Alternate Diddy juror reveals his take on shock verdict that surprised everyone
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One of the alternate jurors in Diddy’s bombshell trial has spoken out to say he agrees with the sex-trafficking and racketeering acquittals.
George, who only gave his first name to CNN, said that he understood the verdict and ‘probably would have reached the same conclusion’ as the jury who declared Diddy not guilty of the most serious charges he faced.
He explained that jurors were not told who was an alternate and who was in the 12-member final panel until ‘the last second,’ so he took 350 pages of notes during the seven-week trial.
George also described the video evidence he saw of the ‘freak offs’ at the center of the case against Diddy, who in the end was only convicted of lesser prostitution offenses.
The video evidence remained sealed throughout the trial, and only the jury and lawyers got to see it in court.
George said the videos shown by Diddy’s lawyers mostly showed Cassie ‘sitting around.’ Those shown by the state showed more sexual activity, he added.
However, George said the sexual activity ‘did not seem forced.’
‘It was actually like pretty tame,’ he revealed ‘It was just a lot of rubbing oil and stuff… it wasn’t anything too graphic.’
One of the alternate jurors in the jury trial said he agreed with the acquittals on sex trafficking and racketeering
Diddy was only convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses and denied bail as he awaits sentencing
The potential juror agreed with the defense’s argument that while Diddy was a domestic abuser, he was not a sex trafficker or head of a criminal enterprise
George also addressed the 2016 video of Diddy assaulting Cassie in a hotel hallway.
He said that while it was ‘a very bad video,’ Diddy was not charged with domestic violence – repeating one of the defense’s main arguments in the case.
George said in the end the video would not have influenced his conclusion that Diddy is not guilty of sex trafficking or racketeering.
The alternate juror’s comments come after Diddy was spared life in prison on Wednesday in Manhattan.
Diddy dropped to his knees and prayed in the courtroom after he was acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s celebrated figures behind bars for life.
The rapper was convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses and denied bail as he awaits sentencing.
The mixed verdict capped a sordid legal odyssey that shattered Combs’ affable ‘Puff Daddy’ image and derailed his career as a Grammy-winning artist and music executive, fashion entrepreneur, brand ambassador and reality TV star.
The alternate juror said videos of the freak offs with Cassie Ventura were ‘pretty tame’
Supporters of Diddy react after a jury acquitted Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking
‘I’ll see you when I get out,’ Diddy told family members including his mother and children just before leaving the courtroom to return to jail. ‘We’re going to get through this.’
Diddy stands convicted of two counts of a crime — transportation to engage in prostitution — that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. But jurors cleared him of three charges, two of which carried a mandatory 15 years and a maximum of life.
He was convicted of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and male sex workers, to engage in sexual encounters, a felony violation of the federal Mann Act.
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