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Amy Robach
Hey there, folks. It is Friday, June 20, and week six is in the books. We have learned that next week should be the final week of testimony in the Diddy trial. Welcome now to this bonus episode of Amy and TJ Robes. I say a bonus episode. This is not one we were planning to do, but there were some remarkable developments that happened essentially after the testimony ended. And I'm talking about. We've kind of gotten an update on the schedule, and next week should be the final week of testimony in the Diddy trial.
Host 1
Yes. So we learned that the prosecution is most likely going to rest on Monday. But most notably, the defense basically hinted that its case is going to be quicker than we thought. We at first thought it might be a couple weeks.
Amy Robach
Yep, that was the original.
Host 1
Yep. Then we heard maybe two to five days.
Amy Robach
That's what they've been saying this week.
Host 1
And now we're hearing that it might just be a day.
Amy Robach
A day.
Host 1
A day or so. Right. So if the prosecution ends its case on Monday as expected, that means that the defense has. And they say they will want the entire day on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday at most, to the point where the court now has said they're anticipating closing arguments on Thursday, meaning that is when the jury in this case might get this case. Like, that's it. They're gonna start deliberating in less than a week.
Amy Robach
Okay. And what wowed me, okay, the schedule wows me just to think, wow, we've gone through all this, and he got arrested last September. We've been following this story for so long, and now here it is. It's finally to the end. But I was fascinated. How is it possible this man's life was on the line and they actually have stated in court officially we might need only one day to put on our case.
Host 1
Do you think that is posturing in any way?
Amy Robach
They're too smart for that. They're too smart.
Host 1
Part of me thinks like, okay, let the people think that we're going to need weeks to defend ourselves.
Amy Robach
Oh, you're going to go back to then.
Host 1
Oh, okay. I got. Then you go ahead and make a dramatic shift after you've seen what the prosecution got, and you say, you know what? Now that we see it, you might just need a couple days.
Amy Robach
Okay.
Host 1
And then at the end of it, you're like, wow, We. Is that all you got? Yeah, I think we just need it.
Howie Mandel
Okay.
Host 1
So I'm actually thinking this could be a fully. Like, that makes Sense. Doesn't it create a situation in which you're thinking, well, shit, is that all they got? Okay, they don't need to defend themselves further.
Amy Robach
But you're going back to the beginning and thinking saying two to three weeks was a strategic move as well.
Host 1
Correct. So you're going to go ahead and overestimate what you're going to set the expectations for. Like, yeah, we're going to need a couple weeks to defend ourselves. And then a little bit into the prosecution's case, you say, you know what, maybe we just need a couple days. Forget the couple weeks. I do think that would be smart if you were. And they are smart. They know what they're doing. What are the last names in Diddy's defense team? Shapiro, Garagos.
Amy Robach
Legendary legal names.
Host 1
Sound familiar?
Amy Robach
Legendary legal names. Yes, you are correct. Okay, so let's take that as one possibility. Is there another possibility here that they have put on their case already? Meaning the prosecution called so many of the same witnesses that the defense would have called, they got to cross examine them anyway. So they got to put on their case already without having to call those witnesses. They've already interviewed the people they wanted to interview. Is that also a legitimate way of looking at it?
Host 1
I would imagine that they feel good about their cross examination. Yes. That they feel like they are in a strong enough position based on their ability to discredit some of the progress or some of the points that the prosecution was able to make with their witnesses by discrediting them in some way, shape or form so that they now feel like, yeah, we don't have to put on as rigorous of a defense because of what we were able to do in cross examination.
Amy Robach
Do no harm.
Carrie
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Amy Robach
Right. Do no harm. We are in a good position. There's nothing else we can do to further our case. So do no harm and do very well.
Host 1
The defense doesn't have to prove innocence. They just have to cast doubt.
Amy Robach
Yes.
Host 1
That's all they have to do. They have to make one juror think maybe that's not the case. They don't have to prove anything more than that. And that's so honestly like resting in that position of power. Because truly it is an advantage to only have to plant a seed of doubt. Worthy enough of someone saying, I can't convict. That is all you have to actually prove.
Amy Robach
Okay, last question, last scenario. Is it possible you and I have covered a ton of cases from the state level to the federal level throughout a 30 year career? Do you posture in this way? Do attorneys ever roll the dice and posture, meaning they are trying to send a message by saying, you know what? It's not even worth our time because they didn't prove their case. Now, I've heard and I've talked to plenty of attorneys who said that this does happen at times, but this seems like a hell of a gamble with a guy, a case this high profile, and his life is on the line. Is that a gamble worth taking? Simply for the matter of the theatrics, for putting on the show of. Look, guys, we don't even have to waste our time putting on a defense. Is there any part of that you think is factoring into this?
Host 1
I actually think that the attorneys feel like they're in a good position.
Amy Robach
Genuinely.
Host 1
I actually don't think that, as you pointed out, a Garagos or a Shapiro, the daughter of those esteemed attorneys, would actually think that it would be worth a risk or worth a gamble in this place. I do think that they feel like they've planted enough seeds of doubt that they don't have to put on a big production. The question is, though, do we know has anyone actually been able to put up a name of who they will call to the stand? If they've got a day, a day and a half of testimony, who are the people they are putting up on the stand to reiterate or at least bring home their case?
Amy Robach
But they keep adjusting. We don't have an official witness list as of least this recording, but they keep adjusting. Robes. It's one thing for them to go from two weeks to two to three weeks is what they said at the beginning. They went to two to five. They said two to five. Today they're saying one, possibly wild. One and a half.
Host 1
That's wild.
Amy Robach
How do we get down to this man's life, this complicated case? We can defend him and put our case on in a day, in a day. And that's all it takes for us to prove that this man should not be found guilty. I know they did a lot with the cross examination. It just seems like throw anything thing in there, I don't care. Elementary school teacher, I don't give a damn.
Host 1
I'm curious there. I'm curious their strategy in creating those expectations. They're so smart because they know that the jurors don't want to stay longer than they have to.
Amy Robach
Of course.
Host 1
So. But. But once you set those expectations, like two days max, you can't extend like. They have to know when they make these kinds of statements that there is a level of expectation and that expectation is that they are going to go past next week. So then they really do have to wrap up their case, which is interesting in terms of strategy. That must mean. They actually do mean what they say, because it would not do them any good to string the jury along and to be like, oh, we really hope to wrap it up in a day and then suddenly have it last five days. That's not gonna go over well with the jurors, babe.
Amy Robach
How long are jury instructions?
Host 1
I don't.
Amy Robach
They take half a day, at least.
Host 1
That would make sense.
Amy Robach
Okay, so let's say closing arguments are on Thursday. Like, the best case scenario now is for the jury to begin deliberations on Friday. We're not going to get a verdict on Friday.
Host 1
Oh, God.
Amy Robach
Well, so we go through the weekend. They come back on Monday. This is on Monday. This is not a sequestered jury. So now they start a full week of deliberation.
Host 1
That's June 30th.
Amy Robach
June 30th.
Host 1
Okay.
Amy Robach
They start a full week of deliberations. You better believe they will be out of there before 4th of July.
Host 1
Correct.
Amy Robach
Okay, 100% now clockwise. Do you think it works better for the defense of the prosecution if it bleeds into 4th of July? Do you think they're going to be in a hurry to get out of there? So that means let's hurry up and convict or they're going to be a hurry up and get out of there.
Host 1
It depends where the majority is and where the minority is in the jury room. 100%. But I also wonder, wait, how much does this play into it? Have you ever been on a jury, by the way?
Amy Robach
No.
Host 1
Neither have I. I don't think people like us tend to be on juries. I don't think they tend to want people like us who report the news on juries. But I'm thinking here, does it play any factor to know that the state or. Sorry, I always say the state because I'm used to that. But the feds. The feds in this case took five weeks basically to present their case. Correct. Five weeks. Is that what it is? Okay. And that the defense didn't waste your time. They just like. Does that make you feel more just like, wow, I appreciate the defense. They. They only. They told me what I needed to know in one day. It took the feds five weeks to tell me what I needed to know. Does that play into the psychology, them to the defense?
Amy Robach
A little.
Host 1
I'm just asking that, that's all. That's my question.
Amy Robach
You know, I Again, we haven't been in the courtroom. We have been all kinds of reports about the energy and the back and forth and sometimes between the juries. You know what? There hasn't been that much talk about the demeanor of the jurors. Every time or sometime.
Host 1
You can't have a talk about that. Correct.
Amy Robach
Well, they grimace at the video. Little nuggets like that have come out. But we haven't heard a whole lot about their emotions and how they're doing. So nobody knows where their heads are. But romes to think next Thursday, there are closing arguments in this case. It's so at the end of today. I think the headline came out when testimony was over. And yes, we did hear from Brendan Paul today, finally. And I think Rose, we, we had the earlier episode today, if you want to check that out. We did go through his testimony, what he was talking about in our earlier regular Diddy trial update. We're doing this bonus episode because there was more here that actually warranted the headlines. But there was something Brendan Paul we didn't get to talk about earlier and how he wrapped up the testimony and it really goes to so show who he is, maybe the age he is, the relationship he had and how this is all just kind of a mess and it's not as simple as it seems.
Host 1
No, he did not want to testify against his former boss. And even when he was arrested, caught with cocaine in a Miami area airport in a goyard bag, he didn't even give up, did he, at that point either? He did not say, this isn't mine, this is my boss's. No. So he said he didn't do any of that for one simple reason. Loyalty. And you saw that on the stand even today, like you did when he was testifying. You know, this isn't something he chose to do, wanted to do, sought out to do. He had no reason to want to be there.
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The helm of NBC Nightly News, a 75 year old broadcast, it's a great responsibility. Good evening, I'm Tom Yamas. You have to go out there to bring people at home closer to the store. Wildfires continue to be a threat. With that massive hurricane comes the massive response. The best reporters in our business know how to listen. And when you listen, you get the truth. For NBC News, NBC News, NBC News. I'm Tom Gamma. That's what we do every night.
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Amy Robach
And the defense only got up. He was up there an hour and A half. It was pretty quick with the prosecution. They questioned for an hour and a half. The. The cross examination only went, I think, tops, 15 minutes. But then on redirect, the prosecution asked a few questions, and it was that last question. We. We have seen a couple of pretty good last questions, some poignant moments, some powerful moments when people have wrapped their testimony. But he was asked directly how he felt about Sean Diddy Combs today. The guy he looked up to, the guy who taught him so much, the guy that was an inspiration to him, the guy taught him about the business, gave an opportunity, but also the guy who has him now testifying about using drugs, buying drugs, and all this. How, Brendan Paul, do you feel about Sean Diddy Combs today?
Host 1
So this was interesting by the folks who were there in the courtroom. They described Paul as not having a quick or a definitive response. But ultimately, after he paused, he said, it's complicated. Wow. And I actually feel like hearing him say that, taking the pause he needed to have before he described it made it that much more authentic. And everything he testified to beforehand, he was. It just look, when you're a juror, you're looking to see, is this person testifying before me speaking the truth. And I do think in those moments when you have those questions that require nothing but an honest answer, and you'll know if it's not, you then can kind of look back at the previous testimony and base it off of that answer. And to me, that was that moment where he said, it's complicated.
Amy Robach
And that's. We should all take that out of this. We want it to be black and white, good and bad. Right? Good versus evil. This is so simple. But it's not. This is right. And, And I'm always reminded, because we've talked to a lot of people who have been. And we've been in that position and other people who've been in the position of being kind of tabloid fodder, if you will. And it's easy for you to. To look at this kid, and he has been labeled as something other than a human being. He's been labeled as what, a drug mule? Mule. So when you label somebody as something other than a human being, a college student, a college graduate, a young man.
Host 1
A basketball player, basketball.
Amy Robach
Somebody impressionable, a son, a boyfriend, a this or that. Right. We're looking at him as something other than that. Until today, to be honest. He got up there and from what we've read, we couldn't see it. But he was a kid. Imagine being 22. And the biggest star in the world you want to be in, wants you to work for him. Yes, I will do anything you tell me to do. And it just, it humanizes so much of the testimony, makes these folks human in a way that I think so much of the tabloid fodder and foolishness has not. And I think this kid, in a lot of. Yes, he's 26. 26.
Host 1
December. He'll be 27.
Amy Robach
Okay. He's 26 year old. He's still a kid.
Host 1
Yeah.
Amy Robach
And so we just. I don't know. He. He was humanized in a way for me. And I think that final answer was humanized him greatly.
Host 1
Look, I think we, we are watching this trial. A lot of us are continually shocked and surprised at how some other people live their lives or choose to live their lives. Who are the victims, who are complicit, who are the evildoers?
Amy Robach
It's hard to know who are the willing participants. Right. There's a fine line between all that stuff.
Host 1
It is an eye opening experience. But I do hope, and I think we both hope as we continue to cover what's going on inside that courtroom, that everyone also just gives people a little bit of space and a little bit of grace. You don't know what people are going through, what their aspirations or what their, what their situations are and why or how they make decisions. I think this is, it's tough. There are fine lines and fuzzy lines between victims, perpetrators, between being complicit and being abused. There are so many questions. And we're going to continue to have these conversations about different industries and you know, this has been all kind of blown open over the last several years.
Amy Robach
And all you just said. Brendan Paul summed it up today in his final answer.
Host 1
Wow, it's complicated.
Amy Robach
That's it. It really is. Yeah, it is. So another day. Six. Six weeks of testimony in the books. Next week, I think we can say confidently. Right. Will be the final week of testimony.
Host 1
I think by all accounts. Yes.
Amy Robach
In the Diddy trial. And this jury could be deliberating by the end of next week, folks. Yeah, there were some significant updates, so we thought it was worth jumping on and giving you those updates again. Thank you. We appreciate you going along on this journey with us. We have learned a lot as we've reported a lot about this case. But folks, thank you. As always. Continue to follow us because obviously it's a, it's a Friday. We didn't plan on doing this. We had other plans.
Host 1
No, we didn't. Yes. But we're always here and we're always checking in. So thank you for checking in with us and have a great weekend.
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Podcast Summary: Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes present: Aubrey O’Day, Covering the Diddy Trial
Episode: The Diddy Trial: Timeline Surprise BONUS Episode
Release Date: June 20, 2025
Hosted by: Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes
Featuring: Aubrey O’Day
Podcast Platform: iHeartPodcasts
In this bonus episode of "Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes present: Aubrey O’Day, Covering the Diddy Trial," hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes provide listeners with crucial updates on the high-profile trial involving music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs. Joined by Aubrey O’Day, a former protege of Diddy, the discussion delves into recent developments, strategic moves by the defense, and the potential timeline leading to the trial's conclusion.
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As the Diddy trial approaches its climax, Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes, and Aubrey O’Day offer insightful analyses into the strategic maneuvers of the defense, the emotional depth of key testimonies, and the anticipated timeline leading to a verdict. This bonus episode provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the trial's current state, underscoring the complexities and human elements that define high-profile legal cases.
Note: This summary intentionally excludes advertisements, introductory segments, and non-content sections to focus solely on the substantive discussions related to the Diddy trial.