Jury selection continues in Diddy’s trial as attorney Mark Geragos faces backlash over comments made on his "2 Angry Men" podcast, prompting a warning from the judge.
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00:00Okay, here's what's going on with Diddy. So the court actually adjourned early today and there are 45 prospective jurors. Now what happens is the next step is that each side gets a certain number where they can just say, we don't want him. And you don't have to give a reason, you just, we don't want him. Each side gets to sort of knock people down for that.
00:26That's a really important thing because it requires strategy. Who do you want? What 12 jurors and six alternates do you want? And it takes some time.
00:38And both sides will be working, actually, as we speak, have begun working on that.
00:42It was supposed to happen today, but the defense said, look, we need some time. And the judge said, look, we will be dark tomorrow.
00:53So Thursday, there will be nothing going on in court.
00:56On Friday, they're called preemptory challenges. On Friday, they will do that. They will select the jury. And then on Monday, the jury will be officially sworn in and the opening statements will begin.
01:10Right. And the final jurors that they put in the pool today. Interesting. Interesting. It's always interesting to hear the, I'll say, the excuses that people put forward, hoping that they don't get selected.
01:26And then you always wait to see whether the judge goes, okay, you're excused or I'm not buying it.
01:31Right. Some very interesting ones, including Star Wars. Star Wars came into play in the court today as one juror said he was just at home.
01:45He said he's not working and he's at home watching Star Wars. Actually, he said he's binging. And the judge said, binging? What do you mean?
01:52What do you mean you're binging? He said, oh, I'm just binging. I'm watching Star Wars. And the judge said, okay, you're watching Star Wars.
02:03I think the judge thought he meant the movie. And he said, no, and or. And then he admitted, he's like, I'm not working right now. I'm really kind of lazy.
02:14I don't know if the judge, I don't, that doesn't sound like a good excuse. Do we know if the judge took that one? He kept him in. Yeah. I mean, you're, you're asking to be put on the jury at that point.
02:26I'm kind of lazy. I'll do a four months, a four week trial, but I don't think I can do an eight. I guess it just gets boring.
02:33Yeah. I mean, he was honest, at least. There was another prospective juror who admitted it came up and clearly the attorneys had, the defense had seen this on his social media that he had retweeted something related to Diddy.
02:51So the judge asked him about it. He said, did you, do you remember doing this? And he said, no. And he said, no, I don't because I was doom scrolling.
02:59And then the judge said, what the hell is doom scrolling? I don't, what's doom scrolling? And he said, I was just jumping around on the internet.
03:06So the judge is learning some things here about social media.
03:09Well, the judge also, I think this is actually really interesting. So this judge, I was a little surprised at this.
03:17I have a feeling he's connecting more with the young people in the jury. This is the judge.
03:23Backpack, earphones, headphones, and tennis shoes.
03:29I'd only seen pictures of him on the bench with his robe on. And he's just, I don't know, just seemed older.
03:36But now that you look, it's like he's 45 years old. And the reality is there are a lot of judges who are in their 40s who are on the federal bench.
03:44But he just looks like any other commuter.
03:46But he does. I mean, tennis shoes and backpacks and all.
03:50This guy's a regular commuter who grew up in the 90s. He's exactly my age.
03:54He's probably very influenced by the music of the 90s, which was suffused with Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records.
04:00So undoubtedly, he knows a lot about the defendant in this case.
04:05And he's going to bring in some of his own sort of experiences to the trial.
04:09I mean, I'm sure he'll be very professional, but that's got to be in the back of his mind.
04:12He knows Puff Daddy.
04:13Now, look, I'm going to get a little personal here that I have a podcast.
04:19And one of the things that happened in court is we now have a new listener.
04:26We do.
04:27Him. That judge.
04:28Yes.
04:29Judge Subramanian said that he will be watching and listening to the Two Angry Men podcast.
04:36But not necessarily because he's a fan.
04:38No, he's watching and listening because of something that your co-host, Mark Garagos, said on last week's episode.
04:45Of Two Angry Men.
04:46Where he referred to the prosecutors, the six female prosecutors, as a six-pack of white women.
04:56That did not sit well.
04:57But the prosecution actually sent a letter to the judge and fired it off and said, you know, Garagos is associated with this case.
05:05He's been consulting.
05:07And how dare he say something like this?
05:10And the judge agreed.
05:12Yeah.
05:12The judge said, you cannot cross the line like this.
05:16And that's when he said, I will be watching.
05:19I believe Mark responded, said something like, thanks as long as you subscribe.
05:24The word was kind of wrong, Mark.
05:25Right.
05:25But the judge was essentially, I mean, the judge was threatening it with contempt.
05:30That if he made a personal comment like that, which the judge said crossed the line, I think the judge was saying prosecution will probably ask for a contempt, make a contempt motion.
05:40And the judge might agree to actually cite Mark.
05:44Just to be clear, the judge was not promoting your podcast.
05:47Well, at least intentionally.
05:49Not intentionally.
05:51Yeah.
05:51Look, there's an element of this that is very entertaining.
05:53It is your podcast and you speak openly about this case and so does Mark Garagos.
05:58But being called to the principal's office in the middle of a trial and being told, like, I'm going to be listening, it's not exactly an endorsement of the podcast.
06:05It's going to make Mark probably a little nervous to be talking about the podcast.
06:08Well, that's what I want to see.
06:09We haven't done it this week yet.
06:10I can't wait to hear what he does this week.
06:12Like, believe me, I have no idea, no control over that.
06:16I feel like there's going to be a lot of you talking this week.
06:19Let me tell you something.
06:20I've known this guy for decades.
06:22He's going to push it.
06:23It ain't going to be just me talking to you.
06:25He's going to push it.
06:25Promise you.
06:27Hi, Nikki NYC.
06:28In my personal opinion, I think when it comes down to the all-female prosecution team, I think it's a plus and a negative at the same time.
06:35For one, when it comes down to feminism, I feel like if they can successfully prosecute and win this case, it's going to be a plus for them.
06:42However, with the predominantly jury that's, like, all male, predominantly male, I think it's going to actually backfire with the intentions of men nowadays.
06:52And this is just my opinion, where men are just like, okay, we want to be the head of households.
06:56You want to be the decision makers.
06:58I feel like if there's a predominantly male jury pool, it's going to make it a little bit difficult for them to actually prosecute.
07:04This is just my opinion.
07:05Well, it's interesting because we'll see what the composition is and we should know Friday.
07:09Yeah, we will.
07:09Remember, all the people that we've talked about so far are just in the pool.
07:13They are not the actual jury.
07:14I do want to mention one other quick thing.
07:17They can't find witness number three still.
07:19This is apparently an ex-girlfriend of Diddy's who is one of the alleged victims.
07:24Prosecution can't find her.
07:26Right.
07:27Her attorney is trying to find her and her attorney has said that she may not be willing to come and testify anyway.
07:33So we'll see.
07:34Be interesting.