Diddy jury deliberations spiral as judge snaps at rapper’s lawyer and jurors question key charge: Live verdict watch

The jury did not come into court Tuesday and went straight to begin their deliberations.

There was a spar between judge Arun Subramanian and Diddy’s lead attorney Marc Agnifilo on how to respond to a jury question.

The note asked if a person could be convicted of possession with intent to supply narcotics if another person asked for the drugs.

The judge proposed referring the jury to a few paragraphs of the jury instructions.

According to the judge, the defence proposal referring the panel to all of the instructions about possession with intent could cause ‘confusion’ and ‘mislead the jury’.

Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo objected and said that a narrow response would be a ‘mistake’ and suggested that a broader instruction be given.

The judge said: ‘That’s not the question the jury asked. Have you looked at the question?’ and warned that a broader response could leave the jury ‘at sea’.

However he said that he would be open to mentioning that the jury could look at the wider instructions on this charge.

Agnifilo said that he didn’t think that even this idea ‘goes far enough’.

The judge snapped: ‘It doesn’t matter if you think it goes far enough. Can you do what I’m asking or do you not want to?’

Agnifilo said: ‘Of course I can’ and asked to give an example, to which the judge said: ‘No’.

After both sides were given the chance to confer the judge went with his original option of a narrowed response.

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During jury deliberations on Monday, jurors sent a note to Judge Subramanian asking whether a person asking for drugs before receiving them changes how they should consider the narcotics distribution charge against Diddy.

The word “distribution” means actual, constructive, or attempted transfer. To distribute simply means to deliver, to pass over, or to hand over something to another person, or to cause it to be delivered, passed on, or handed over to another. Distribution does not require a sale.

Internet trolls have tried to connect some of America’s biggest names – from Barack Obama and Kamala Harris to Beyoncé and Jay-Z – to Diddy’s alleged misconduct.

Prince and Kim Porter were brought into the discourse posthumously with theorists alleging both detailed Diddy’s alleged exploits before their deaths.

Others even went as far as baselessly claiming Los Angeles‘ deadly Palisades Fire was set in an attempt to burn evidence that would be essential to Diddy’s trial.

Alex Chester-Iwata was only 13 years old when she first met Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs.

She was one of four members of a budding pop girl group when they crossed paths with the Bad Boy mogul at a Nickelodeon event in the late 1990s.

Other young stars from Usher to Ariana Grande were also present, and the teenagers were keen to make a good impression in the hopes of someday securing a record deal under Combs’s label.

Instead, it was Combs who left a lasting impact on Chester-Iwata.

‘I thought he was kind of creepy,’ she told the Daily Mail. ‘To be perfectly honest, I didn’t have the best vibes from him.

The rapper has raked in $4.1M since his arrest on September 16, according to the US Sun.

Luxury operator Silver Air has been renting out the plane, and customers spend an average $32,597 per 1,186-mile journey, according to the US Sun.

Several A-list celebrities have been named-dropped in the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

His former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, delivered graphic testimonies alleging that the music mogul physically and psychologically abused her over more than a decade from 2007-2018.

Diddy’s ex-assistant Capricorn Clark exposed the mogul’s list of celebrities enemies and many other A-listers have come up in testimony.

The trial has even inspired deep fake videos that use AI-generated images to falsely claim that certain celebrities, such as Oprah and Jennifer Lawrence, have been mentioned in the mogul’s sex-trafficking case.

As Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs fights his ongoing federal trial in Manhattan, prosecutors have presented a cache of suggestive, racy, and allegedly damning images from his heyday.

The court was shown perhaps the most shocking set of images yet with prosecutors unveiling photographs from a raid on his Miami mansion.

The jaw-dropping images showed the guns, drugs, industrial quantities of ‘freak off’ paraphernalia and boxes of women’s high heels that were seized by investigators from Combs’ $40 million home on the ultra-exclusive Star Island.

Jurors were previously shown photographs captured the day Combs arrested in a New York City hotel room in September 2024, revealing that he had been preparing for a ‘freak off’ despite knowing he was about to be arrested, prosecutors say.

The disgraced rap mogul had already been indicted at the time and was holed up in a hotel room at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for over a week, waiting for his imminent arrest.

As Diddy walked out of court Monday morning he looked at his mother in the public gallery and motioned to his body, telling her ‘I love your outfit’, referring to her striking green and off white patterned jumpsuit.

Diddy also told her: ‘Relax it’s going to be alright’ as she seemed agitated by the sparring between his lawyers and judge Subramanian in court.

Janice Combs, mother of Sean “Diddy” Combs, arrives at a U.S. federal court Tuesday.

After jurors were dismissed to deliberate, Judge Subramanian said he will allow Diddy to take books back to the holding cell with him while he waits for the verdict.

His lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, asked the judge if he had permission to do so.

Throughout the trial, Diddy has been spotted with books in his hands while in the courtroom.

Combs is charged with racketeering conspiracy, two charges of sex trafficking and two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Prosecutors claim Diddy coerced victims into drug-fueled sex parties using sex and violence. The rapper has denied all accusations, saying all sex acts were consensual.

The 55-year-old music mogul is now waiting on the jury’s decision after they were sent out to deliberate Monday morning.

Daily Mail unpacks the drama which has unfolded in the Manhattan federal courtroom so far.

Juror number five, a 31-year-old white man, was chosen as the foreman.

He is from Manhattan and works as an investment analyst at a financial company.

The New Yorker called himself an ‘active’ church goer and is a member of a country club.

The juror said he was opposed to the death penalty but as that wasn’t an issue in this case, he could serve.

Diddy and his son Justin Combs, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, were accused of brutal gang rape by a Louisiana woman in a shocking new lawsuit.

The documents, obtained by Page Six, allege that Justin, 31, lured the woman, whom he met on Snapchat in 2017, out to California under the promise of helping her career in the entertainment industry.

When she arrived, she claimed she was plied with drugs and alcohol by Justin before three ‘masked men’ arrived to the home to brutally gang rape her for several hours. She claimed one of the men was Diddy, 55.

In the documents, she said she was able to identify the music mogul by his ‘mannerisms,’ and alleged that Justin called him ‘Pops.’

Diddy’s attorney denies any wrongdoing.

In the case of a guilty verdict, Diddy may have to use his ties with Washington, DC elite for help obtaining a pardon – which his ‘good friend’ Donald Trump has said he would consider.

Although Diddy has often endorsed Democrats throughout the years, including Joe Biden in 2020, he has been photographed with members across the political spectrum.

Here DailyMail.com takes a look at all of the politicians this music mogul has mingled with over the years.

Barely an hour into deliberations on Monday, the jury foreperson sent a note to the judge, complaining that there was one juror ‘who we are concerned cannot follow your Honor’s instructions. May I please speak with your Honor or may you please interview him?’

The juror in question, juror #25, is a 51-year-old scientist with a ‘thick European accent,’ according to the New York Post. He has a PhD in molecural biology and neuroscience and lives in Manhattan with his partner.

The judge decided instead to send jurors a note reminding them of their duties to deliberate and obligation to follow his instructions on the law.

By day’s end, the jury seemed back on track, requesting clarification about what qualifies as drug distribution, an aspect of the racketeering conspiracy charge that will help determine whether Combs can be convicted or exonerated on the count.

The jury also sent a second note into the courtroom Monday afternoon asking whether a person asking for drugs before receiving them changes how they should consider the narcotics distribution charge against Diddy.

Judge Arun Subramanian, upper left, reads instructions to the jury during Sean Diddy Combs’ sexual misconduct trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, June 30.

Once the jury comes to a final decision, the foreman will fill out this verdict sheet.

The three-page form asks them to say if they think Diddy is guilty or not and also detail if they think each charge against him was proven or not.

The first set are questions on the racketeering conspiracy charge, where jurors will have to specify if the prosecution proved the alleged crimes.

They will then have to respond about sex trafficking, transportation for purposes of prostitution and drug distribution.

Some of the questions are specific to his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura.

Judge Arun Subramanian could have avoided serious potential issues by sequestering the jury, according to attorney David S. Seltzer.

‘I don’t see how people are not influenced by outside factors,’ Seltzer told Fox News Digital.

‘We live in a technology world where everyone wants their information now. I know the jury was instructed not to read anything, but I don’t think that was realistic given the length of the trial.’

Seltzer added that it is ‘impossible to tell people to stay off media and/or computers for six weeks-plus, when people are addicted to their devices.’

The jury already showed signs of trouble on Monday, sending a note to the court that read: ‘We have a juror, no.25, we are concerned cannot follow your honor’s instructions. May you please intervene.’

In his response, Judge Arun Subramanian wrote: ‘I received your note. I remind every juror of their duty to deliberate an obligation to follow my instruction on the law. With that instruction in mind, please continue deliberating.’