{"id":154127,"date":"2025-06-21T05:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/jurors-see-more-texts-between-cassie-and-diddy-as-prosecutors-prepare-to-rest-case-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T05:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:09:53","slug":"jurors-see-more-texts-between-cassie-and-diddy-as-prosecutors-prepare-to-rest-case-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/jurors-see-more-texts-between-cassie-and-diddy-as-prosecutors-prepare-to-rest-case-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurors see more texts between Cassie and Diddy as prosecutors prepare to rest case – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Diddy\u2019s trial was abbreviated this week. The proceedings were effectively canceled Wednesday after a juror called in sick, and federal court wasn\u2019t in session Thursday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. But this morning, all the key players returned to the courtroom to hear testimony from one of the rapper\u2019s former personal assistants.
Here\u2019s what you need to know about Day 27 of the trial:
Diddy, wearing a white sweater and black pants, appeared engaged in today\u2019s testimony. He seemed to pay close attention to prosecutor Maurene Comey <\/strong>as she questioned U.S. government summary witness Joseph Cerciello<\/strong>, a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security.
Paul, the ex-assistant, struck an ambiguous note as he concluded testimony for the day. When asked by prosecutor Christy Slavik<\/strong> how he feels about Diddy today, Paul replied with two cryptic words: \u201cIt\u2019s complicated.\u201d
Cerciello, the Homeland Security special agent, testified about charts of evidence compiled by prosecutors to confirm they correspond to thousands of pages of records, including text messages.
Diddy will almost surely not testify. But it doesn\u2019t really matter. That\u2019s because in a modern criminal case \u2014 especially a federal criminal case \u2014 prosecutors can get witnesses and defendants\u2019 \u201ctestimony\u201d in front of the jury without them ever taking the stand. Combing through thousands of pages of text messages is something at which special agents and federal prosecutors excel. It doesn\u2019t matter that a single text message or a short series of messages could be taken out of context. Prosecutors will introduce it and add their own context. After all, if the defendant thinks these statements are misleading, he can take the stand and dispute them, right? Except, most of the time, the defendant does not take the stand.
In this case so far, the star witnesses have arguably not been the humans. They have been things like text messages, financial records and other documents. For some reason, people have always put things in text messages as though they could never become public. We\u2019re all guilty of that, too. All of us are likely part of a text message \u201cgroup\u201d with our friends or family where we say things that, if publicly revealed, would cause us a lot of problems. Certainly for Diddy, these texts have caused him a lot of problems \u2014 arguably more than the people who testified against him.
U.S. government prosecutors are expected to rest their case on Monday. Diddy\u2019s defense team has signaled it will need around two days to present its case. If that rough timeline holds, closing arguments could take place Thursday.
PSA: Every night during Diddy\u2019s trial, NBC\u2019s \u201cDateline\u201d will drop special episodes of the \u201cTrue Crime Weekly\u201d podcast to get you up to speed. \u201cDateline\u201d correspondent Andrea Canning<\/strong> chats with NBC News\u2019 Chloe Melas<\/strong> and special guests \u2014 right in front of the courthouse. Listen here<\/a>.
Daniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News.
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