No fireworks & BBQ for Hip Hop Mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs; the Judge denied his bail request after the split verdict as his federal sex crimes trial. Combs faces up to 20 years behind bars when he is sentenced on October 3rd.
Brian Kohberger admits to the brutal Idaho slaughter of 4 students in their off-campus home. The surprising last-minute plea deal spares him the death penalty, infuriating members of victim's families. Plus, a nurse is changing from scrubs to a prison uniform. Jennifer Gould reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Crime art. I mean see grace breaking crime these now
our Jennifer Gould standing by Jennifer Sean Diddy.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Combs won't be celebrating Independence Day as a freeman, as
US District Judge Aaron Subramanian denied his bail request on Wednesday,
changing the rap mogul to the grim confines of Brooklyn's
Metropolitan Detention Center. The stunning decision followed a split verdict
on Combe's explosive Manhattan federal trial, where the fifty five
(00:29):
year old was convicted of two prostitution related charges, but
cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy counts that could
have locked him away for life. Did He's best friend,
Charlie Lucci, spoke to the media outside the courthouse.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
J I was excited and still shot. You know when
every wife is happy that Jewish doney like man that's
des You still estate back into the system. Way, that
was good.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
The seven week trial concluded with the jury of eight
men and four women delivering a partial vertic on July first,
Initially deadlocked on the racketeering charge until resolving it the
following day Wednesday, They ultimately found Combs guilty of two
counts of transportation to engage in prostitution tied to allegations
involving ex girlfriend Cassandra Cassie Ventura and another woman known
(01:19):
only as Jane. The prosecution called thirty four witnesses, including Ventura,
who testified for four grueling days about alleged coerced freak
off sex events, and male escort Cheray Hayes, notoriously known
as the Punisher. The defense summoned no witnesses, relying solely
on aggressive cross examinations to argue consent from the accusers.
(01:43):
Closing arguments had ignited fierce controversy. Prosecutor Emily Johnson branded
Comb's a manipulative king orchestrating widespread abuse, while defense attorney
Mark Agnifilo vehemently claimed the encounters were consensual, accusing witnesses
of fab vocating stories in pursuit of financial payouts. Jur
(02:04):
Number twenty five briefly sparked chaos, with the four persons
questioning their compliance, but Judge Supermanian pushed deliberations forward until
the final verdict was reached after over an hour of
deliberations on Wednesday. Before denying bail, Supermanian briefly pause proceedings,
requesting letters from both sides on Comb's bail request, citing
(02:27):
grave concerns over potential flight risk and witness tampering, ultimately
ruling to keep him detained. In a dramatic moment in court,
Combs dropped to his knees in prayer post verdict, joined
by his mother, Janis, and his kids outside a spectacle
unfolded as supporters cheered forward baby oil, a bizarre reference
(02:47):
to trial testimony, and strangely, one friend and a Comb's
son performed pushups. Each prostitution count carries a ten year
maximum sentence, with federal guidelines suggesting a range of fifteen
to twenty one months two fifty one to sixty three months.
Colmbs now faces his formal sentencing on October third at
ten am, while he narrowly dodged a life sentence over
(03:09):
fifty civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, many filed since his
September twenty twenty four arrest, ensuring his arduous legal battles
will continue. For more on this case, watch Crime Stories
with Nancy Grace on Merit TV Monday through Friday at
seven pm Eastern. Check your local listings for channel assignment.
And subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast
(03:31):
on your favorite podcasting app.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Nancy, Thanks Jennifer. More crime and justice news After this.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
In a court room bombshell that sent shockwaves through the nation,
Ryan Coberger, the former criminology PhD student accused of savagely
stabbing four University of Idaho students, pleaded guilty to four
counts of first degree murder and on count of burglary
on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
As to count two, murder in the first degree as
it relates to the murder of Madison Mogan, How do
you plead guilty or not guilty guilty as to count
three as it relates to murder in the first degree
for the murder of Kaylee Gonsalvez. How do you plead
guilty or not guilty guilty as to count four? The
first degree murder of Xana Kernodle, Pardon me, human being?
(04:26):
How do you plead guilty or not guilty guilty as
to count five the first degree murder of Ethan Chapin
Human being? How do you plead guilty or not guilty guilty?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
This stunning eleventh hour confession, just weeks before his highly
anticipated trial, spares Coburger the death penalty in exchange for
consecutive life sentences without parole. The thirty year old was emotionless,
barely uttering yes or guilty as Judge Stephen Hitler read
the charges admitting to the brutal killings of Kailee Gonsalves,
(05:00):
Madison Mogan, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in their off
campus Moscow home on November thirteenth, twenty twenty two. The
Plea deal brings an abrupt end to a nearly three
year saga that has riveted the country, but it has
simultaneously ignited a firestorm among the victim's families. The Gonsalves
(05:21):
family in particular expressed their profound fury at the State
of Idaho, asserting they were blindsided by an email announcing
the deal. On Facebook, they blasted the quote unquote secretive
deal and the rushed hearing that gave them only one
day to travel to Boise. Steve Gonsalves, Cayley's father passionately
called the plea a quote ridiculous joke end quote, insisting
(05:44):
it denied true justice. He spoke to NBC News, I.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Hosts failed, they failed me, They failed my whole family.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
In stark contrast, Ethan Chapin's family publicly supported the deal,
attending the hearing to back a resolution that avoids a
grit ruling and emotionally draining trial. Prosecutors, led by Bill Thompson,
defended the plea as a strategic move to secure convictions
and spare the victim's families the agonizing toll of a
(06:13):
prolonged trial and decades of appeals. They had built a
robust case, including critical evidence such as Coburger's DNA found
on a k bar knife sheath near Madison Mogan's body. Further,
cell phone data placed Coburger's phone near the crime scene
a chilling twenty three times in the months leading up
to the murders. Surveillance footage also captured his distinctive white
(06:37):
Hyundai Elantra speeding away from the vicinity of the house.
Key witnesses, including a door dash driver who made a
delivery to the house that faithful night, and a surviving
roommate who encountered a masked figure with bushy eyebrows, were
prepared to testify. Coburger's defense had faced significant setbacks prior
(06:58):
to the plea. Judge Hipler had previously rejected crucial motions
to suppress DNA evidence, dismiss the death penalty as a
sentencing option, and allow the defense to present alternate perpetrators,
calling the latter quote rank speculation end quote. These legal
defeats likely put immense pressure on Coburger's team, who initiated
(07:19):
the plea negotiations just last week. Sentencing is set for
July twenty third, where victims' families will have the opportunity
to deliver powerful impact statements, confronting Coburger directly as the
justice system closes one chapter the ultimate terror Lingers. A
plea deal may spare a courtroom battle, but it leaves
(07:41):
behind the haunting unanswered questions of why these four innocent
lives were brutally taken, what chilling motive drove such monstrous acts,
and how these specific individuals became the targets of such
an unfathomable crime, And finally, talk about a toxic romance.
(08:02):
A former prison nurse in Missouri just got served a
twelve year sentence for offing her husband with anti freeze.
Amy Murray, forty seven, took an Alfred plea for second
degree murder in the death of her husband, Joshua Murray.
Turns out Amy had a secret admirer an inmate. Investigators
unfroze the chilling motive. She was hooking up with convicted
(08:24):
murderer Eugene Claypool, serving life behind bars. Recorded prison calls
revealed her deadly plan to divorce Joshua, and walked down
the aisle with her jail house Romeo, even talking about
his early release. After Joshua's mysterious death and a suspicious fire,
she coldheartedly told Claypool her husband was quote out of
(08:46):
the picture. Now Amy gets to trade her nurse scrubs
for a prison uniform, proving love can really be a killer.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Nancy For the latest crime Injustice news, go to crime
online dot com and please join us for our daily podcast,
Crime Stories, where we do our best define missing people,
especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert,
I'm Nancy Grace.
Crime art. I mean see grace breaking crime these now
our Jennifer Gould standing by Jennifer Sean Diddy.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Combs won't be celebrating Independence Day as a freeman, as
US District Judge Aaron Subramanian denied his bail request on Wednesday,
changing the rap mogul to the grim confines of Brooklyn's
Metropolitan Detention Center. The stunning decision followed a split verdict
on Combe's explosive Manhattan federal trial, where the fifty five
(00:29):
year old was convicted of two prostitution related charges, but
cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy counts that could
have locked him away for life. Did He's best friend,
Charlie Lucci, spoke to the media outside the courthouse.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
J I was excited and still shot. You know when
every wife is happy that Jewish doney like man that's
des You still estate back into the system. Way, that
was good.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
The seven week trial concluded with the jury of eight
men and four women delivering a partial vertic on July first,
Initially deadlocked on the racketeering charge until resolving it the
following day Wednesday, They ultimately found Combs guilty of two
counts of transportation to engage in prostitution tied to allegations
involving ex girlfriend Cassandra Cassie Ventura and another woman known
(01:19):
only as Jane. The prosecution called thirty four witnesses, including Ventura,
who testified for four grueling days about alleged coerced freak
off sex events, and male escort Cheray Hayes, notoriously known
as the Punisher. The defense summoned no witnesses, relying solely
on aggressive cross examinations to argue consent from the accusers.
(01:43):
Closing arguments had ignited fierce controversy. Prosecutor Emily Johnson branded
Comb's a manipulative king orchestrating widespread abuse, while defense attorney
Mark Agnifilo vehemently claimed the encounters were consensual, accusing witnesses
of fab vocating stories in pursuit of financial payouts. Jur
(02:04):
Number twenty five briefly sparked chaos, with the four persons
questioning their compliance, but Judge Supermanian pushed deliberations forward until
the final verdict was reached after over an hour of
deliberations on Wednesday. Before denying bail, Supermanian briefly pause proceedings,
requesting letters from both sides on Comb's bail request, citing
(02:27):
grave concerns over potential flight risk and witness tampering, ultimately
ruling to keep him detained. In a dramatic moment in court,
Combs dropped to his knees in prayer post verdict, joined
by his mother, Janis, and his kids outside a spectacle
unfolded as supporters cheered forward baby oil, a bizarre reference
(02:47):
to trial testimony, and strangely, one friend and a Comb's
son performed pushups. Each prostitution count carries a ten year
maximum sentence, with federal guidelines suggesting a range of fifteen
to twenty one months two fifty one to sixty three months.
Colmbs now faces his formal sentencing on October third at
ten am, while he narrowly dodged a life sentence over
(03:09):
fifty civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, many filed since his
September twenty twenty four arrest, ensuring his arduous legal battles
will continue. For more on this case, watch Crime Stories
with Nancy Grace on Merit TV Monday through Friday at
seven pm Eastern. Check your local listings for channel assignment.
And subscribe to the Crime Stories with Nancy Grace podcast
(03:31):
on your favorite podcasting app.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Nancy, Thanks Jennifer. More crime and justice news After this.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
In a court room bombshell that sent shockwaves through the nation,
Ryan Coberger, the former criminology PhD student accused of savagely
stabbing four University of Idaho students, pleaded guilty to four
counts of first degree murder and on count of burglary
on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
As to count two, murder in the first degree as
it relates to the murder of Madison Mogan, How do
you plead guilty or not guilty guilty as to count
three as it relates to murder in the first degree
for the murder of Kaylee Gonsalvez. How do you plead
guilty or not guilty guilty as to count four? The
first degree murder of Xana Kernodle, Pardon me, human being?
(04:26):
How do you plead guilty or not guilty guilty as
to count five the first degree murder of Ethan Chapin
Human being? How do you plead guilty or not guilty guilty?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
This stunning eleventh hour confession, just weeks before his highly
anticipated trial, spares Coburger the death penalty in exchange for
consecutive life sentences without parole. The thirty year old was emotionless,
barely uttering yes or guilty as Judge Stephen Hitler read
the charges admitting to the brutal killings of Kailee Gonsalves,
(05:00):
Madison Mogan, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in their off
campus Moscow home on November thirteenth, twenty twenty two. The
Plea deal brings an abrupt end to a nearly three
year saga that has riveted the country, but it has
simultaneously ignited a firestorm among the victim's families. The Gonsalves
(05:21):
family in particular expressed their profound fury at the State
of Idaho, asserting they were blindsided by an email announcing
the deal. On Facebook, they blasted the quote unquote secretive
deal and the rushed hearing that gave them only one
day to travel to Boise. Steve Gonsalves, Cayley's father passionately
called the plea a quote ridiculous joke end quote, insisting
(05:44):
it denied true justice. He spoke to NBC News, I.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Hosts failed, they failed me, They failed my whole family.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
In stark contrast, Ethan Chapin's family publicly supported the deal,
attending the hearing to back a resolution that avoids a
grit ruling and emotionally draining trial. Prosecutors, led by Bill Thompson,
defended the plea as a strategic move to secure convictions
and spare the victim's families the agonizing toll of a
(06:13):
prolonged trial and decades of appeals. They had built a
robust case, including critical evidence such as Coburger's DNA found
on a k bar knife sheath near Madison Mogan's body. Further,
cell phone data placed Coburger's phone near the crime scene
a chilling twenty three times in the months leading up
to the murders. Surveillance footage also captured his distinctive white
(06:37):
Hyundai Elantra speeding away from the vicinity of the house.
Key witnesses, including a door dash driver who made a
delivery to the house that faithful night, and a surviving
roommate who encountered a masked figure with bushy eyebrows, were
prepared to testify. Coburger's defense had faced significant setbacks prior
(06:58):
to the plea. Judge Hipler had previously rejected crucial motions
to suppress DNA evidence, dismiss the death penalty as a
sentencing option, and allow the defense to present alternate perpetrators,
calling the latter quote rank speculation end quote. These legal
defeats likely put immense pressure on Coburger's team, who initiated
(07:19):
the plea negotiations just last week. Sentencing is set for
July twenty third, where victims' families will have the opportunity
to deliver powerful impact statements, confronting Coburger directly as the
justice system closes one chapter the ultimate terror Lingers. A
plea deal may spare a courtroom battle, but it leaves
(07:41):
behind the haunting unanswered questions of why these four innocent
lives were brutally taken, what chilling motive drove such monstrous acts,
and how these specific individuals became the targets of such
an unfathomable crime, And finally, talk about a toxic romance.
(08:02):
A former prison nurse in Missouri just got served a
twelve year sentence for offing her husband with anti freeze.
Amy Murray, forty seven, took an Alfred plea for second
degree murder in the death of her husband, Joshua Murray.
Turns out Amy had a secret admirer an inmate. Investigators
unfroze the chilling motive. She was hooking up with convicted
(08:24):
murderer Eugene Claypool, serving life behind bars. Recorded prison calls
revealed her deadly plan to divorce Joshua, and walked down
the aisle with her jail house Romeo, even talking about
his early release. After Joshua's mysterious death and a suspicious fire,
she coldheartedly told Claypool her husband was quote out of
(08:46):
the picture. Now Amy gets to trade her nurse scrubs
for a prison uniform, proving love can really be a killer.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Nancy For the latest crime Injustice news, go to crime
online dot com and please join us for our daily podcast,
Crime Stories, where we do our best define missing people,
especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert,
I'm Nancy Grace.
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