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  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: What's this?
    Gannon: Three cell phones found in one of the boots.
    AUSA: Display the Gucci bag for the jury... Pull up GX 10A and the stipulation, zoom in on Paragraph 5... A white plastic bottle, it contained liquid residue of meth and liquid MDMA

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: These pills were found with a Tesla imprint on them... These had the active ingredient in X****... This hundred dollar bill had residue of cocaine... Mr. Gannon, what's this?
    Gannon: A dark wood box with the word "Puffy" on the top.

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: How do you know that this is the Astroglide and the baby oil that you seized? How many bottles of each?
    Gannon: 31 Astroglide, 25 baby oil bottles.
    AUSA: Any other cell phones found?
    Gannon: Yes.
    AUSA: BX 1301, page 3, paragraph 11...

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: Was a gun found in this suitcase?
    Gannan: Yes. A .45
    AUSA: Hold the bullets up for the jury... No further questions.
    Judge: Cross?
    Defense: The day of the search, you knew that Mr. Combs was leaving the country with his twin daughters?
    Objection; sidebar

  • May 21, 2025

    [After sidebar]
    Combs' Teny Geragos: In planning the search, you knew that none of the targets of the investigation would be there?
    AUSA: Objection!
    Judge: Overruled.
    Agent Gannon: The plan was to have him not there. But we had contingencies

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: What type of vehicles did you use?
    Agent Gannon: Armored vehicle
    Combs' Geragos: And a boat - come in by land and by sea?
    Agent Gannon: It's common practice.
    Geragos: 80 or 90 agents?
    Agent Gannon: Not all at the same time

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: You found six people, and kept them in handcuffs for an hour?
    Agent Gannon: No ma'am. There was one individual who wasn't happy with us and wasn't cooperating, so we kept him in handcuffs longer
    Geragos: Because he wasn't happy with the cuffs?

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Geragos: There was a music studio in the guesthouse, right? DX 305 - do you recognize this?
    Agent Gannon: Yes, ma'am. It's the studio.
    Geragos: Move to admit.
    [Photo of mixing board, keyboards, "love" in jeweled script over it]

  • May 21, 2025
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    Sketches of Gannon with gun and Diddy

    (via Inner City Press)


  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: The gun was wrapped in a towel, it didn't look like how you displayed it to the jury yesterday, right?
    Agent Gannon: Yes ma'am.
    Geragos: Did you find any photos of Mr. Combs with these firearms?
    Agent Gannon: We did not

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: Do you agree that handguns, metal, is easier to get fingerprint than maybe another type of device?
    Agent Gannon: Can't say if it's easier. But it can be done.
    Geragos: Can you get prints off a gun, easier when it's inside?
    Gannon: I'd think so

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: At HSI you have Mr. Combs' DNA, right?
    Agent Gannon: I don't know.
    Geragos: When he was arrested, the Government took DNA swab, right?
    Gannon: I don't know.
    Geragos: Hold up the Gucci bag.

  • May 21, 2025

    Combs' Teny Geragos: The d**** were in this bag, and in the "Puffy" box, right?
    Agent Gannon: Yes.
    Combs' Geragos: Your Honor, I am going to introduce a sealed exhibit, with the help of I.T.... May I approach the witness?
    Judge: Yes.
    Deputy: We may proceed. DX 304

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA Smyzer: Cut off the screens.
    [Can't see exhibit]
    Combs' Teny Geragos: Please don't say the names of the people in this photograph other than my client... Don't talk about it.
    AUSA Smyzer: May we confer with counsel?
    Judge: You may.

  • May 21, 2025

    Deputy: We may take the sealed exhibit down.
    Combs' Geragos: Agent Gannon, you live in Florida - don't many people have guns in their homes there?
    AUSA: Objection.
    Judge: Rephrase
    Geragos: Do you have guns in your home?
    Gannon: Yes.
    Geragos: No further questions

  • May 21, 2025
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    Who doing these sketches has hit the best finesse job of the year. Probably making bank for this weak s***

  • May 21, 2025

    Next witness is Dawn Hughes, a board-certified clinical and forensic psychologist.

    She is an experienced expert witness, having testified in cases including the 2022 defamation trial of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

  • May 21, 2025

    Judge: Re-direct?
    AUSA Smyzer: No.
    Judge: Next Government witness.
    AUSA: The Government calls Doctor Dawn Hughes... What is your profession?
    Dr Hughes: Clinical and forensic psychology.... I treated people who were in World War II, which was such an honor

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: How many times have you testified in court?
    Dr Hughes: 60 or 65, in SDNY, ENDY and the Northern District. Also NJ, PA, CT, VA.
    AUSA: We offer Doctor Hughes as an expert.
    Defense: No objection.

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    AUSA: What do you anticipate covering?
    Dr. Hughes: Why victims stay, memory...
    AUSA: Have you been retained by the Government?
    Dr. Hughes; Yes.
    AUSA: What is your hourly rate?
    Dr. Hughes: $600. Six thousands for the day in court.

  • May 21, 2025
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    AUSA: What do you anticipate covering?
    Dr. Hughes: Why victims stay, memory...
    AUSA: Have you been retained by the Government?
    Dr. Hughes; Yes.
    AUSA: What is your hourly rate?
    Dr. Hughes: $600. Six thousands for the day in court.

    "$600/hr"

    Dr Hughes:

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: Why do victims stay?
    Dr. Hughes: There are psychological bonds. And the psychological consequences of the abuse.
    AUSA: What are the levels of fear?
    Dr. Hughes: It ranges from physical violence to butterflies - violence doesn't have to happen all the time

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA: What is psychological violence?
    Dr. Hughes: Intimidation. Throwing things. Telling you what you can do and where you can go-
    Defense: Objection!
    Judge: Hold on... I'm going to strike that last answer.

  • May 21, 2025

    AUSA Mitzi Steiner: What can be the role of sexual abuse?
    Dr. Hughes: It puts the victim in significant psychological fear.
    AUSA: Why does it prevent leaving?
    Dr. Hughes: Shame, degradation, they don't want to think about it