CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports:

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Sean “Diddy‘ Combs’ criminal trial for sex trafficking and more will start next month. Also, footage from a Warner Bros Discovery Fall Of Diddy docuseries about the performer will be allowed as evidence, despite the efforts of the David Zaslav-run media giant.

With the former mini-mogul in attendance, a federal judge on Friday rejected a motion by Combs’ defense to push back the trial by 60 days.

Almost right from the top of the hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian denied the sealed move by the legal team based on the defense’s assertions that the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York was slow in handing over evidence and even lacked possession of certain evidence from Victim-4 in the case.

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