US EditionSean 'Diddy' Combs loses mistrial bid in sex trafficking trial
- A federal judge in Manhattan rejected Sean 'Diddy' Combs' defense request for a mistrial in his sex trafficking trial on Wednesday.
- The mistrial request followed testimony about destroyed fingerprint cards from the 2012 firebombing of Kid Cudi's Porsche, which defense lawyers argued prejudiced the jury.
- The trial, in its third week, includes evidence that Combs became enraged weeks before the firebombing when he learned Cudi was dating Combs' former partner Cassie.
- Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro claimed prosecutorial misconduct had occurred and argued that the damage caused could not be undone, while Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik maintained that the request for a mistrial was completely unjustified.
- Combs, who denies charges of heading a two-decade racketeering scheme fueled by intimidation and violence, faces a potential sentence of 15 years to life if found guilty; while motions for mistrial often arise in extensive federal cases with numerous witnesses and evidence, this represented the first such motion in his ongoing trial.
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