Balcony Terror & Bribes: Diddy Trial Exploses w "Im the Devil" Threat| Crime Alert 6AM 06.05.2025

 

Day 16 of the Sean "Diddy" Comb's federal sex trafficking trial dealt with bribes, a balcony & that infamous video of "Puff" brutally beating his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

The manhunt continues for the vet Dad accused of murdering his 3 young daughters by suffocating them. Now officials are offering a $20k reward for info leading to his capture. Plus, a hero's face is rebuilt after a savage attack.  Jennifer Gould reports. 

 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime needs now.
Celebrity support still not happening. In the courtroom for Shawn
Combe's aka Diddy our Jennifer Gould standing by Jennifer What
do you.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Know, Nancy? The federal sex trafficking trial against Sean Ditty
Combs plunged into new depths of depravity on Wednesday with
a chilling allegation of balcony terror, a cash for video payoff,
and that infamous footage showing the music mogul brutally attacking
his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Day sixteen at the high

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stakes trial began with a return to the stand by
Eddie Garcia, a former security supervisor at the Intercontinental Hotel
in Los Angeles. Under an immunity order. Garcia testified that
in twenty sixteen, Combs paid him a staggering one hundred
thousand dollars cash for surveillance footage depicting the Mogul violently

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assaulting Ventura in a hotel hallway. Garcia stated the mogul
had him sign a non disclosure agreement with Combe's team,
believing it secured the only copy. Next forensic expert Stephen
Piazza testified, establishing the authenticity of that graphic twenty sixteen
hotel footage. Piazza's analysis confirmed no anomalies in the recording,

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bolstering the prosecution's case that Combs's violence was habitual. The
afternoon delivered further harrowing testimony from Brianna Bongolan, another accuser
and close friend of Ventura. Bongalon, who was granted immunity
to testify after initially invoking her fifth Amendment right, recounted
a chilling twenty sixteen incident where Combs allegedly stormed into

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Ventura's Eli apartment, threatening her life and dramatically dangling Ventura
over the edge of a seventeenth floor balcony railing for
ten to fifteen seconds. Mongolong said she feared she would
fall to her death. After finally pulling her back, Coombs
a led hurled her onto patio furniture, leaving her with

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bruises and neck pain and causing ongoing night terrors and paranoia.
Bogolon also detailed another incident where Combs allegedly threatened her life,
saying quote, I'm the devil. I could kill you end quote,
and she recalled seeing Ventura with a black Eye multiple times.
Defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland began cross examination, aiming to challenge

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her credibility. Day seventeen is expected to feature testimony from
an accuser using the pseudonym of Jane, focusing on further
allegations of abuse and coercion, with prosecutors planning to introduce
text messages as evidence. Combs has remained engaged, taking notes
and conferring with his defense team, who continues to argue

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that the mogul's actions were part of a swinger lifestyle
and all activity was consensual. His family, including his mom Janis,
has been present, though some left during explicit testimony. Combs,
fifty five, faces five federal charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking.
If convicted, he could face life behind bars. For the

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Speaker 1 (03:22):
Thanks Jennifer more Crime and Justice News.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
After this, the serene landscapes of Washington's National Forest became
the chilling backdrop for an unthinkable tragedy. Three young sisters,
Peyton Decker nine, Evelyn Decker eight, and Olivia Decker five,

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were found dead at the Rock Island campground near Leavenworth.
Four documents obtained by Fox thirteen paint a horrifying picture.
The girls likely died by asphyxiation, their wrists bound with
zip ties and plastic bags over their heads. Their father,
Travis Decker thirty two, is now a fugitive charged with

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recounts a first degree murderer and kidnapping, prompting a nationwide manhunt,
and now officials are offering a twenty thousand dollars reward
for information leading to Decker's arrest. This resident spoke to
Cairo seven News.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'm sorry for the family. Inform for the mother. That's devastating.

Speaker 2 (04:25):
I absolutely cannot imagine. The horror began when Decker, a
former military member with extensive training, failed to return the
girls to their mom, Whitney Decker, on May thirtieth, as
stipulated by their court ordered parenting plan, and endangered missing
person alert was issued the very next day. But hope
turned to despair when a Shellane County Sheriff's deputy discovered

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Decker's twenty seventeen white gmccer a pickup truck marked with
two bloody handprints, seventeen miles up Icicle Road. The girl's
bodies were found seventy five to one hundre dred yards
away down an embankment, surrounded by scattered zip ties and
plastic bags. According to court records, Decker's cell phone activity

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showed he had visited the campground a day prior to
picking up the girls. Decker's documented mental health struggles cast
a long shadow over the tragedy. Court documents detail a
history of instability, revealing a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder
in twenty twenty two. This psychological evaluation was ordered during

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his contentious divorce from Whitney after she reported his erratic behavior,
including angry outbursts and suicidal ideation. The evaluation revealed his
struggles with emotional regulation, impulsivity, and paranoia. Whitney granted primary
custody in twenty twenty three, required Decker to undergo ongoing

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mental health treatment and anger management counseling as conditions for
supervised visitation, but records show he attended only three therapy
sessions in twenty twenty four and stop taking prescribed meds
citing a distrust of medical professionals. Whitney told investigators Decker's
mental health had deteriorated in recent months. He was reportedly homeless,

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living in his truck or motels. His military background, including
trading in survival tactics, has heightened concerns about his ability
to evade capture. Authorities do not know if he has
a weapon on him, but they are treating him as
armed and dangerous. Decker is described as white, five foot eight,
one hundred and ninety pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

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Authorities urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call
nine to one one, emphasizing he should not be approached.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to crime stoppers at
one eight hundred two to two tips. And finally, he
stepped in to do the right thing to protect a stranger,

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and for that selfless act, Tice Carter was brutally butchered.
The forty one year old Long Island hero endured a
savage two on one beat down at a Brentwood, Long
Island bus stop, a confrontation that ended with his nose
bitten right off. But from that horrifying moment of disfigurement,
a medical miracle has emerged, giving Carter his face and

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his life back. This past January, Carter saw two men
harassing a young woman at that bus stop and intervened.
The situation, though escalated, turning into a horrific two on
one assault. He knew he'd been bitten because his jacket
was full of blood, but it wasn't until he got
to the hospital that he saw the devastating reality that
his nose was gone, his world seemingly shattered. Carter's life

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was transformed by doctor Lorent Ganry, an oral and maxillofacial
surgeon at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Here's Tyson at
the news conference. Someone who hasn't seen me for a
while looks in my face unless they really unless you
really look, you can't even tell that it's let anything happen.

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Over nine grueling weeks, doctor Ganry performed three cutting edge surgeries.
He used a three D printed model of Carter's face
and clay to meticulously sculpt a precise nose template, even
using Carter's old selfies for reference. Skin and muscle were
also grafted from Carter's forehead and arm employing a technique

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refined from ancient Indian surgical methods. For Carter, the surgery
not only restored his confidence, but also his ability to
wear glasses, which are crucial because he can only see
six inches in front of him without them. He still
faces one final procedure for breathing, but Carter remains remarkably resilient,
proof the tragedy can be turned into triumph. Nancy.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
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