The Trial of Diddy

There’s too much music, background noise which makes it hard to use it as a bedtime or sauna podcast as it’s a bit jarring. They shoukd just talk and leave out the sound effects

First 4 eps were quite good, ep 5 changed my opinion. Sounds as though the hosts are sympathetic to Combs!! Just to be clear, Combs berated Cassie, calling her every name under the sun to make her out to be a liar. Combs ONLY released an apology because there was no denying Cassie was telling the truth after the release of the video. As for his family, I bet they weren’t struggling when son/daddy was loading them full of cash. I think the sympathy from the hosts is terribly misdirected, the victim isn’t the perpetrator, it’s the survivors. The ones that suffered all the pain, humiliation & fear for years. To say the hosts are now on the Combs payroll isn’t too far a stretch - let’s be honest…

This podcast is deeply disturbing. The host appears to glorify the perpetrator by focusing extensively on his achievements, often to the detriment of acknowledging the gravity of his crimes and their impact on survivors. One of the contributors, Kayla Bratley, introduces herself by stating her involvement in the case and then mentions that she has transitioned to covering "the social side of things," quoting directly: "And now on his arrest, I've moved over to kind of the social side of things." Kayla, what exactly is "social" about acts of rape, drugging victims, assaulting a 9-year-old child, and using threats of violence and death to silence survivors? Your framing of these heinous crimes and their victims comes across as dismissive, reducing the gravity of their experiences and verging on victim-blaming. The minimal and diluted acknowledgment of the survivors' suffering, combined with the disproportionate focus on the perpetrator's so-called accomplishments, perpetuates harm and retraumatizes those who have already endured unimaginable abuse. For survivors, hearing their abuser's success and power being highlighted can reinforce feelings of helplessness, invalidation, and shame. This can exacerbate post-traumatic stress, trigger flashbacks, and deepen the sense of isolation that many survivors already feel. Instead of offering a platform for justice and healing, your podcast amplifies the traumatic experiences of these crimes, effectively re-enacting the harm. Your repeated discussions of enablers who remained silent despite knowing the truth are ironic, as this podcast risks positioning itself as an enabler of a different kind. By sensationalising the perpetrator and trivialising the survivors' experiences, you unwittingly align yourselves with the systemic forces that silence and marginalise survivors. If you understood the psychological and emotional impact your content has on survivors, you would be mortified and deeply ashamed.

I couldn’t listen past episode 1. It wasn’t case or trial coverage, just praise for Diddy’s achievements.