One person injured in shooting outside Fort Lauderdale bar and grill
One person injured in shooting outside Fort Lauderdale bar and grill
One person injured in shooting outside Fort Lauderdale bar and grill
One person injured in shooting outside Fort Lauderdale bar and grill
One person was injured in a shooting outside a Fort Lauderdale bar and grill early Monday morning.
Police around 4 a.m., officers were sent to the Lounge 8IV Bar and Grill at State Road 84 and SW 10 Avenue after they received word of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found several vehicles that had been damaged and two people were detained.
Investigators said it appears the shooting began in the bar's parking lot and continued into the roadway.
Police said while they didn't find anyone who was injured, they did find evidence "consistent with someone being struck."
A short time later they were made aware that a person injured in the shooting had arrived at a hospital in Tamarac with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Jane, meanwhile, testified she and Combs entered into a 'love contract' where he agreed to pay her $10,000 rent, but that he threatened to cut her off financially if she stopped participating in 'hotel nights.' Marris believes the sex trafficking case for Ventura is stronger, she said, pointing to the video and Combs' control over her professional career. Combs had also allegedly threatened to release sexually explicit videos of Ventura, and her mother testified she wired $20,000 to Bad Boy Entertainment out of fear for her daughter's safety. The money was later returned, she said. Still, the prosecution will face another challenge: Combs' defense leveraged the women's testimony and text messages with the defendant to undermine the suggestion of coercion, and they pointed out both women at times helped coordinate the sexual encounters, texting with escorts and buying supplies for the room. Both women said during their testimony they were asked by Combs to make these arrangements. The jury also saw text messages between Combs and male escorts arranging their travel, and Combs and his employee booking flights, as well as American Express and bank statements tied to those expenses, indicating Combs paid the bills. Jane expressed in some messages she did not want to participate in 'hotel nights,' but she would acquiesce and testified she wanted to make Combs happy. And she admitted on the stand Combs continues to pay her for rent and her legal representation to this day, even as she testifies against Combs, who is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. Texts showed Ventura at times expressed a willingness to participate in the 'Freak Offs,' and that her relationship with Combs was at times loving: 'I'm always ready to Freak Off lolol,' she wrote in August 2009, toward the beginning of their relationship. In March 2017 she said she enjoyed the encounters 'when we both want it.' 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Experts largely agreed the two charges of transportation for the purposes of prostitution, stemming from the Mann Act, are likely the easiest for the prosecution to prove, with clearer evidence and less ambiguity than the others. 'That has been proved by leaps and bounds by prosecutors,' said Marris, adding: 'It's truly very simple: Did individuals cross state lines with the intent to engage in prostitution?' Jane testified she and Combs had 'hotel nights' between May 2021 and October 2023 in a variety of locales, including Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Turks and Caicos. Similarly, Ventura said 'Freak Offs' were held in some of those locations and other cities, like Atlanta and Las Vegas. Ventura testified some escorts participated in 'Freak Offs' in multiple states. They were paid between $1,500 and $6,000 afterwards in cash provided by Combs, she said. Her testimony was bolstered by various records presented in court, including flight records, American Express charges and hotel invoices. The jury also watched sexually explicit video footage of Ventura and Jane engaging in sexual acts with male escorts. The videos line up with the dates of many flight records and hotel invoices. 'They've got the names of the people,' Jackson said. 'They've got the hotel records. They know that they were commercial sex workers or escorts. That's more clear cut.' The defense has argued there's not sufficient evidence that the escorts and entertainers were paid for prostitution as opposed to for their time. The defense rested its half-hour case Tuesday, calling no witnesses. But Combs' attorneys have been laying out their case all along, through the cross-examination of the government's witnesses. Combs did not testify. 'The defense does not have the burden (of proof), and they are 1,000% aware of it,' Coates said. 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New York Times
an hour ago
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