Sean Combs: The last personal assistant and an interview with Joe Tacopina.

from Dateline NBC · host Andrea Canning, Chloe Melas, Joe Tacopina

The prosecution called one of its last witnesses -- personal assistant Brendan Paul, who testified he was arrested last spring because he covered for Combs when federal agents found something illegal in his bag. Plus an interview with Joe Tacopina, who represented Michael Jackson, Meek Mill, and ASAP Rocky, but turned down Combs's case. He rates both legal teams' performance so far and tells us what his closing argument would be.If you want to read NBC's coverage of the trial, check out our newsletter, “Diddy On Trial”: NBCNews.com/Diddy Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Brendan Paul testified he was arrested last spring because he was covering for Combs. Plus, the defense attorney who turned down Combs's case rates both legal teams' performance so far.

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