Judge Arun Subramanian, who is presiding over Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking trial, warned the music mogul that he would be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to nod at the jury.
“Absolutely unacceptable,” Judge Subramanian said during one of the trial’s lunch breaks on Thursday, per AP News . At the time, he told Combs’ lawyers that he saw Combs looking at the jury and “nodding vigorously” during the cross-examination of Bryana “Bana” Bongolan, one of the several witnesses who claims they have experienced violence from Combs.
Judge Subramanian warned the defense that if Combs pulled the behavior again, it could “result in the exclusion” of their client “from the courtroom.”
“It cannot happen again,” the judge said to attorney Marc Agn