Speaker 10 (00:08):
Oh, here they come.
Speaker 11 (00:09):
Diddy, how do you feel?
Mr. Agnifilo (00:09):
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. It is not a party till we're all here. Come on. Come on.
(00:22)
All right. Thank you all for being patient. Am I speaking loud enough? You all can hear me okay? All right. Today's a great victory. It's a great victory for Sean Combs. It's a great victory for the jury system. You saw that the Southern District of New York prosecutors came at him with all that they had. They're not stopping. But one thing stands between all of us and a prison, and that is a jury of 12 citizens. And we had a wonderful jury. They listened to every word and they got the situation right, or certainly right enough. They acquitted him of the sex trafficking, which he was absolutely innocent of. They acquitted him of the racketeering conspiracy that he was absolutely innocent of, and all of the components to it. The kidnapping, he was innocent of that, the arson, he was innocent of that. The obstructing justice, he was innocent of that. And that is no longer just me saying that, that is the verdict of our jury.
(01:43)
So today's a great day. Today is a win. Today is a victory of all victories for Sean Combs and our legal team. And I want to say one thing. There are very few people around whom a legal team could coalesce and become one, and Sean Combs is that person and we are all blessed to be part of it. And I am now done speaking to you and I'm going to turn it over to Ms. Geragos.
Ms. Geragos (02:12):
All right. I first want to thank my client, Sean Combs for trusting us, myself and everybody here, this incredible dream team that he put together. Without him, we would not have been able to do this. He is incredible and I want to thank him. I want to thank the jury for putting such great care into this case. They came early every single day and I want to thank them. As I said in my opening standing between all of us and the drastic consequences of the criminal convictions of sex trafficking, and RICO is a jury of our peers. And I thank them. I want to thank the judge and I want to thank, despite the terrible conditions at the MDC, I want to thank good people who work there who ensured that we had sufficient amount of time to prepare for trial. It is extremely difficult to prepare for a federal case in the conditions at the MDC, and they did everything they could to make that happen. I want to thank them.
(03:16)
I also have been saying this since the beginning of this case. Sean Combs has not sexually assaulted anybody. I've been saying this for months. We've said it with each lawsuit that came out. And today that was proven true. The media got it wrong about Sean Combs every single day for nearly two years. I ask that for every time you guys see a civil lawsuit, criminal complaints or criminal indictments, you actually take a look and analyze these, and see whether or not these are actually going to stand up in a court of law, because today they did not. He has not sexually assaulted anybody, certainly hasn't sex trafficked anybody, and the jury found that today. Thank you.
Speaker 12 (04:01):
Ms. Geragos, can you tell us what Mr. Combs wanted [inaudible 00:04:04]?
Ms. Geragos (04:03):
I am now going to pass this over to Mr. Steele.
Mr. Steele (04:09):
Good evening. Good evening. I want to thank the ladies and gentlemen to my right and my left. There is not a better group of honest and ethical, hardworking and zealous lawyers, and I especially wish to thank Marc and Teny for allowing me and everyone else to come together. On behalf of my family, myself, I wish to thank you all for being here and writing truthfully about a man wrongly charged with most of the crimes. And that we all must remember that allegations are nothing. And I like to thank Sean for letting me be here. Thank you all. God bless you.
Speaker 13 (05:02):
What did your client want to say when he raised his hand?
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Thankfully in our country we have a right to a jury trial. And thankfully Mr. Combs took that right. He actually battled for his freedom, for his innocence. He did it. And a lot of times people are too afraid to do it. And he did it and we're so happy that he did. We're proud of him. We are completely honored that he put his faith and his trust in us to fight for him. Today is a major win to show what the system can do. We appreciate and we're so thankful to the jury. Thank you to the court. Thank you New York. It's been a pleasure being here and fighting in your district. Thank you so much. And listen, we appreciate the media. We do. There was a lot of reporting on the accusations. There was a lot of reporting on the indictment. Please report just as vigorously on the acquittal of these counts please, because that's also the right thing to do. Thank you.
Speaker 6 (06:18):
Oh, sure. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. So first of all, I want to thank this wonderful team behind me. I am so happy that they allowed me to join it. I would like to say that I've done a lot of trials, but this is probably the most special one to me. And most important, I want everyone to know the job is not done yet. We're not finished. The job is not done yet. And so I want to, again, thank Marc, Teny and the rest of these wonderful lawyers behind us. They did a fantastic job. And like those before me have said, our system, the jury system is important. We need good people to serve on juries. We need good people to come and say a person is not guilty. Take that courage to do that. It's okay. We want you to serve on juries. This particular jury was a special jury. It was fantastic. It listened. It paid attention. It put the nonsense to the side, it put the distraction to the side, and came to a lawfully, good, just conclusion.
(07:27)
Juries are important. Juries are important. But more important than that, I think is people wanting to be on juries. So for all of you all listening, for all you all in the public, please accept the call, become a juror and do the right thing. Thank you very much.
Speaker 7 (07:46):
Are you sure?
Mr. Agnifilo (07:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (07:54):
It is such a privilege to be a part of this legal team, this amazing legal team, and to represent Sean Combs. And this is a reminder to everyone, I hope, about the flaws in the criminal justice system, and for everyone to take a second look when the government charges people with crimes, and especially when the Southern District of New York does hear. And so I hope everyone takes that seriously, and we take this as an enormous victory and win. This is a huge win. He was acquitted of sex trafficking, acquitted of RICO conspiracy, and he will be able to sleep well at night knowing that. Okay. Thank you to everyone. I appreciate you.
Speaker 14 (08:37):
What did you think about the bail decision?
Mr. Agnifilo (08:38):
Jason.
Speaker 15 (08:39):
Guys, can any of you share what Mr. Combs [inaudible 00:08:43].
Speaker 8 (08:46):
Well, I want to start just by thanking my family and the families of each of the lawyers here for giving us the space and the time to serve Sean and to fight for Sean. I want to thank the court for giving us a fair fight. And you see what happens when you have a good defense team come together in front of a court that gives the defense team a fair fight. And finally, I just want to thank Sean for giving me the honor and the privilege of serving him. Thank you.
Speaker 16 (09:14):
[inaudible 00:09:14] we love you. [inaudible 00:09:22] we love you.
Mr. Agnifilo (09:14):
We love you too.
Speaker 9 (09:24):
I feel like there's not a lot more that I can say because of these wonderful people have really said all there is to say. But I do want to thank Sean for the privilege of this opportunity to help him clear his name. After all, with the Southern District coming after him guns blazing, it really is a testament to the fact that when you get a fair trial and a jury of your peers listens to the evidence, they will do the right thing. And I just want to say again, how proud I am to be part of this team and to have helped Sean get a just verdict.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Are you going to appeal to any convictions?
Speaker 15 (10:06):
Guys, can anyone share what Mr. Combs wanted to say in court when he raised his hand during the bail hearing?
Mr. Agnifilo (10:11):
Does anyone know?
Speaker 8 (10:12):
No.
Speaker 14 (10:13):
Marc, what do you think about the bail decisions? Can you talk about the bail decisions and the judge using defenses' own words to [inaudible 00:10:21] trial about violence?
Mr. Agnifilo (10:22):
I'm not going to talk about the bail decision because it's still a pending unresolved matter. And I don't think we're going to take any more questions. I want to thank you all. You guys have been so diligent and dedicated. I pass you guys in the rain. I walk by you in the sun. And you're all out here every day. I just want to thank you. But I don't think we're going to take any questions.
Speaker 17 (10:44):
Can you take us through the ups and downs of the day though? Because Mr. Combs got acquittals on the major charges. Maybe thought he could go home tonight and then was told he couldn't.
Mr. Agnifilo (10:52):
So a lot of these things are still in process. The one thing I'm going to leave you with this, we are not nearly done fighting. We are just getting started. To win this and to defeat the prosecutors from the Southern District of New York takes effort from beginning to end. Today was a major, major step in the right direction. But we fight on and we're going to win and we're not going to stop until he walks out of prison a free man to his family. Thank you all for coming.
Speaker 18 (11:21):
Did he say anything when the verdict was read?
Speaker 19 (11:23):
[inaudible 00:11:24]
