[QuickTidal]

I know Costner has an SA past (Scotland Hotel masseuse story)....but this just proves he's not learned a damned thing in all the years since then...fucking hell.

https://www.hollywoo...ene-1236231181/

[QuickTidal]

Diddy was just acquitted of everything.

I'm genuinely fucking shocked. Hollywood is cooked man. Coooooooooked.

EDIT: Well almost everything. Still. I think he got stuck on two prostitution charges, which could carry 20 years, but I doubt it will result in that.

More proof that if you are powerful enough and rich enough you can get away with whatever you like. My gods.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 02 July 2025 - 02:45 PM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

QuickTidal, on 02 July 2025 - 02:41 PM, said:

Diddy was just acquitted of everything.

I'm genuinely fucking shocked. Hollywood is cooked man. Coooooooooked.

EDIT: Well almost everything. Still. I think he got stuck on two prostitution charges, which could carry 20 years, but I doubt it will result in that.

More proof that if you are powerful enough and rich enough you can get away with whatever you like. My gods.

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How Diddy Reacted as Verdict Was Read in Court



[...] Combs' family is prepared to sign the bond for his release, after which he could be free to leave and return to his Star Island home in Florida. Combs' lawyer Marc Agnofilo proposed a million dollar bond with permitted travel to Florida, New York, and L.A.

https://www.thedaily...-read-in-court/

Estimated net worth $400 million... wonder if that'll be enough for him to flee the country.

Or buy a pardon from Trump---since he was convicted on federal charges.

Can sell it to Trump as pandering to Black folks---or at least Trump-curious Black men. Maybe offer to do a rap song about how wonderful Trump is. "Will perform at next inauguration in exchange for not spending the next 20 years in prison or hiding out in Russia or North Korea".

[Tsundoku]

And the front page headline on one of our Murdoch sites: "Diddy Gets Off".

If that was deliberate, well done.

EDIT: I wonder how he's going to celebrate?
I can just see tomorrow's headlines: "NYC runs out of baby oil and cocaine"

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[worry]

He was denied bail. Dunno if that's a sign of what's to come, but the judge cited "disregard for the rule of law and a propensity of violence" in his reasoning.

This post has been edited by worry: 02 July 2025 - 10:32 PM

[Tsundoku]

So is California charging him with state-level stuff like the DV etc?
Or did that occur in NY? I have NFI what occurred where and can be charged at what level.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 03 July 2025 - 10:12 AM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Tsundoku, on 03 July 2025 - 10:11 AM, said:

So is California charging him with state-level stuff like the DV etc?
Or did that occur in NY? I have NFI what occurred where and can be charged at what level.

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The Independent spoke to several attorneys about what else, if anything, Combs can be tried for – and whether the charges could be federal or state, criminal or civil.

"Is it possible? Yes. Practically speaking, it is not going to happen," Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told The Independent. Rahmani pointed out that both state and federal governments – the charging bodies – are "dual sovereigns" and so to have overlapping prosecutions is "very rare."

"If you've been acquitted by another jury in another jurisdiction, prosecutors do not like to lose, and to bring a subsequent prosecution when it's already been acquitted, that case would locally be a loser then I can't see anyone thinking about doing that,"

[...] While criminal charges of domestic violence and assault are still a possibility, Rahmani says, the statute of limitations in California is only five years, meaning that Combs now sits outside it – unless there are newer allegations.

There is some possibility of bringing charges such as rape or sexual assault, as such counts carry a longer statute of 10 years, but this is also unlikely.

https://www.the-inde...s-b2778543.html

On the federal trial:

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The verdict is not particularly surprising: Throughout the trial, the government has struggled to definitively prove some of the more complex criminal charges—namely the RICO charge, which seemed to require more evidence than the prosecution had in this particular case. The transportation charges on which Combs was found guilty were the most definitively proven in court, while the trafficking charges lay somewhere in between. In the end, the jury—composed of eight men and only four women—needed to decide which witnesses they found to be more credible, essentially making the case one less of evidence and more "he said, she said."

[....] the foundation of the entire defense was to frame the case as a witch hunt against a successful Black entrepreneur who has supported many people with his legal, and even awe-inspiring, businesses.

[...] Not all crimes are strongly evidential. Some understandings rely on making inferences. This one relied on believing women testifying to a complex, exploitative relationship that was always going to be hard to prove on paper. After the verdict was read, Combs reportedly thanked the jury and "prompted the gallery to clap and cheer."

What was the gallery cheering for?

https://slate.com/cu...rafficking.html

Trump has already said he'll consider pardoning Diddy if asked to, and that he "would certainly look at the facts" (most notably how much $Trumpcoin Diddy is willing to pay him...).

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weeks before the Diddy verdict [...] Trump said he was open to helping out the man he once called a "good friend."

[Trump:] "[...] I haven't spoken to him in years. He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics he sort of, that relationship busted up from what I read. I don't know. He didn't tell me that, but I'd read some nasty statements in the paper all of a sudden.

… So, I don't know. I would certainly look at the facts. if I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don't like me it wouldn't have any impact."

https://nymag.com/in...al-updates.html

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 03 July 2025 - 11:07 AM

[QuickTidal]

In a world where Bill Cosby is retired and at home living his life, Kevin Spacey is on a comeback tour, Louis CK and Chris Brown sell out their tours, a 34x felon and adjudicated rapist who was impeached twice was not just allowed to get away with it, but is back in one of the biggest positions of power in the world...I don't know that any of us should be surprised by this outcome.