The federal judge in the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-crimes case threatened to oust the embattled music mogul from court for the remainder of his highly publicized trial on Thursday.
Judge Arun Subramanian slammed Combs shortly after the jury was excused for a lunch break on Thursday, June 5, admonishing him for attempting to influence jurors. While speaking directly to Combs' lead attorney Marc Agnifilo, the judge said that "I was very clear there were not to be any facial expressions or any attempts to influence the jury."
During the cross-examination of Bryana "Bana" Bongolan, a fashion designer and friend of Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine, Subramanian told Agnifilo that "your client was looking at the jury and nodding vigorously."
The judge said if that happened again, even one more time, he would speak to the jury about it and may have Combs removed from the courtroom for the duration of the trial.
This story is developing.
