Diddy trial: Rapper faces jury in opinionated NY hometown in bid for freedom on sex trafficking charges

Sean Diddy Combs' legal organization and the prosecution in his sex-trafficking scenario will set out to pick a jury of on Monday Combs will appear in court alongside his lead lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos to begin voir dire The questioning process will be conducted by Judge Arun Subramanian Diddy's lawyers and the prosecutors who have been working on the incident Officers charged Diddy with multiple counts of racketeering conspiracy sex trafficking by force fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution in an indictment unsealed in September Since then the authorities has filed two superseding indictments against the rapper that added charges and an additional victim Diddy has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him Diddy's crew and the prosecution were allotted five days to seat the jury which will likely be a hard process legal experts recounted Fox News Digital Diddy and the establishment are facing off in the rapper's hometown of New York creating an uphill battle for the disgraced music mogul DIDDY'S PLEA FOR TWO-MONTH DELAY IN SEX-TRAFFICKING EPISODE DENIED BY JUDGE Everyone in the country and the entire world knows about the charges against Diddy so moving the trial to another venue outside of New York won t change anything former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani described Fox News Digital The prosecution wants to make sure there aren t any Diddy fans or stealth jurors on the panel The defense wants jurors who are skeptical about MeToo and casualties who make accusations years later and file civil lawsuits seeking damages The only person who wants a fair and impartial jury is the judge The true challenge for Diddy's defense and the prosecution is finding jurors who don't have an opinion on the disgraced music mogul's scenario Diddy is one of the preponderance recognizable names in music and pop custom and the populace attention surrounding the statements is enormous New York-based defense attorney Duncan Levin described Fox News Digital In high-profile cases like this the challenge isn t just finding jurors who have heard of the defendant it s finding ones who haven t already formed an opinion based on media coverage That s why voir dire in this event will be lengthy and strategic The defense will be focused on rooting out bias and the prosecution will be working to ensure the jurors don t bring preconceived celebrity favoritism into the courtroom DIDDY SEX TRAFFICKING PROBE HOLLYWOOD STARS ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO SPEAK OUT EXPERTS SAYMedia coverage of Diddy exploded in March after the rapper's Miami and Los Angeles homes were raided in connection with a human trafficking study by Homeland Prevention The sexual assault assertions brought against Diddy in civil cases and the federal indictment have been largely covered creating a workable issue for an impartial jury Preponderance likely jurors will have heard of the circumstance and will have formed selected opinion of what happened entertainment lawyer Tre Lovell explained Fox News Digital That being explained the real question is Can the jurors put aside whatever initial thoughts they have and be able to decide the incident based solely on the evidence WATCH DIDDY COULD DROP BIG NAMES IN SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL R KELLY ATTORNEY SAYSWATCH ON FOX NATION WHAT DIDDY DO While high-profile jury selection can be intricate it's not impossible as seen in President Donald Trump's newest New York City trial The criminal trial regarding his hush money payments began on April Just by way of example they were able to seat a Manhattan jury for someone like Donald Trump New York-based attorney Mark Weissman explained to Fox News Digital I think they will be able to seat a jury for Diddy s trial And the jurors will fill out questionnaires before they meet the judge which will help the judge to further limit the pool to jurors who have limited knowledge about the affair and the participants But of program even jurors in Manhattan will likely know about Diddy and I expect several will have heard of or read about the statements against him and a great number of may have an opinion about him he added This is true in every high-publicity incident WATCH IF DIDDY DOESN'T TESTIFY HE IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL'SEAN DIDDY COMBS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTS EX-GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA IN NEWLY DISTRIBUTED HOTEL VIDEOOf the prospective New York jurors a large number of will most of likely hold opinions of Diddy and the sex trafficking accusations against him Honestly greater part of them allegedly do have an opinion but that doesn t mean they can t be fair Levin emphasized New Yorkers are famously skeptical and media-savvy What matters isn t whether a juror has heard of Diddy it s whether they can set aside what they ve heard and evaluate the evidence impartially Judges often remind jurors that the courtroom not the press is where the facts get sorted out DIDDY LAWYERS ACCUSED OF GAMEMANSHIP IN REQUESTING K DOCUMENTS ONE MONTH AHEAD OF DISGRACED RAPPER'S TRIALSelecting the jury is not necessarily about picking the right people but truly about eliminating the wrong jurors Thus all questions are designed to find those jurors that have bias or are unable to put their personal feelings and beliefs aside and focus on just the evidence Lovell noted Jurors will be required how they feel about a lifestyle of sex and drugs how do they feel about someone who is having sex with multiple partners have they been a victim of domestic violence or rape have they had issues with police or law enforcement etcetera he explained They will be reported they will see a very disturbing video of Diddy physically assaulting his girlfriend and no matter how disturbing it is can they look at the specific charges in this occurrence and render a verdict on the applicable evidence CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe prosecution and defense will be looking for certain types of people to fill out the -person jury that will decide the fate of Diddy The prosecution does not want a Diddy fan club in the jury box or jurors who have had negative experiences with law enforcement or the regime Lovell noted They also do not want jurors that presume anyone going to a sex party has consented to everything that happens Diddy's defense is likely looking for independent-minded jurors who don t automatically trust regime institutions and who are less likely to be swayed by emotionally charged statements according to Levin They ll want jurors who understand the difference between residents image and provable criminal conduct The legal unit will hone in on people who don't have a negative view of consensual and lavish sex parties Lovell explained They don t want people who were casualties of rape or sexual violence fathers with young or teenage daughters However both sides will want to avoid jurors who have an alternative motive to sit on a jury like seeking their minutes of fame or in hope of getting a book deal