Diddy’s secret wardrobe signal to the jury as sex trafficking trial takes a turn: Live updates

Diddy has been sporting a much different look during his trial than he did while he was a free man, sparking speculation that he could be trying ‘the nerd defense.’

His hair and goatee are now nearly all white, as the mogul no longer has access to Just For Men hair dye that was found in his Miami mansion.

He has also been pairing black framed glasses with a white collared short under a neutral toned sweater, as noted by The New York Times.

The ‘nerd defense’ is based on the idea that dressing defendants in glasses has a subliminal effect on the jury, which will see the accused as someone less likely to engage in criminal activity.

The term was actually coined by Harvey Slovis, who represented Diddy during his 1999 trial for gun posession.

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Just four weeks into the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and I want to prepare you for the possibility that these proceedings could come to a sudden, screeching halt.

I spent most of my professional career around courtrooms as a consultant for trial attorneys, instructing them, not on the legal aspects of cases, but on the human elements, specifically how jurors responded to their arguments.

At this moment in the Combs trial – with the prosecution expected to wrap up its arguments in the coming days – I question whether the jury has been presented with enough evidence to reasonably expect them to find a legal basis to convict.

And for that reason, I predict the judge may be tempted to essentially throw the case out of court.

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A ruling by judge Arun Subramanian delivered a blow to the prosecution’s case, as they will not be able to recall an expert witness to explain victim behavior.

A significant part of the prosecution’s case against Diddy relies on whether the jury believes his alleged victims were coerced into the so-called freak-offs or that they were willing participants.

To prove that victims were coerced, prosecutors brought in expert testimony from clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes, who also testified for Amber Heard during her case against Johnny Depp.

Hughes told the court last month that victims may say things they don’t mean – like wanting to participate in certain sexual acts – as a means of survival. She said victims who are subject to violence also disassociate which can affect their memory.

Her testimony was meant to explain why Diddy’s alleged victims stayed with him and continued sending loving messages appearing to consent to what they now say was sex trafficking.

However, Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Hughes could not speak to the jury about coercive control, which can make victims become reliant on their abusers and keeping the abuse a secret, as reported by USA Today.

Prosecutors wanted Hughes to come back on the stand to explain to jurors why victims stay in relationships with abusers.

They wrote Hughes is needed to explain ‘how different forms of abuse combine, the “environment of fear and obedience’ that impacts a victim’s decision-making and emotions, and how abuse is ‘interspersed with rewards, positivity, affection, and normalcy” to create attachment and dependency.’

Diddy’s lawyers, on their part, asked the court to not allow more expert testimony, arguing that ‘Hughes’s use of broad generalizations about typical behaviors, divorced from any examination of the alleged victims in this case, is contrary to guidelines regulating Hughes’s profession.’

On Tuesday, the judge sided with the defence and ruled that Hugues will not get back on the stand.

Dawn Hughes arrives at Diddy’s trial on May 21.

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.

Here is a list of all the celebrities talked about in the trial so far:

Diddy‘s wildest sexual fantasy involved a twisted NBA roleplay – casting himself as Michael Jordan, his ex-girlfriend as Kobe Bryant and the male escort she regularly slept with as Shaquille O’Neal – the ex testified on day two of the fifth week in the disgraced rap mogul’s sex trafficking trial.

‘Jane’, who testified under a pseudonym, said the hip hop mogul’s obsession with ‘cuckold’ scenarios may have been a way to live out his bisexual fantasties without physically engaging with men – because he was ‘too ashamed’ to do so openly.

Jane described the ‘Freak Offs’ she attended during their relationship as filled with extravagant sexual roleplay where participants gave each other nicknames inspired by legendary basketball stars.

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