The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs grabbed headlines for months and whereas the trial itself is over, many are nonetheless talking out in its aftermath. Regardless of Diddy’s lengthy listing of movie star get together goers, only some massive names got here up through the trial and one star who may be very glad she didn’t have to testify was Aubrey O’Day.
O’Day rose to prominence as a part of the Making the Band actuality present (which was produced by Diddy), which noticed the creation of Danity Kane. As anyone who was near him at one time, it was actually attainable she might have had info helpful to the case, on one aspect or the opposite. Nevertheless, O’Day tells E! that she didn’t anticipate to be requested to testify, and he or she’s fairly glad she didn’t have to. Testifying in federal courtroom wasn’t precisely on her bucket listing. In her phrases…
I don’t want for issues like testifying in a federal trial—these aren’t issues I want for. I want for inside peace and a very good boba tea. I don’t want to sit on the stand in federal trials.
As anyone who additionally appreciates actually good boba tea, I can get behind that sentiment. For anyone who hopes to seek out inside peace, testifying in a federal racketeering trial appears fairly antithetical to that purpose. The trial noticed a number of individuals who testified get very emotional, and the allegations obtained fairly severe at instances. Peaceable was actually not a phrase to explain it.
O’Day mentioned that she wasn’t “meant to talk’ on the trial, indicating that she merely had no info she might present concerning the “particular crimes” being adjudicated. Diddy was discovered not responsible of racketeering and intercourse trafficking however convicted of two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
Whereas there was appreciable hypothesis earlier than the trial about which celebrities could be drawn into the proceedings, few have been instantly concerned. Rapper Child Cudi was the most important identify who testified relating to an incident the place his automotive was set on hearth, an assault he believes Diddy was answerable for. Most celebrities whose names have been dropped, like Brad Pitt, have been merely connected to incidents described at trial by their proximity however weren’t instantly concerned.
Diddy stays in jail awaiting sentencing. Whereas he may very well be sentenced to as a lot as 20 years, authorized specialists anticipate the sentence to be a lot lighter. Sentencing is about to happen in October. If his sentencing consists of the time he has already spent in jail (he was denied bail following his arrest) his remaining jail time won’t be very lengthy. There have already been rumblings of Diddy making new music, together with probably working with one other rapper with a troubled picture, Kanye West.