A juror in the sex trafficking trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs has been removed after giving inconsistent answers about where he lives.
During jury selection, the juror indicated on a questionnaire that he lived in the Bronx area of New York. But more recently, he told a court staffer he had moved in with his girlfriend in New Jersey.
On Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian said he had found "several inconsistencies" between the juror's answers in court transcripts, which he said could suggest a desire to "be deceptive" in an effort to get on the jury.
Lawyers for Combs had opposed the decision, saying that Combs would be "substantially prejudiced by the dismissal" of a black male from the jury.
The juror has been replaced by an alternative juror, a 57-year-old white father from Westchester.
