AUSA: I'm handing you a thumb drive with videos.
Video shown
AUSA: Did it have audio?
Flores: No.
AUSA: Let's walk through it. Who is this?
Flores: Cassie.
AUSA: And this?
Flores: Mr. Combs.
AUSA: What's happening here?
Flores: She picked up the wall phone
AUSA: What did you find when you got there?
Flores: The broken vase
AUSA: What is at the end of this video?
Flores: Me coming out of the elevator.
AUSA: Let's pull up the incident report again.
Flores: Here, we reminded him that the check out time was approaching
AUSA: What did you add to the incident report after you reviewed the video?
Flores: I described what I saw in the video.
AUSA: What else did you do with the video?
Flores: I recorded two videos of it with my iPhone. To show my wife at home.
Oh brother get this guy outta here
AUSA: What did you add to the incident report after you reviewed the video?
Flores: I described what I saw in the video.
AUSA: What else did you do with the video?
Flores: I recorded two videos of it with my iPhone. To show my wife at home.
Do they say why he wasn’t arrested after they saw the video wtf
AUSA: What did you add to the incident report after you reviewed the video?
Flores: I described what I saw in the video.
AUSA: What else did you do with the video?
Flores: I recorded two videos of it with my iPhone. To show my wife at home.
[Flores' video of the video, with his voice over (including about how shiny his shoes were) is played for the jury]
AUSA: Did you work the next day?
Flores: No, I had the next two days off.
AUSA: When you came back in, did you look for the video?
Flores: I did
[Flores' video of the video, with his voice over (including about how shiny his shoes were) is played for the jury]
AUSA: Did you work the next day?
Flores: No, I had the next two days off.
AUSA: When you came back in, did you look for the video?
Flores: I did
Flores: But it was gone.
AUSA: Did you ever see it again.
Flores: Yes. Recently.
AUSA: Nothing further.
Judge Subramanian: Cross examination.
Combs' Brian Steel: Your said your report was the 5 Ws, right?
Flores: Yes.
Steel: You mention that when you get off the elevator, 11:14 or 11:15, you describe Mr. Combs as having a devilish expression on his face
Flores: That's my opinion.
Steel: When you get off the elevator, what's in your hand?
Flores: My radio.
Flores: He said, she wants to leave. I said, I'm talking to her, not you. They left.
AUSA: Then what?
Flores: We went up to Mr. Combs' room to remind him of hotel rules. He opens the door and grabs the phone and says, Are you recording me? I pinned him to the wall
why does some of the text seem redacted?
"are you recording me? i pinned him to the wall"
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Steel: Mr. Combs did not attack you, did he?
Flores: No.
Steel: And was there any law enforcement involvement?
Flores: No.
Steel: You videoed for your wife and kept it, right?
Flores: I did.
Steel: But never was law enforcement called?
Flores: They were not.
Steel: You told the jury Mr. Combs said to Cassie, You're not leaving - but your report did not say that, right?
Flores: At that point I did not believe it was a significant fact. I'm not going to put down the back and forth.
why does some of the text seem redacted?
"are you recording me? i pinned him to the wall"
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It’s not the official court transcript
It’s a journalists live reporting of the witness testimony
It’s not the official court transcript
It’s a journalists live reporting of the witness testimony
still
still
They could be paraphrasing or the witness may just be delivering a disjointed testimony
Steel: So it wasn't important nine years ago, but only now?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Flores: I did not put in the report at the time.
Steel: You said you were offered a bribe - but hadn't you told him he had to pay for the vase?
Flores: Yes.
Steel: The gentleman you say you saw in the room, you described to the jury things not in your report.
Flores: He didn't engage.
Steel: Why didn't you ask him his name?
Flores: He wasn't talking to no one.
Steel: Did you tell anyone at the time?
Flores: No.
Steel: And the 7 foot driver - do you know who it was?
Flores: I don't know. But Cassie knew him.
Steel: You didn't put in your report that you offered to call law enforcement but she refused. Why not?
Flores: She said no, so there was no reason to include it.
Steel: You said you put Mr. Combs against the wall - that's aggressive, isn't it?
Flores: It could be. But I only put my forearm against his chest.
Steel: But you didn't put that in your report.
Flores: You're asking me to have put more detail in my report
Steel: Do you remember the layout?
Flores: No. Just a corner room.
Steel: Was it a normal hotel room like I would stay in, just one room? Or did it have a living room?
Flores: I don't know.
Steel: The 3d party, you said he was on a bed
Flores: It was a pull out
Steel: You were in the hospitality business as well as security, right?
Flores: Yes.
Steel: Mr. Combs, it was clear to you that he wanted to pay for the damage, right?
AUSA: Objection! Calls for speculation.
Judge: Ask in a different way
Steel: It can be embarrassing for a guest-
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Sustained.
Steel: One moment.. Nothing further.
Judge: Re-direct.
AUSA: Did you typically include every single detail in a report?
Flores: No.
AUSA: Did he seem drunk or high?
Flores: No.
AUSA: When he offered you money, what did he say.
Flores: That he didn't want anyone to know about it. Pretty much.
AUSA: Which way way Mr. Combs dragging Cassie?
Flores: Back toward the room.
AUSA: Nothing further.