Regardless of his picture being tarnished within the public eye, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ youngsters proceed to face beside him.
Amid the disgraced music mogul’s ongoing intercourse trafficking trial, his sons, Justin Combs, 31, and Christian “King” Combs, 27, shared Father’s Day tributes for his or her dad on Instagram.
On Sunday, June 15, Christian took to his social media web page to share a throwback photograph of himself as a child, sweetly posing as Diddy carried him down a pink carpet.
“Comfortable Fathers Day Pops!!” he wrote in his quick caption. “I Love you & miss you !!! We ready for you at [home emoji].”
As for Justin, he posted a black-and-white video of himself and his dad to his Instagram Tales, including one other slide with a photograph of the pair dressed up in fits.
“HAPPY FATHER’S DAY POPS,” Justin started in his publish. “THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME LIFE & ALWAYS BEING PRESENT! MY SUPER HERO! I’M W YOU 4EVER NO MATTER WHAT!! MISS YOU & LOVE YOU.”
These Father’s Day tributes come as Diddy and his authorized workforce push again in courtroom after one among solely two Black male jurors was dismissed from his federal trial. Because of this, his attorneys are accusing prosecutors of systematically eradicating Black jurors in an effort to safe a conviction, in accordance with All Hip Hop.
Attorneys for Combs filed an emergency movement to Choose Subramanian on Sunday, June 16, arguing that the elimination of Juror #6 was unjustified. The juror was dismissed after giving conflicting details about his residence, initially saying he lived within the Bronx together with his fiancée and daughter, however later revealing that he had moved to New Jersey together with his girlfriend.
Whereas the choose agreed with the prosecution’s request to take away the juror as a result of his shifting story, Diddy’s protection workforce objected, insisting the transfer is dangerous to the racial make-up of the jury and suggesting that it may discourage minority participation in future trials.
“The equity of the trial relies upon partially on having jurors with backgrounds just like Mr. Combs shai·e their views on the proof with different jurors from various backgrounds throughout deliberations,” Diddy’s lawyer Alexandra A.E. Shapiro stated, in accordance with the New York Occasions. “Eradicating this explicit juror will deprive Mr. Combs of that neutral perspective, and it’s no reply to easily say that there are different black jurors, or different males, on the jury.”
The protection went on to level out a sample: Of the 9 peremptory strikes utilized by the prosecution, seven have been in opposition to Black jurors, which the protection claims exhibits a transparent effort to scale back Black illustration on the jury.
