The federal judge overseeing the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs scolded his defense lawyers Thursday and warned he could be removed from the courtroom after he apparently flashed facial expressions at jurors.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that Combs would try to interact with the panel during recent testimony.
“I was very clear there should be no facial expressions to the jury and I could not have been clearer,” Subramanian said, adding that “there was a line of questioning where your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury.”
“There should be no efforts to have any interactions with this jury,” he added.
Subramanian asked defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo if this would happen again.
“No your honor, it’s not going to happen again,” Agnifilo replied.
Courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg, who has had her eyes and binoculars on Combs for over a month, told NBC News that he has been making facial expressions both affirmatively and negatively depending on the testimony, and has been attempting to interact with various members of the jury since the beginning of the trial.
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