Several alleged victims -- most of them anonymous -- plan to testify against Diddy when the trial kicks off ... including Cassie. While Cassie will use her own name, the judge ruled that "Victim 3" and "Victim 4" will go by pseudonyms and "Victim 2" will just be called "Victim 2."
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00:00Well, just less than, what, about two weeks, just over two weeks from Diddy's trial starting, the federal trial.
00:07And he had a, there was a hearing this morning, a very important one, where there were some things that his side wanted and they did not get.
00:15And the judge shut it down.
00:17The lesser of those two being when the trial starts.
00:20It will start on time.
00:22Defense went in two extra months.
00:23Two extra months.
00:24And the judge said, nope, we are starting on time.
00:27So that part they got.
00:28The other part has to do with the alleged victims who are going to be in court testifying.
00:35And it has to, look, we know that victim number one is Cassie because they've attached victim one to the videotape beating.
00:44And they've made it clear that she's going to identify herself.
00:46Right.
00:46And that she's going to testify.
00:48Three other victims.
00:49Three other victims.
00:49Alleged victims.
00:50Right.
00:50And they will remain anonymous.
00:53So here's, here's the way that works.
00:55They will testify in open court.
00:59They will be on the stand for the jury to see, for the lawyers to see, for Diddy to see, and for people in the peanut gallery to see.
01:08Um, but they will not be using their real names.
01:12And, um, why is that important?
01:15Um, for a couple of reasons.
01:18Victim, alleged, victims two and three, according to the complaint.
01:22We know they are ex-girlfriends.
01:24Right.
01:25And there are probably going to be, um, photographs of those people out with Diddy over the years.
01:32I'm certain of that.
01:34Um, we are told our recon is victim four was not a girlfriend.
01:41It was somebody who worked for Diddy.
01:43Okay.
01:44And the argument that the defense had in this case was, we need to see if somebody hears her name and then would come forward if they think.
01:57To say something that would refute something they're testifying.
02:01That's right.
02:01Right.
02:01And it's, uh, there's a right in the legal system, the right to confront witnesses.
02:07They argued that, especially for victim four, if, if people don't know who it is, they're not going to come forward.
02:18It's already difficult to come forward to say anything positive about Diddy.
02:21And they're saying they lose their right to confront, especially with that person, um, because nobody really knows the relationship unless the name is used.
02:33And that's why they made that point.
02:35Yeah.
02:35In cases like this, you're always attempting to battle.
02:37The court is trying to balance the individual, the, the, the, the alleged victims rights to privacy against the defendant's right to be able to fully defend themselves.
02:46And often times, so I've seen in the past, they'll come down on the, on the defense's side because the right to put on a defense trumps most of the rights.
02:56But here the judge felt differently and kept at least the, these, their identities, uh, kept them from the public.
03:03Now the defense will know who they are and they can conduct their own investigation, uh, across examination, but the public at large.
03:09Well, but what's weird is that you are going to have people, unless the judge is going to clear the court,
03:13but you're going to have people in the gallery who are going to see, even though they're not using their names, but they're going to recognize that that is whoever.
03:23And then the question is, is the media going to say, Oh, I know who that.
03:26So the media, you would imagine the media is going to keep, is going to follow the judge's rules because they want to cover the trial, right?
03:33Most media.
03:34But the problem is that you have people in the gallery who may be bloggers, who may be just on social media.
03:40Absolutely.
03:40Are you going to trust that all those people aren't going to go run to social media and say, Oh, I saw whoever the judge can't, the judge can't order this, the country not to do it.
03:51So you're right.
03:52There are going to, there are going to be leaks in this thing.
03:54By the way, there was something else that happened in court today.
03:57Um, and it really aligns with the Harvey Weinstein case.
04:00You know, his, uh, one of his, um, convictions, they, it was overturned because, uh, the judge allowed in testimony from women who were not part of the complaint.
04:10Um, the prosecution wanted to, um, for introduced numerous women, um, and the judge limited it to just one.
04:20So that ended up being a victory for the, for the defense.
04:24Yeah.
04:25Going to be an interesting case.
04:27Hi, I'm Darler from Louisiana, and I think these victims should be able to remain anonymous because it's a mean world.
04:34And we see these ladies getting torn down every day.
04:37So give them their chance to tell their story anonymously.
04:40It's going to be really hard with people from the public in the courtroom.
04:45Yeah, I think you're right.
04:46How the judge keeps it.
04:47It's like the story about, you know, the dam where you live with the leaks.