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Diddy’s trial started on Monday, May 12th, and we’re breaking down what’s happened in the first two days of the trial including his charges, opening statements, Cassie taking the stand and more.  What do you think of Diddy’s trial so far? Let us know in the comments.

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00:00I can't blast a Diddy song in my car.

00:02All right, guys, so this is not a fun one,

00:05but the Diddy trial kicked off,

00:06and I'm from one in shock that they decided

00:09that the defense's argument was going to be,

00:11yeah, it was domestic violence, but not sex trafficking.

00:14Like, what?

00:16It's a lot to take in.

00:18Like, racketeering is a very serious charge,

00:21but so is domestic violence.

00:22So to sort of brush that under the rug,

00:25and especially with Cassie,

00:27knowing that she's taking the stand pregnant,

00:29I don't know, the optics are very intense, you know?

00:33It was a lot of intense graphic news

00:37coming from the Diddy trial this morning.

00:40Yeah, and I mean, it's so interesting

00:41that you phrase it that way,

00:42because I think sex trafficking, racketeering,

00:45it's like, and there's been all this evidence

00:47that's been in the media.

00:48What would your argument be to defend Diddy at this point?

00:51Yeah, I mean, I'm not sure there's much of an argument.

00:53He's going to try to save his ass, I'm sure,

00:56but, you know, I don't know how he can.

00:58I mean, if your crime's bad enough,

01:00I don't know if there's much of a difference.

01:02I mean, the lawyers are going to do their jobs,

01:04because they're lawyers.

01:05But I don't know, like,

01:07if there's any way you can really get out of it.

01:09I mean, they're pretty serious.

01:11All the allegations we've heard,

01:13the video evidence with Cassie in the hotel.

01:16And to have to relive those memories, too,

01:20like, I just think of Cassie,

01:21like, getting triggered at every point of the way.

01:24I mean, it's hard not to sympathize with her,

01:26and, you know, of course,

01:28everyone's innocent until proven guilty, but...

01:30We've been fed so much content the public has

01:34of this victim, this alleged victim,

01:37so Diddy's team's job right now

01:40is to cycle through all of that

01:41and figure out what's true.

01:42It's not racketeering or sex trafficking.

01:45Like, that is something that,

01:47if you go to a hotel, an airport,

01:49that is something that America

01:51and the world is worried about.

01:52So if you're being accused of that,

01:54dude, there's no coming back from that.

01:55Like, even if you go to jail, serve time,

01:57when you come out, your life is drastically changed.

02:00Your family's different.

02:01The world you incorporate around is different.

02:03Yeah.

02:04I mean, I think the world's gonna be...

02:05But see, I think the world's gonna be different

02:07regardless for this guy.

02:08If he was somehow miraculously able

02:10to walk out of this completely free,

02:13his life is changed because of this.

02:15Oh, yeah.

02:16You can...

02:17It's not gonna go away for Diddy.

02:18Yeah.

02:19At least, I don't think...

02:19Your life and your reputation,

02:22primarily, is, like,

02:23gonna be irrevocably changed.

02:25Like, whether, you know,

02:27his lawyers put up a good case.

02:29Like, people are not gonna want

02:30to associate with him anyway.

02:32And, you know, it's just, like,

02:34he's gonna be kind of, like, tainted.

02:36You know?

02:37Yeah.

02:37I think about when that video came out

02:39at a hotel.

02:40Everybody who defended him very quickly

02:42just got quiet.

02:44And I just imagine

02:44what that must be like

02:46for Cassie and her family.

02:48She'll have to witness it.

02:49And like you said,

02:50to be in court,

02:51have to deal with that every day,

02:52but also have that footage be out.

02:55So everyone sees that constantly.

02:57And that will be the thing

02:57people reference for her life.

03:00But it validated her, you know?

03:02Like, which is, like,

03:03unfortunate, obviously.

03:05But it's, like,

03:05sometimes people nowadays,

03:07like, you hear so much crazy shit.

03:09Like, you don't really believe things

03:11because anyone can say anything

03:13on the internet.

03:13And then, like,

03:15when you have video footage,

03:16that's that damning.

03:18It's, like, hard to be able to say, like,

03:20this is not something that really happened.

03:22So, and she is gonna go and testify,

03:25I believe,

03:25because she wants to be able

03:27to put him away.

03:28And you speak about, like,

03:31people being able to say anything

03:32on the internet.

03:32There's obviously gonna be

03:33other witnesses in this trial.

03:35So let's talk about day one.

03:36They also had a male or exotic dancer

03:39that was on the stand testifying,

03:41saying that he was brought in

03:43to have sexual relations with Cassie

03:46in front of Sean Connors,

03:47in front of Diddy,

03:48and that what he went through

03:49and that he ended up

03:50agreeing to that agreement,

03:52but then later on,

03:53seeing her be abused by him

03:55and wanting to remove himself

03:56from that situation.

03:57No, no, no.

03:57Also, like, abuse?

03:59Like, I, like,

03:59we don't know what Cassie,

04:01like, if she was really, like,

04:02consenting.

04:03I was just gonna say, like,

04:04doing, is the male exotic dancer

04:06saying that it was all consensual?

04:09Did she just say, like,

04:10oh, Diddy said it was okay?

04:12That doesn't mean that Cassie said

04:13was, was okay with it.

04:15You know, she might have been

04:16just subjected to a lot of sexual abuse.

04:19And when he was asked

04:20why he never stepped in

04:22when things got violent or crazy,

04:24his response was that

04:25he was afraid of Diddy's power

04:27and influence.

04:28So it begs to differ.

04:30Like, does that change

04:31the whole feeling of this trial

04:33when you're thinking about, like,

04:35oh, how, what are the dynamics

04:36when somebody in a situation like this

04:38is that rich and powerful?

04:40Yeah.

04:41And it, like, makes all the more,

04:42it makes the case more damning, right?

04:44Like, that someone is abusing

04:46their power in such a way,

04:48especially with someone like Cassie,

04:50who he was, you know,

04:51in a relationship with for forever.

04:53You know, he's,

04:55it seems like he's just, like,

04:56abused and neglected

04:57and mistreated, like,

04:59all the women

05:00that have been in his life.

05:01And if he's,

05:02and if he's admitting

05:02to the domestic violence

05:04on record,

05:05it kind of gives,

05:06it's hard,

05:07it muddles up the judgment

05:08for the jury, I assume,

05:10you know,

05:11because if a person

05:11is capable of doing X,

05:14you know,

05:14how could they not be capable

05:16of doing Y?

05:17So, I'm not a lawyer,

05:18but the defense team

05:19definitely has a big job

05:20ahead of them,

05:21you know,

05:22because,

05:23I mean,

05:24the public opinion,

05:25they have so many things

05:26going against them.

05:28And I don't mean this

05:29in a real way,

05:29caring about Diddy

05:30at this point,

05:31because even hearing about

05:33this exotic dancer,

05:35all my mind keeps going to

05:36is that Cassie

05:37could be defined by this.

05:39Yeah.

05:40Like,

05:40we haven't talked

05:41about her songs,

05:42you know what I'm saying?

05:43No one's talked about

05:43her music,

05:44like that she's a mom.

05:46We're talking about

05:46the stuff that happened

05:47to her,

05:48which was gruesome

05:49and horrible

05:49from a guy

05:50who was super rich.

05:52I mean,

05:52it's like,

05:53so what,

05:53she got money from her,

05:54but at the end of the day

05:55when we talk about her,

05:56her name,

05:57her song came up

05:58on a playlist recently

05:59and I remember

05:59I went aw.

06:01Aw.

06:01That was the thing

06:02I said,

06:02I was like,

06:03because I remember

06:03that was the song

06:04he produced.

06:05Yeah,

06:05she was signed

06:06to his record label.

06:07I mean,

06:08she's kind of been

06:09under his thumb

06:09for majority of likes.

06:12Luckily,

06:12now she has her husband

06:14and she's in

06:15a healthy relationship.

06:17She has her children

06:18and so that's

06:19the bright spot in this,

06:21but there are going

06:22to be other people

06:22that are going to

06:23probably testify

06:24and talk about

06:25some of the parties

06:26that he had,

06:27that everyone

06:28has been talking about.

06:29You know,

06:29there are more victims

06:31that we don't know about.

06:32Obviously,

06:32Cassie is the biggest one.

06:33I'm sure she doesn't want

06:34to be known for this,

06:36but I also think

06:37she,

06:38it seems like

06:39she wants to

06:39put him away.

06:40She wants to really

06:41make sure

06:42that he's not able

06:44to hurt other people

06:45the way she was hurt.

06:47I can't blast

06:47a Diddy song

06:48in my car.

06:49Yeah.

06:49I agree with you

06:50on the lyrics,

06:51though,

06:52because even with R. Kelly,

06:53when it comes to

06:54the making love lyrics,

06:56all of that,

06:56I'm just like,

06:57oof.

06:57It's hard.

06:58It's a different ear now.

07:00Now,

07:00you're right about that,

07:01Giraffe.

07:01Feeling on your booty

07:02is a crazy lyric.

07:04I'm in.

07:06I'm in.

07:07I'm in.

07:23I'm in.

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