Howard Schweitzer (8:37)

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Flo (9:09)

Wealth and fame can buy your way out of accountability, and today, this judge did not send that message. Now, there was videos and patterns of abuse which helped the judge get to this verdict. Now let's talk about that hotel video. Defense attorneys have tried to downplay it, calling it just an evidence of toxic stuff and a loving 11 year relationship just had toxic moments or whatever, that's debatable. But at the end of the day, one thing we can't debate, it is definitely evidence of abuse. That video shows Combs physically attacking Cassie in a way that's impossible to justify. And this isn't an isolated incident. Prosecutors allege this was a year long pattern. Years long, I should say, of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Now think about what this means for the survivors in this case. If a powerful man like Diddy can be seen on video abusing someone and yet still claim innocence, what does that say to the victims of abuse everywhere else? It says their stories don't matter. It says the system protects the abuser, not the abused. Today the judge didn't. Didn't send that message. Today, the judge protected the abused. But denying bail, that changes the narrative. It says no one is above the law. Again, today, the judge protected the abused. A broader conversation about power and accountability. We can have that conversation because it's bigger than Sean Diddy. Combs, Mohawk Diddy, the diddler, whatever you want to call him, it's bigger than him. It's about the systems that have allowed powerful men like Diddy to exploit others time and time and time again. It's about the music industry, the entertainment world and how they enable abuse by turning a blind eye. Turning a blind eye to disgusting ass behavior. Diddy isn't the first celebrity to face these kinds of allegations and sadly he won't be the last. But what happens in the, in this trial could set a serious precedent. Will we continue to let fame and fortune shield predators or will we finally say enough is a fucking enough? And I tell you one thing, we as a people have said enough is enough. And I think they starting to hear our, our cries or hear our voice. Keeping Diddy in custody until his trial sends a powerful message. Survivors voices do matter. Their safety matters. And no amount of money or fame can buy your way out of, out of justice and accountability. Now the trial is set for May 5, 2025. That's when we'll see the real evidence. That's when we'll see the real testimony from the witnesses. They'll take the stand and every nook and cranny of this case will be exposed. Until then, we're going to continue to ride this wave and support the survivors, amplify their voices and demand accountability. Now on this journey is going to be people who still going to be skeptical. Skeptical. But let me ask you this. If someone with this much power, money and influence can be accused of such heinous acts and still be denied bail, doesn't that tell you something about the strength of the case against this man? They must have so much irrefutable evidence that they can't let him go. This, this had a lot of people, it was a lot of people on the edge of their seats. I had people in my comments in my inbox saying that if Diddy is let go on bail, then their whole belief and the justice system is shattered. I had people damn near in tears sending me messages wondering would Diddy be set free or let free. This was an important, one important decision. With all the rumors swirling, TD Jakes just had a stroke or a heart attack or some type of medical condition. Although a lot of people aren't buying it, a lot of people are saying either he's faking it or he's getting it because of all this stress going on because he's on the Diddy tapes. It's just really been a lot going on. And with this judge, for this judge to take a decision that was supposed to be, we supposed to get this decision Friday. He didn't get any new information or anything. It's almost like there was so much fucking pressure on his ass that he had to give this ruling at the very last second so that after he gives the ruling, he could just shut his fucking phone off and go enjoy Thanksgiving. Because why would you wait until then, after hours, the day before Thanksgiving, to give a ruling that we all know, and we all pretty much couldn't see no other decision that you could make besides holding this man behind bars because he was even behind bars, was breaking the rules. So everybody pretty much with common sense knew. It's like, oh, you can't get his guy bail. But for some reason, the judge pushed it from Friday. That's Friday, Monday, Tuesday, all day Wednesday to Wednesday night. He didn't do that by accident, y'all. That was. He did that on purpose. He said, ain't no way in hell, because he knew this was. This would mean Diddy's for sure going to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas in there. I don't know if they're going to come up with another, you know, Diddy bag of Mohawk, Diddy bag of tricks. He might figure out a way to come up with another bail hearing or something. I don't know. This has been the man of a thousand bail hearings. I've never seen it. But we do know pretty much now this guarantees Thanksgiving and Christmas. So there was a lot of pressure. You gotta realize, think about this, y'all. This. I try to point stuff out to y'all to help see the magnitude of what we dealing with here. Everybody and they, mama knew he has done way too much. And they have receipts. He has done way too much. Even before he went to prison or jail, he had done way too much to even think he could get a bail. That's why they didn't give him one at the beginning. That's why they didn't give him bail at the very soon as they arrested him. Right? But then inside of the prison, inside of jail, while he's inside jail, he's using different social media accounts he's not supposed to. He's using inmates numbers, making calls. They even said he was threatening employees. He. He was. They found evidence that he wrote out, basically telling on himself that he paid people to give him good reviews on Instagram or whatever. Now he gets all of that. And you mean to tell me that the judge couldn't make that decision Friday? You mean to tell me it took him to the 25th hour the night before we about to eat turkey, macaroni, cheese, greens. Please don't run out of macaroni and cheese, by the way. That's my number one thing. If you invite Me to your house for Thanksgiving. That's the one day you can't run out of macaroni and cheese. But. But let me get back on subject. You mean to tell me it took him all the way to the night before Thanksgiving to say that he denied him bail? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. It. He has so much pressure on him. Think about it, y'all. Cause anybody, especially in the business world, you'll understand. Business days, it's like when you have. I've been an entrepreneur most of my life, so I know when you have, like, shit that you supposed to do for, like, let's say, like, customers in this case. So let's look at Diddy as a customer, and the judge has control over whatever. And so when the. When they bugging you, say the customer's bugging me. If I have to give a decision or something, I'd rather do it right at the end of the work day. And then the next day is Thanksgiving, and then it's the weekend. So it's like he. The judge knew had he laid this down Friday, the defense would have put so much paperwork in motions, and Diddy would have been calling all the diddlers and Mohawk diddies across the world to send whatever paperwork because he knew he would be trying like hell to be out for the holidays. Think about it. So that's why the judge did not take that do that rule. That judge waited all the way until close of business day to Wednesday before Thanksgiving to say no bail. And we ain't mad at him, but I'm just saying I'm let. Pay attention to how much pressure people be saying, like, they like that I'm able to break this down and break that down, and it's just. It's a lot of, like, intuition and common sense, because if you pay attention to the moves, like, you might not see the pressure. Like, we might not see the pressure that this judge is under, you know, like, physically or, like, with our eyes. But if you just use common sense and you know that there's no good reason for him to tick from Friday to the end of Wednesday, then, you know, oh, he had hella pressure to. They were trying to force him into a bail. Given Diddy bail, and he knew he couldn't do it, and he said, you know what? I got to get this ruling at the last fucking second so I can enjoy my Thanksgiving. Goodbye, Diddy. No bail, no Diddy, no Bailey. But, yeah. 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