The decide overseeing the Sean “Diddy” Combs intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial dismissed a juror on the panel after discovering inconsistencies relating to the place they lived. The decide hit again at Diddy’s protection crew after they alleged the elimination of the juror was an indication of racial bias.

Deadline stories that Choose Arun Subramanian ordered the elimination of Juror No. 6, who was reported to be a 41-year-old Black man who’s employed in an administrative position in a correctional facility. At challenge with Choose Subramanian was the juror’s incapacity to substantiate whether or not he lived in New York or New Jersey, thus giving pause on whether or not or not he could possibly be a sound member of the jury panel.

The protection crew for the beleaguered mogul addressed the decide by way of a letter claiming that the elimination of the juror would make it in order that no different Black juror alternate might be part of the panel and mentioned they might try to hunt a mistrial. In instances previous, the protection has acknowledged that the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace for the Southern District of New York operated below a racial bias.

As indicated within the report, the decide, who was contemplating the transfer final Friday, got here into the court docket Monday morning (June 16) and introduced the elimination of the juror.

“The protection requested the Court docket to base its resolution on race,” Choose Subramanian mentioned within the court docket. “That will be inappropriate. So, Juror 6 is excused and is changed by the primary alternate.

He continued, “As to the protection’s allegation of prosecutorial misconduct right here, that’s inviting the Court docket to decide based mostly on race – and can’t be granted.”

Juror No. 6 was changed by a 57-year-old white man. It was anticipated that the trial can be concluded by the July 4 vacation.

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