Juror 6 reportedly claimed during jury selection that he lived in the Bronx but told court staff he lived in New Jersey
The judge presiding over the high-profile federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs dismissed a juror on Monday over conflicting statements about his residency.
The juror, identified as Juror 6, reportedly claimed during jury selection that he lived in the Bronx, but last week, prosecutors said that he told a court staff member that he had been living in New Jersey, making him ineligible for a Manhattan federal jury.
“Taking these all together, the record raised serious concerns as to the juror’s candor and whether he shaded answers to get on and stay on the jury,” Judge Arun Subramanian said in court on Monday.
The judge’s decision came after the prosecutors alerted the court to the juror’s contradictory statements last week. The judge said on Friday that he found “several inconsistencies” in the juror’s statements.
