Diddy‘s trial may see a juror removed over concerns that they displayed a “lack of candor”.
The prosecution have motioned the court to remove a member of the jury with Judge Arun Subramanian revealing that he is considering the prospect.
Apart from a “lack of candor”, no details regarding the issue have been revealed.
Diddy’s legal team have hit back at the attempt to remove the juror who claimed there was a racial aspect regarding the motion.
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They said it was a “thinly veiled effort to dismiss a Black juror.”
Back during the first week of the trial, Diddy’s legal team criticized prosecutors for attempting to allegedly remove Black jurors.
The judge rejected the claims saying that the prosecution had filed “race-neutral reasons” to strike jurors.
Diddy’s own conduct towards jurors during the trial has gotten him into trouble.
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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.”
Subramanian then warned: “This cannot happen again.”
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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.
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No Black jurors were among the jury which ultimately found the rapper not guilty.
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton spoke out against the lack of Black representation in the jury pool, especially given Los Angeles’ racial diversity.
“It is absolutely ridiculous that the jury will be not fair and representative, so as to deprive A$AP Rocky of a fair trial,” he wrote on X.
“When we have four (4) black people in the city of Los Angeles, out of one hundred and six (106) — and exactly zero (0) within the first thirty (30) possible candidates for the jury — something appears to be very wrong with the system.”
