Elizabeth Holmes’ jury consultant aiding Diddy’s $10 million defense team

To escape conviction on sex trafficking trafficking charges and probable life imprisonment Sean Diddy Combs has spared no expense in hiring a who s who of defense attorneys various of whom have been involved in representing specific of currently s biggest celebrity defendants according to a description That includes Linda Moreno a New York City-based attorney who has helped with jury selection just as she did for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes Vulture revealed Jury selection in Combs situation wrapped up Monday in a New York City federal courtroom and opening statements are underway reports reported The embattled music mogul faces five counts of racketeering conspiracy sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution He has pleaded not guilty On Monday these newly selected jurors also are expected to hear testimony from Combs ex-girlfriend Casandra Cassie Ventura Her explosive lawsuit against Combs in helped spurred the federal inquiry which has led to the downfall of the rapper and music executive who once was estimated by Forbes to be worth million according to the Washington Post In her lawsuit Ventura alleged years of physical and sexual abuse coercion and sex trafficking which included Combs forcing her to participate in sex parties called freak offs Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes center arrives at the Robert F Peckham Federal Building and U S Courthouse in San Jose Calif on Friday March Dai Sugano Bay Area News Group Combs no doubts hopes that Moreno can do a better job of helping to choose a panel of sympathetic jurors than she did for Holmes After the conclusion of Holmes fourth-month federal trial in San Jose in late the jurors in her situation detected her guilty of four counts of felony criminal fraud for conning investors in her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup Theranos out of hundreds of millions of dollars While Holmes jurors revealed her likable during her seven days of testimony they also unveiled that she wasn t credible and that she bore the ultimate responsibility for information disseminated to investors one of the jurors stated ABC News in early Then again Holmes jurors were sympathetic to specific of the defense arguments as the juror Wayne Katz narrated ABC News Holmes who gave birth to the first of her two children before her trial began was originally charged with counts of fraud but the verdict was split The jurors acquitted her of four of the charges related to defrauding patients and deadlocked on another three While Holmes was pregnant with her second child her trial judge sentenced her to years and three months in prison She is at present serving time at federal prison camp in Texas Holmes also just lost her latest bid to appeal her matter Last week a three-judge panel with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected her latest bid to overturn her felony fraud conviction and prison sentence narrowing her options for early freedom to a Hail Mary appeal to the U S Supreme Court or a presidential pardon With Combs there s of lesson only so much his lawyers and jury consultant can do on his behalf A lot depends on the strength of the prosecution s event But Combs appears to be sparing no expense to give himself the best shot at an acquittal according to Vulture I expect Diddy to spend eight figures or more than million on defense fees when it s all noted it done Top-tier criminal defense attorneys in complex federal cases charge retainers of million or more Neama Rahmani founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former federal prosecutor communicated Vulture Diddy has a small army of lawyers working on his event That s expected when his net worth was reportedly billion and his life is on the line His lead defense counsel is Marc Agnifilo who has represented Martin Shkreli and NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere and is currently on the legal organization for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione according to Vulture Agnifilo is expected to argue that Combs sexual encounters with his former partners including Ventura were consensual as part of a swingers lifestyle Combs defense club also also includes Teny Geragos the daughter of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and Brian Steel who represented Young Thug