Lauren LaRosa (11:22)
And while the judge is talking about what they're able to use and you know, Diddy's attorneys are like, I mean, Brian Still's head was in his hands, his face was in his hands, like in disbelief almost. You had two of Diddy's attorneys stand up, Shapiro and Teeny Jergo stand up and talk about how being able to use anything he was acquitted of, how harshly that's going to impact his sentencing. The judge used the word it would be non consequential because you can only use it when having conversation around how we arrive to the actual things he was charged with. Right. Which honestly, in my opinion, I'm like, there's no way that you only use it for certain things. And you're, this is those things that you're talking about when it comes to force coercion, the beating of the women, that all speaks to character. It's hard to not consider that when you're making a determination on sentencing. And Teeny Garrick made a good point. She said, hey, I just want to put on record you said the word non consequential. Can we please discuss like, yes, it is. And the judge corrected himself he said, you know, my bad, if that's the word I use. But I want to be specific when I say, you know, here is how I imply for you, for. For us as the court to be able to use anything he was acquitted of in sentencing. And the way that I am thinking about this and the way that it should be set up based on previous case law is not when it comes to the conversation of sentencing guidelines, but solely to understand how we arrived here. And the reason why I keep saying that is because the judge is arguing and the court is believing that in order for Diddy to be convicted of prostitution charges, he had to be able to force the women. He had to be able to put fear of the women. He had to be able to. Able to all of the things run an enterprise where people protected what he was doing. And there's multiple people involved. And it's obvious that they're setting up, you know, Diddy team lines for an appeal because Shapiro began to speak to that. But, man, when them kids got up there, because now you have Nicole Westmoreland, she's crying and in the temperature, I'm telling y', all going into this like, oh, they about to throw the book at him. They're not buying me that this, man, it was an addict who made mistakes. They're not buying it. They're not buying the downplaying decision to beat Cassie up and down the hallway. As, you know, a dark moment in time that he's now rehabilitated itself from. And it was obvious that the court is not buying it. Nicole Westmoreland gets up there, she's crying. She's talking about the impact on the black community as a black woman, what it means to her, how she saw diddy speak in D.C. and, you know, how it moved her and all these things. I think she was really trying to make the judge understand how much of a vessel Diddy is. He's better outside of a jail than inside. Is was her ending point. Then the kids get up. I cried, y'. All, Like, I was like, oh, my God. And it wasn't because I feel bad for Diddy. I think a lot of the decisions that he's made has ended him up here. I wish him the best, though. But it was more so about these kids. Did not choose this. Like, they did not. They did not choose to be in this situation. They did not choose a life that was. End them up in this courtroom, crying in front of all these people. All the headlines, all the. One of the twins, one of the com twins said, please like, she was begging the judge, sobbing, crying, begging the judge, judge, please allow us the opportunity to heal as a family and not as a headline. Christian was. Was the first. Hey, how you doing? Christian was the first of. I mean, well, Quincy spoke first, then Justin, then Christian. But Christian was the most emotional. He was emotional first. So he talked about, you know, everybody knows Christian and Diddy's relationship. Did. He has a relationship with all of his kids, but Christian is like the guy's twin. You know what I mean? So he talked about, you know, understanding and feeling his dad differently than even potentially some of his siblings and knowing that his dad has changed over time because of conversations. But when the girls begin to speak, man, Diddy's hands dropped into his head. He couldn't even. He was. He was watching them. He had to turn away at some points. Like it was. It was really tough. Like it was. It was hard. I was crying. People sitting next to me, we're crying. I'm looking in the courtroom on the monitor. You know, Diddy's breaking down. You got people. I still saw Misa Hilton crying. Who's Justin Combs? Mom? Like, then they play this video that shows all of his, like, family interactions and these moments. Diddy couldn't even watch the video. And the. The craziest thing about all of this is from now. So the day we were on break for lunch, going into lunch, it ended emotionally heavy. Before that, it was very much, the court is giving no remorse. Remorse to Diddy. And the whole time, I kept thinking two things. These kids did not ask for this, and I feel so bad for them. And another thing I. I thought of is Diddy's ego and his addiction is what ended us up here. And I. I just. I. I wish and I hope that when he speaks, he readjusts whatever he had planned, because it is very obvious that the judge is not. You don't feel remorse from Diddy. And I think. I think what would be most impactful to hear from Diddy today before court ends is he was an addict. And. And what that really means. So I think people are removing that, too, because, I mean, obviously, because you saw a woman be beat on camera, so you're not gonna. You don't sympathize with it with a woman abuser, and you shouldn't. But I think that there is something to. I'm remorseful. But not only am I remorseful, now I understand exactly what is up to be able to begin to fix it. Do I think that the judge feels like the amount of time that he has been locked up is enough time to just let him walk free with supervisor lease? Hell no. I don't think that. I don't think that the judge is right now as a court is like a little bit after 1pm the sentencing of Sean Diddy Combs. I don't see a judge taking it easy on him whatsoever. This is the latest with Laurent Rosa. I'll be back at the end of court to give you guys some talk on whatever happened at the end of each episode. I tell you guys, I am always appreciative for you guys tuning in my low riders who've been rocking out with me, born or not. I appreciate you guys because y' all could be anywhere with anybody talking about this stuff, hearing all the recaps. But y' all choose to be here with me every single episode and for that I am so thankful. Every single episode. I'm so thankful. So thank you guys. 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