claim he utilized his business empire
to orchestrate freak golfs described as meticulously arranged sexual performances.
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Philip Pines, a former personal lackey for Sean Combs, claims
in a lawsuit that he was tasked with setting up
for wild king knights at hotels, which involved bringing red lights,
ice buckets, alcohol, marijuana joints, honey packs for male libido,
baby oil, astroglide towels, illegal drugs, and powered sex toys
to Combs's room for sometimes days long escapades. Pines says

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he was expected to be on call for any additional
needs during the exploits, and Combs even pressured him to
join afterwards. Pines was charged with cleaning up the mess,
deleting any incriminating photos or video from Combs's devices, and
leaving hotel staff large tips to avoid pain extra bills
for damages did.

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He has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and the
trial is projected to last around eight weeks. In early April,
it was confirmed that Combe's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventira will
take the stand during the trial. Additionally, victims identified as
Victim two and Victim four will provide their testimonies anonymously,

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according to court documents. Then Tira had previously filed a
lawsuit against Combs in November twenty twenty three, accusing him
of sexual assault, but the case was settled the following day.
Since then, he has faced lawsuits from numerous others alleging
sexual misconduct. On April fifteen, Combs was hit with an
additional charge each of sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution.

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As stated in court documents, these new allegations pertain to
a plaintiff designated as Victim two. According to the indictment,
Combs has consistently all accusations well crime injustice news after this.

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And now to Texas, where a statewide Amber alert has
been issued for a ten year old girl who was
taken on Wednesday afternoon abductive near Abilene and is considered
to be in potential danger. This is reported by the
Texas Department of Public Safety. The Hemlin Police Department has
indicated that Skyler Beach was last seen around four pm

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on Northwest Avenue G in Hamlin. Skyler is described as
standing five to two, red or auburn hair with brown eyes.
At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a
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are concerned that she may be with forty three year
old Terry Jeter, who is described as five nine with

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brown hair brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a
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That bike has a Texas license plate one three eight
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