Legal experts give their analysis on Sean Diddy Combs human trafficking case

The case against Sean Diddy Combs has caused a lot of interest to crop up in the eyes of legal experts.

One of them, former federal prosecutor in Detroit, Mark Chutkow, shared their thoughts about the prosecutor’s courtroom strategy against Diddy.

He shared it all while speaking to Rolling Stone and noted that both the graphic evidence as well as Casandra Ventura’s claims of being forced into illicit encounters with an escort, were all things that came in quick succession at the start of the hearing.

“It’s a shock and awe strategy,” he said referencing Diddy’s ex’s claims.

“Here, [Combs] is handsome, charismatic, and well-known for many years in the New York area. They want to flip that narrative immediately, so any potential holdout jurors will be looking more skeptically at him.”

All in all “They really want to create an impression about him right out of the gate.”

However, in terms of the video portion of the evidence, where Diddy was seen assaulting his ex Casandra ‘Cassie’ in a hotel, the expert in human trafficiking cases said, “The thing about video is you can’t really cross-examine video.”

“In the Derek Chauvin trial, they showed the video of him putting his knee against George Floyd’s neck in the beginning, middle and end of the case. It’s something the defense couldn’t really counter.”

For those unversed with the George Floyd case, he was a 46-year-old Black man who died at a hand of a former Minneapolis police officer named Chauvin.

Former federal prosecutor Braid Bailey has made a similar claim about the guard involved in that “woman in distress” call, because the witness, guard Israel Florez admitted to being offered an entire wad of cash to keep quiet after seeing ‘visible’ signs of injury on Cassie.

He said, “I think this was strategically thought-through.” Because “he’s a non-involved witness in terms being just hotel security personnel. He’s not necessarily going to have any stake in any of this. It’s extremely helpful to the prosecution.”

The cash offer was also something Mr Bailey referenced later on in his chat as well. Because he believes “when you can lead with a tangible example of force, it’s an extremely powerful way to start. It immediately casts Mr. Combs in an extremely negative light, which is going to be difficult for the jury to stop seeing him in. It’s not necessarily insurmountable, but that’s not an image you want in jurors’ minds.”