In an interview following the verdict in Diddy’s trial, in which he was found not guilty of the two severe federal charges he faced, an alternate juror has said that he agrees with the verdict and detailed what evidence he was shown
“I understood the final verdict,” the unnamed juror said during an interview on CNN, as reported by TMZ. “I took a copious amount of notes overall, I think 350 pages worth of notes. Because at the end, we weren’t told who was an alternate, who was a main juror, until literally the last second, when the judge was reading his entire statement at the end.” Asked if he would have acquitted him on racketeering charges, he added, “Reading all my notes, and looking back at the evidence, I probably would have reached the same conclusion as the other jurors.”
He was also asked about some of the “graphic images and videos” he was shown as evidence during the trial. “They were very graphic… If we’re looking at it from one side, it was definitely riveting and eye-opening,” he said. “They were showing some of the… Both the freak-offs and the hotels nights, as they were called.” He said that the defense and prosecution were “very selective” and showed different evidence, with the defense focusing on various videos that appeared to feature Cassie “not engaging with sexual activity” during these alleged freak-off sex parties.
“There was sexual activity, but it wasn’t really… It didn’t seem forced,” he said. “It was actually pretty tame. It was a lot of rubbing oil and stuff on there. It wasn’t anything too graphic.”
He was also asked about the video that showed Diddy assaulting and dragging Cassie back to his hotel room in 2016 during what appeared to be an escape attempt. “It was a very bad video, and I think they showed it enough,” he added. “He wasn’t charged with domestic violence, no.”
On Wednesday, July 2, Diddy was found guilty of two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. He is facing a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison, but CBS News reports that prosecutors believe that he is likely to get between 51 to 63 months behind bars.
