MUGSHOTS - PUFF DADDY shootin w SHYNE, JLO, WOLF & STOUTE beating, DEATH ROW Beefs and more
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The prosecutor tried to say that Puff was leaning over in the navigator to take off his holster..
They found a gun and hoslter on the floor.
The prosecutor tried to say that Puff was leaning over in the navigator to take off his holster..
They found a gun and hoslter on the floor.
Shadowy ‘Scar’ Won’t Testify At Puffy Trial
Jurors will still hear from man who allegedly sparked shootings, via handwritten statement.
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NEW YORK — Matthew “Scar” Allen, the shadowy figure whose verbal assault on Sean “Puffy” Combs allegedly sparked the Club New York shootings, will not testify in Combs’ trial, lawyers said Monday.
Jurors will still hear Allen’s claim that he saw Combs and Jamal “Shyne” Barrow fire guns at the club on December 27, 1999 — through a handwritten statement Allen gave to prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos in January. They will be asked to remember that defense lawyers were not able to cross-examine Allen.
Lawyers on both sides of the case agreed to the arrangement during a private conference Monday afternoon (March 5), and did not publicly give any reason for Allen’s planned absence.
Jurors have not been told that Allen became a fugitive in January after failing to appear at a hearing in an unrelated Brooklyn criminal case, or that he was arrested on February 21 in Maryland and held on $1 million bail as a material witness in the Puffy case (see “Fugitive Witness In Puffy Case Found” ).
Allen had been scheduled to testify as part of the prosecutor’s rebuttal case, which is expected to begin Wednesday.
Earlier Monday, Shyne’s lawyers rested their case after calling clubgoer Tavon Jones, who was the second witness to testify that someone who was neither Combs nor Shyne fired the first shot at Club New York (see “Someone Fired Gun Before Shyne Drew Weapon, Witness Says” ).
Jones, a photographer, said he saw the gunman, whom he described as an African-American with braided hair, talking in angry tones with two other men in the club’s bathroom, about 45 minutes before the shooting.
Judge Charles Solomon did not allow Jones to share the contents of the conversation with the jury, ruling them to be hearsay. What Jones would have said is that the men were “planning what appeared to be a robbery of Mr. Combs,” Shyne’s lawyer Ian Niles said.
“Let’s melt these nikkas for their cheddar,” the men said, according to Niles. “F— him and his champagne.”
Jones did tell the jury that the man with the braids fired into the club’s ceiling. Jones then hit the floor and heard as many as three more shots, but didn’t see where they came from, he said.
The witness said he believed Combs and Shyne had left the club by the time of the shooting, while conceding he couldn’t be sure because he lost sight of them in the crowd.
Shyne’s lawyers also called a ballistics expert, Charles Haase, who said it wasn’t necessarily Shyne’s bullets that hit the shooting victims at Club New York. And even if they were hit by Shyne’s bullets, he said, the injuries could have been the unintentional results of ricochets, rather than direct hits.
Rather than exonerating Shyne of allegations that he fired a gun at Club New York, the rapper’s lawyers appear to be focused on clearing him of only the most serious charges against him — attempted murder and assault. Shyne also faces reckless endangerment and weapons possession charges.(Click HERE for a complete explanation of the charges in the case. ClickHERE our complete trial coverage.)
Lawyers for Combs and bodyguard Anthony “Wolf” Jones rested their defense cases on Thursday.
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Puffy Jurors Finally Hear From ‘Scar,’ But Not In Person
Mysterious ex-fugitive, in statement read to jury, claims to have seen Puff Daddy fire gun in club.
SCAR LETTER:
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by brian hiatt 3/7/2001
NEW YORK — The jury in Sean “Puffy” Combs’ criminal trial finally heard from the mysterious Matthew “Scar” Allen on Wednesday, but not in person. Instead, New York City Police Detective Joseph Sweeney read Allen’s written account of seeing Combs and Jamal “Shyne” Barrow fire guns in Club New York, and endured cross-examination in Allen’s place.
The detective also revealed for the first time the identity of the man who threw money at Combs just before the shooting. It was a friend of Allen’s with the unlikely name of Marcus Welby, according to Allen’s account.
Allen, whose verbal assault on Combs allegedly sparked the shooting and who is in a New York jail, was scheduled to testify this week until lawyers from both sides agreed to instead allow his written account to be introduced (see “Shadowy ‘Scar’ Won’t Testify At Puffy Trial” ).
“Matthew Allen is unavailable to testify,” Judge Charles Solomon told jurors, urging them not to speculate on the reasons for his absence. The reasons have not been explained in open court, and remain a mystery.
At least one juror, a middle-aged woman, was visibly shocked Wednesday when Detective Sweeney reached the part of Allen’s statement in which he described Combs firing a gun at the club: “Puffy had a gun in his right hand as I was running out. I could see both Shyne and Puffy firing guns. … I saw the fire coming out of their guns.”
Only one other witness, shooting victim Natania Reuben, has described seeing Combs shoot at the club, although three others said they saw him with a gun that night. The rap mogul faces gun-possession and bribery charges in the case, but is not charged with shooting a gun. Shyne is on trial for attempted murder, among other charges.
Sweeney, one of the lead detectives on the Combs case, said authorities sought Allen for months after the December 27, 1999, shooting, and found him only after he was arrested in Brooklyn more than a year later on an unrelated weapons charge. While in police custody, Allen gave an interview to Sweeney, prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos and other investigators, which Bogdanos summarized in a hand-written statement that Allen then signed.
Defense lawyers repeatedly reminded the jury that other than the signature, the handwriting in the statement — which was originally made public last month but not shown to the jury — belonged to Bogdanos, not Allen.
Allen became a fugitive in January, when he failed to appear at a hearing in Brooklyn. He was arrested on February 21 in Maryland.
Sweeney, whose testimony opened the prosecution’s rebuttal case, showed the jury how Allen demonstrated that Combs stood directly in front of him, no more than four feet away, when he allegedly opened fire. In his testimony last week, Combs said he and Allen were never closer than eight feet apart during the argument, and they were always separated by at least one person. Combs described his argument with Allen as one-sided, with Allen screaming at him while he tried to figure out why; Allen claims the dispute started after Combs knocked over his drink
Sweeney did not mention Allen’s allegations that Combs tried to pay for his silence after the shooting (see “Puffy Accused Of Bribing Second Witness” ). That was apparently because of the agreement that allowed Allen’s statement to be admitted as evidence.
(Click HERE for a complete explanation of the charges in the case. Click HERE for our complete trial coverage.)
Mysterious ex-fugitive, in statement read to jury, claims to have seen Puff Daddy fire gun in club.
SCAR LETTER:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/t/trials01/scar1.jhtml
Page 2: http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/t/trials01/scar2.jhtml
Page 3: http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/t/trials01/scar3.jhtml
by brian hiatt 3/7/2001
NEW YORK — The jury in Sean “Puffy” Combs’ criminal trial finally heard from the mysterious Matthew “Scar” Allen on Wednesday, but not in person. Instead, New York City Police Detective Joseph Sweeney read Allen’s written account of seeing Combs and Jamal “Shyne” Barrow fire guns in Club New York, and endured cross-examination in Allen’s place.
The detective also revealed for the first time the identity of the man who threw money at Combs just before the shooting. It was a friend of Allen’s with the unlikely name of Marcus Welby, according to Allen’s account.
Allen, whose verbal assault on Combs allegedly sparked the shooting and who is in a New York jail, was scheduled to testify this week until lawyers from both sides agreed to instead allow his written account to be introduced (see “Shadowy ‘Scar’ Won’t Testify At Puffy Trial” ).
“Matthew Allen is unavailable to testify,” Judge Charles Solomon told jurors, urging them not to speculate on the reasons for his absence. The reasons have not been explained in open court, and remain a mystery.
At least one juror, a middle-aged woman, was visibly shocked Wednesday when Detective Sweeney reached the part of Allen’s statement in which he described Combs firing a gun at the club: “Puffy had a gun in his right hand as I was running out. I could see both Shyne and Puffy firing guns. … I saw the fire coming out of their guns.”
Only one other witness, shooting victim Natania Reuben, has described seeing Combs shoot at the club, although three others said they saw him with a gun that night. The rap mogul faces gun-possession and bribery charges in the case, but is not charged with shooting a gun. Shyne is on trial for attempted murder, among other charges.
Sweeney, one of the lead detectives on the Combs case, said authorities sought Allen for months after the December 27, 1999, shooting, and found him only after he was arrested in Brooklyn more than a year later on an unrelated weapons charge. While in police custody, Allen gave an interview to Sweeney, prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos and other investigators, which Bogdanos summarized in a hand-written statement that Allen then signed.
Defense lawyers repeatedly reminded the jury that other than the signature, the handwriting in the statement — which was originally made public last month but not shown to the jury — belonged to Bogdanos, not Allen.
Allen became a fugitive in January, when he failed to appear at a hearing in Brooklyn. He was arrested on February 21 in Maryland.
Sweeney, whose testimony opened the prosecution’s rebuttal case, showed the jury how Allen demonstrated that Combs stood directly in front of him, no more than four feet away, when he allegedly opened fire. In his testimony last week, Combs said he and Allen were never closer than eight feet apart during the argument, and they were always separated by at least one person. Combs described his argument with Allen as one-sided, with Allen screaming at him while he tried to figure out why; Allen claims the dispute started after Combs knocked over his drink
Sweeney did not mention Allen’s allegations that Combs tried to pay for his silence after the shooting (see “Puffy Accused Of Bribing Second Witness” ). That was apparently because of the agreement that allowed Allen’s statement to be admitted as evidence.
(Click HERE for a complete explanation of the charges in the case. Click HERE for our complete trial coverage.)
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