
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Cassie Ventura has said she is worried for her family’s safety ahead of Sean "Diddy" Combs sentencing this week.
"I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up,” the R&B singer, who is Combs' ex-girlfriend, wrote in a victim impact statement to the judge.
Combs was found guilty in July of transportation for prostitution of Ms Ventura and another ex-girlfriend "Jane", but was cleared on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
Prosecutors have recommended 11 years, while the defence seeks 14 months, which including time served would mean an almost immediate release. His attorneys say he has changed his ways while being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Presenter Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty look ahead to the sentencing with BBC reporter Sakshi Venkatraman and resident trial attorney Shaun Kent.
Plus, another update in the legal battle between right-wing influencer Candace Owens and the Macrons.
The French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing Owens for defamation. She has repeatedly told her millions of followers that Brigitte was born a man.
Now Owens’ team are accusing the Macrons of breaking US federal law by hiring investigators, publicists and others to work on their behalf in the United States without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Passed in 1938 to counter Nazi propaganda, this law says, if you’re working in the US on behalf of a foreign government, you have to inform the US government what you’re doing.
Anoushka and Shaun consider the strategy behind this move and discuss whether it will affect the lawsuit.
Got questions? Send us a Whatsapp message on 0330 678 111 4.
By BBC Sounds4.3
6464 ratings
Cassie Ventura has said she is worried for her family’s safety ahead of Sean "Diddy" Combs sentencing this week.
"I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up,” the R&B singer, who is Combs' ex-girlfriend, wrote in a victim impact statement to the judge.
Combs was found guilty in July of transportation for prostitution of Ms Ventura and another ex-girlfriend "Jane", but was cleared on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
Prosecutors have recommended 11 years, while the defence seeks 14 months, which including time served would mean an almost immediate release. His attorneys say he has changed his ways while being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Presenter Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty look ahead to the sentencing with BBC reporter Sakshi Venkatraman and resident trial attorney Shaun Kent.
Plus, another update in the legal battle between right-wing influencer Candace Owens and the Macrons.
The French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing Owens for defamation. She has repeatedly told her millions of followers that Brigitte was born a man.
Now Owens’ team are accusing the Macrons of breaking US federal law by hiring investigators, publicists and others to work on their behalf in the United States without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Passed in 1938 to counter Nazi propaganda, this law says, if you’re working in the US on behalf of a foreign government, you have to inform the US government what you’re doing.
Anoushka and Shaun consider the strategy behind this move and discuss whether it will affect the lawsuit.
Got questions? Send us a Whatsapp message on 0330 678 111 4.

7,683 Listeners

521 Listeners

1,044 Listeners

291 Listeners

5,425 Listeners

243 Listeners

12,610 Listeners

351 Listeners

228 Listeners

322 Listeners

3,188 Listeners

65 Listeners

792 Listeners

998 Listeners

494 Listeners

615 Listeners

148 Listeners

256 Listeners

532 Listeners

258 Listeners

256 Listeners

203 Listeners

293 Listeners

48 Listeners

36 Listeners

35 Listeners

86 Listeners

68 Listeners

185 Listeners

167 Listeners

189 Listeners

1,261 Listeners

132 Listeners

78 Listeners

6 Listeners