Diddy on Trial

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Baby oil. No Diddy. Ok now that we've got that out of the way... Everything's Canceled podcast is back! Your hosts Herman and Lorena are back to discuss the first 2 weeks of P Diddy's criminal trial. Diddy has been in jail in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting trial since September of 2024, the same jail in which Jeffrey Epstein "committed suicide" in 2019. No cameras are allowed in the Manhattan courtroom but we have been sifting through a constant slew of trial related information flowing from countless media outlets, courtroom reporters, and courtroom sketches. We attempt to make sense of the prosecution strategy and potential for sentencing. We discuss the relationship with Diddy's family, his sons Justin and King Combs, and twin daughters "The Combs Twins", who have been seen attending the trial in support, and speculate regarding their involvement in Diddy's personal life, criminal activity, the raid on his Miami mansion and more. We discuss some of the lawyers involved in Diddy's defense and their relationship to other famous cases/defendants and Herman makes an attempt to connect theirs and Diddy's relationship to power in the entertainment industry as star-makers and/or star-breakers.  A very pregnant Cassie Ventura testified for most of the first week of the trial. We discuss some of the contents of her testimony and defense strategies used in her cross-examination. We also cover the testimony of Dawn Richard, formerly of singing group Danity Kane, and Kerry Morgan, Cassie's friend, who both corroborate Cassie's claims of violent encounters with Diddy, Daniel Philip and Sharay Hayes, known as "The Punisher", both former male sex-workers who testified to taking place in "freak offs", and the testimony of Israel Flores, a former security guard at the InterContinental Hotel who testified as a witness to the events of March 5, 2016, the day of the leaked security video showing Diddy being violent with Cassie. We finish with a discussion about the discourse regarding the leaked video and how that reflects on who carries the burden of proof in sexual assault and violence scenarios. Herman makes the case that Puff Daddy is a prime example of Herman's Rule #3 of Cancel Culture: his music was never any good in the first place, so we don't lose much by "canceling" him. We also discuss the New York Times Magazine article "I knew Diddy for years. What I now remember haunts me." by former Vibe magazine editor Danyel Smith. We have more coming soon! Stay tuned to Everything's Canceled podcast!

"I knew Diddy for years. What I now remember haunts me." by Danyel Smith - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/magazine/diddy-sean-combs.html

Learning Good Consent zine - https://dn790003.ca.archive.org/0/items/LearningGoodConsent/learning_good_consent.pdf

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