Sarah Krissoff, a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding Sean “Diddy” Combs’s defense team strategy during the first week of the hip-hop star’s sex-trafficking trial.
Sarah said the defense is taking advantage of their client’s case not matching a typical sex-trafficking or racketeering prosecution, given that his alleged victims were once his romantic partners. “Combs’s conduct may not fit precisely into what the jurors imagine when they hear the term ‘sex trafficking,’” she said. “They are thinking of simpler scenarios, and this long-term, complex, and abusive relationship is going to be a bit harder for them to grapple with.” Still, she said that if jurors hate Combs, they will find a way to fit his conduct into the charges.
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