Judge Mathis Says Kanye, Diddy's Other Friends Should Go to Comfort Him

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Judge Mathis isn't going to show up to Diddy's trial and support him ... but, he says those he's close to should -- though he's also questioning Kanye West's reason for making an appearance this week.

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00:00I wanted to ask you, you know, there's a lot going on right now with the Diddy

00:05trial. I've seen a clip of you saying that, you know, if you were in charge

00:09over this case you would give him five to ten years. I kind of want to know from

00:13what we've seen so far, what are your thoughts on everything? Those are state

00:16charges I would give him five to ten years for the multiple assaults against

00:22women and I think they've proven that he was involved with the arson, burglary,

00:27being in the man's house, you don't have to break in, you don't have to break

00:31anything, kick the door down, just being in someone's house unlawfully without

00:35their permissions, burglary. So I think those three things have been proven, but

00:39they're state crimes and their statute of limitation has expired, so that is

00:45irrelevant. The federal charge is where I think the only thing they have proven

00:52thus far in the RICO case is the interstate transfer of prostitutions, of

01:00prostitutes, and perhaps now from what I heard yesterday from Jane, I believe it

01:08is, she suggested that interstate transfer of drugs for personal use. The prosecutor

01:18charged however in the RICO with distribution. Distribution is typically the

01:23sale, but in this case they are charging for distribution, which I think is more

01:30like personal use. You send someone out to buy the drugs and y'all party off of it,

01:35as opposed to buying them and selling them or distributing them for money.

01:39What do you think about Kanye showing up? So do you think that that could hurt or help

01:43his chances in any way or it doesn't affect the jury at all? What do you think about that?

01:49I think it creates drama, more drama than we've seen already. So that's my assessment is

01:55it just creates drama and I'm not sure whether that was intentional for Kanye to

02:00create drama or whether he's there to comfort and support a friend, which I think is

02:05fine. You should be there with your friend to comfort him, even though he has done

02:09wrong. He has committed some heinous crimes, assaults against these women. But if I

02:14were a family member, I would be there to comfort him. Okay. Not defending, not stick

02:19up for what you've done. I will condemn him in private, and I will support him in

02:24public. So do you think Kanye being there will sway the jury at all or it doesn't

02:28really hold any weight or effect on the jury? Well, it might hurt a little because

02:34Kanye is known for a very sexually charged lifestyle. You think more of Diddy's friends

02:42should be showing support to him? Comfort to comfort him, yes. I think they should

02:46be showing just the comfort of him. You look out there, hey, I know the deal. So you look

02:51out there, you want to see somebody and make you feel good that they're supporting you,

02:55even though the worst might be on the way. A lot of people say his daughter shouldn't

03:00be coming to the trial to support him. What do you think about that? I think they're absolutely

03:03wrong. I think all of his family members, when they have an opportunity, should come

03:07there just to help comfort him. I know certain folks say, well, he doesn't need any comforting

03:12with the things he's done. And perhaps the general population shouldn't. You're right,

03:18I don't have any sympathy for him. However, their relatives, I think, should be there to

03:25comfort him. And from what we've seen so far, your prediction of the outcome of the trial?

03:29Well, thus far, I think all they've proven is two federal cases. And if they're unable

03:34to tie it into a RICO case, then he was charged, he should be charged and perhaps convicted

03:39of those two lesser crimes, individual crimes. But you think they'll be laying out more as

03:45the trial. I suspect. So if they're any kind of prosecutors, they got something coming.

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