THE DIDDY JURY: Meet the four women and eight men who could put Diddy behind bars for life

The jurors who clasp the destiny of Sean 'Diddy' Combs successful their hands were selected Monday greeting – but not earlier defence lawyers accused prosecutors of kicking blacks disconnected the panel.

Of the 9 strikes allotted to prosecutors, 7 were non-white jurors. Diddy's pb counsel Marc Agnifilo protested successful a challenge. 

He said that 'amounts to a pattern'.

But Judge Arun Subramanian turned down the defence claims. 'The defence failed to amusement purposeful discrimination,' helium ruled.

Eight men and 4 women are connected the last sheet of 12 with a further 4 men and 2 women listed arsenic alternates. On the main juror panel, 4 are white, 2 are Hispanic, 5 are achromatic and 1 is Asian. Of the six alternates, 4 are achromatic and 2 are black. 

Now, the proceedings that could spot Combs, 55, enactment down bars for the remainder of his beingness is acceptable to footwear disconnected successful national tribunal successful Manhattan.

Diddy faces 5 superior national charges: racketeering conspiracy, 2 counts of enactment trafficking and 2 counts of transporting individuals for prostitution.

Around 150 imaginable jurors were vetted earlier the last 18 were selected. Each was handed a binder containing dozens of names and places that whitethorn travel up during the euphony mogul's trial.

The database of astatine slightest 190 individuals includes comedian Mike Myers, histrion Michael B. Jordan, rappers Kanye West and Kid Cudi and Destiny's Child vocalist Michelle Williams. It was not made wide what relation immoderate of them would play successful the proceedings oregon whether they would beryllium called to testify.

Combs's erstwhile woman Cassie Ventura, 38, is listed arsenic 'Victim 1' and volition attest utilizing her ain name. However, Judge Subramanian has approved prosecutors' petition for 3 different alleged victims to attest nether pseudonyms. One of those 3 is said to person gone missing and whitethorn not crook up for the trial, pb authoritative Maurene Comey told the tribunal Wednesday.

These are the jurors who were selected Monday volition person to determine the guilt oregon innocence of Diddy successful what is definite to beryllium the astir watched proceedings of 2025.

 Set for Jury Panel:

1. Juror 2: White man, 69, massage therapist from Manhattan. The trained histrion is azygous with nary kids and has worked astatine 2 luxury hotels which could travel up during the trial.
2. Juror 5: White man, 31, concern expert from Manhattan. Called himself an ‘active’ religion goer and a subordinate of a state club. The juror said helium was opposed to the decease punishment but arsenic that wasn’t an contented successful this case, helium could serve.
3. Juror 25: Hispanic man, 51, a scientist. Said helium likes to ticker quality documentaries and knew Diddy had been accused of 'violent behavior' and said that helium saw the video of Diddy beating up his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura portion helium was astatine the gym. He besides saw a study that radical had been drugged but said helium wouldn’t beryllium biased.
4. Juror 28: Hispanic woman, 30, supermarket clerk. Single and doesn't truly ticker the news, alternatively relying connected ‘word of mouth’. Likes to work books, play video games and ticker Netflix.
5. Juror 55: Black woman, 42, dietary adjutant successful a nursing location from Manhattan. She has 2 children and likes speechmaking Harry Potter books and watching Disney and Marvel movies. Her lone transgression grounds was being caught with an unfastened vessel of intoxicant erstwhile she was younger, earning a joking admonishment from the judge.
6. Juror 58: Black man, 41, works successful accounts for the New York City Department of Corrections. Engaged and has a girl and lives successful the Bronx. He said that helium likes sports and supports the Mets. The juror reads the New York Post and GQ magazine.
7. Juror 75: Asian man, 75, retired formerly worked astatine JP Morgan. He lives successful Westchester County with his wife, with whom helium has a son. He watches the Discovery Channel and likes to perceive to aged Indian music. He plays cricket and volleyball.
8. Juror 116: White man, 68, tract tech for a telecoms institution earlier retiring. He lives successful Westchester with his woman and daughter. He said helium struggled with seeing violence, penning successful his questionnaire that ‘when it comes to similar skateboarders going down and crashing connected to the ground, that's thing I conscionable can't look at’. But helium claimed helium could tummy grisly scenes during the trial.
9. Juror 160: Black woman, 43, lives successful Westchester with hubby and 2 children. Diddy smiled erstwhile she said ‘I wish’ I knew the names of the celebrities. The pistillate works arsenic a physician’s adjunct and is simply a erstwhile amateur actor.
10. Juror 184: Black man, 39, from the Bronx, a societal idiosyncratic programme supervisor. He is besides a information defender connected weekends. Through his enactment helium has worked connected home unit cases. He said that helium likes spending clip with his household and walking
11. Juror 201: White antheral 67, elder logistics expert from Westchester. Said successful his questionnaire helium was ‘unsure’ astir Diddy’s guilt, but claimed helium meant to accidental helium had ‘no opinion’ astir it. He lives unsocial and likes shows similar Survivor and the Amazing Race.
12. Juror 217: Black woman, 74 retired attraction coordinator who worked with the blind, from Manhattan. She lives alone, reads the New York Times, watches CBS and ABC News and likes classical music.

 The six alternates:

1. Juror 230: White man, 57, manufacturing designer from Westchester. He walked into tribunal with a publication by writer David Sedaris nether his arm. He lives with his woman and 2 kids and likes a assortment of euphony but said that his children precocious got him into state music
2. Juror 234: Black man, 34, unemployed erstwhile model cleaner from Manhattan. He is presently unemployed but utilized to cleanable windows. He is simply a instrumentality of Chicago PD and Law & Order. The juror said they had seen immoderate stories astir the lawsuit successful the quality but helium ‘didn't truly wage attraction to it’.
3. Juror 247: White man, 40, physician's adjunct from Manhattan. He gets his quality from the New York Times, New Yorker and Wall Street Journal. In his spare clip helium likes to surf, motorcycle and hike.
4. Juror 292: White woman, 71, archivist from New York. She reads the New York Times, Wired and likes to ticker costume dramas. She initially appeared unsure if she could speech astir matters of a intersexual quality with different jurors due to the fact that she has ne'er done that with a ‘group of strangers’ but told the justice she would beryllium capable to grip it.
5. Juror 321:  Black woman, 24, from the Bronx. Works stocking snacks and drinks successful antithetic buildings. Married but her hubby lives abroad. The juror said that she had seen the video of Diddy and Ventura but said it wouldn’t beryllium hard for her to beryllium impartial. She said: ‘There is some sides to each story. I don't cognize the afloat story, truthful I can't beryllium wholly one-sided.'
6. Juror 330: White man, 37, who works successful medication astatine the United Nations. He has nary children and is presently successful a relationship. He gets his quality from the New York Times, the BBC and reads heavyweight magazines similar Foreign Affairs. Said helium had lone seen section quality reports astir the lawsuit arsenic helium ‘doesn’t travel this benignant of personage cases’. He said successful his assemblage questionnaire that helium did ‘not similar the allegations’ but said successful tribunal helium could beryllium objective.

The imaginable jurors were asked if they could beryllium impartial successful reaching a verdict and however overmuch they knew astir the allegations against Combs.

The last signifier of assemblage selection, whittling down the sheet from 43 to 12 jurors and six alternates came Monday greeting with what are known arsenic peremptory strikes, wherever either broadside tin axe jurors without giving cause.

Diddy's defence got up to 10 strikes for the main assemblage and the prosecution had six.

The prosecution struck 7 achromatic imaginable jurors retired of 9 strikes. 

Then each broadside got 3 strikes for the alternates. 

That last radical is present acceptable to perceive opening statements which volition footwear disconnected Monday. 

The proceedings is expected to instrumentality six to 8 weeks to complete. The prosecution volition overgarment a representation of Diddy to the assemblage of him being the caput of a transgression enactment who exploited his fame and luck to sexually maltreatment women and destruct young lives.

On the flipside, his defence attorneys volition antagonistic by saying the disgraced rap mogul was not committing crimes erstwhile helium engaged successful intersexual enactment with consenting adults. 

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