Diddy was almost removed from the court in his own sex trafficking trial for allegedly making facial gestures towards the jury.
Judge Arun Subramanian accused the rap mogul of making faces and nodding towards the jury while witnesses were being questioned.
Subramanian said to Diddy’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo: “Mr. Agnifilo, your client was looking at jurors and nodding vigorously. This can’t continue or I will give a limiting instruction you won’t like, or other measures including barring your client from the courtroom. Do you understand?”
Agnifilo said: “It’s not going to happen again.”
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Subramanian then warned: “This cannot happen again.”
Diddy is known to have been an active presence in the court room, frequently being seen passing notes to his attorneys while court is in session.
He has also been seen blowing kisses to his mother while she watches the trial from the public gallery.
It was revealed earlier this week that Diddy paid $100,000 for the infamous video of him assaulting Cassie in a hotel corridor.
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In the Bad Boy mogul’s ongoing sex trafficking trial, Eddy Garcia, a former security guard at the InterContinental Hotel where the assault took place, began giving evidence.
Garcia told the court: “He said it had to be the only copy and that he didn’t want it getting out and if I was sure nothing was on the cloud.”
Garcia claimed that Diddy handed him an envelope with $100,000 inside.
The amount of money was split between three people with Garcia’s boss Bill Madrano receiving $50,000 with the other half split between two security guards.
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Diddy also forced Garcia to sign a non disclosure agreement that came with a $1 million penalty if breached.
Garcia claimed that he handed Diddy a USB drive in return for the money.
Garcia further alleged that he FaceTimed with Cassie and that she told him she also wanted the footage squashed.
Diddy and his legal team had attempted to have the footage excluded from the trial with them claiming that it had been doctored by unnamed parties, however the prosecution said that they had obtained the original recording and experts had ruled the video was legitimate.
