Overview

• Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed Juror No. 6 after finding that his conflicting accounts of New York and New Jersey residency raised concerns about his honesty.
• The juror, a 41-year-old Black man, was replaced by a 57-year-old white male alternate from Westchester County.
• Combs’s defense team argued the dismissal undermined jury diversity and accused prosecutors of racially motivated jury selection practices.
• Prosecutors are expected to rest their case this week after six weeks of testimony that has included video excerpts of alleged “freak-off” sex parties.
• The defense is preparing to call witnesses to contest prosecutors’ portrayal of sexual encounters as coerced rather than consensual.