Potential juror in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial scrapped after saying disgraced rapper can ‘buy his way out of jail’
A prospective juror in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial was dismissed after she told the judge that the disgraced music mogul has the ability to “buy his way out of jail.”
During day two of jury selection in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, a 48-year-old woman was dismissed after making the bold claim to US District Judge Arun Subramanian.
“Diddy has a lot of money to use at his discretion and possibly buy his way out of jail,” she said in court, prompting the judge to ask her to clarify what she meant.
“I don’t know how to explain it,” she added. “The cops could do a lot more but there’s only so much you can. Just got to have a clean slate about everything.”
She went on to disclose a past experience in which she was the target of an attempted rape and seemed critical of how the police handled the situation.
The judge removed her from consideration.
Elsewhere, the jury selection process was brought to a screeching halt when another potential juror admitted that he can’t go a day without smoking weed.
“I smoke marijuana personally for recreational use,” he confessed to the court, admitting that his smoking habits tend to cloud his judgment.
When asked if he’s able to stop smoking for the duration of the trial — which could last up to eight weeks — the juror said yes, though he admitted to smoking the night before.
The confession prompted the judge to dismiss him as he continued questioning dozens of prospective jurors to weed out any biases.
The jury selection process is expected to be completed on Wednesday.
Combs, 55, faces a minimum of 15 years in prison after being charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and fraud. He is locked up without bail.
It comes as the lawyer for a member of the Bad Boy Records founder’s family griped on his podcast about the all-women team of prosecutors in the case — prompting the judge to speak out.
Mark Geragos, who represents Combs’ mother, drew the judge’s ire for calling the prosecution team “a six-pack of white women” on a recent episode of a podcast he hosts with TMZ founder Harvey Levin.
Geragos disclosed during the meeting that Combs, to whom he said he speaks “with great frequency,” believes he’s being “targeted” because he’s black.
In response, Subramanian slammed the claims as “ridiculous.”
“I think referring to the prosecution in this case as a six-pack of white women is outrageous,” Subramanian told Geragos, according to the transcript obtained by The Post.
Combs is being held without bail in a Brooklyn lockup after pleading not guilty to federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a bombshell indictment accusing him of a decades-long alleged reign of sexual terror.
Prosecutors have dubbed the music honcho a “serial abuser” for allegedly forcing women into “freak-offs” — drug-fueled, dayslong performances of sexual depravity to which an observing Combs would masturbate, according to the indictment.
He’s also accused of several assaults — including punching and kicking his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a violent attack caught on camera — and dangling one of his alleged victims over an apartment balcony.
