A transcript of a robing room meeting on Tuesday contained the conversation between Judge Arun Subramanian and attorney Mark Geragos.
Later in the day, the judge asked in the robing room meeting if Geragos — whose high-profile clients have included Michael Jackson and the Menendez brothers — was advising Combs “in any way, shape or form?”
Geragos responded that he represents the entertainer’s mother in a matter and has represented Combs and “I do talk with him with great – with great frequency.” The lawyer’s daughter, Teny Geragos, is a key member of Combs’ legal team.
Then, the judge noted that Geragos had said on a recent “2 Angry Men” podcast he hosts with TMZ founder Mark Levin that the prosecution team was made up of six white women and he had referred to them as a “six-pack of white women.”
Subramanian then asked Geragos if he knew that was not something that anyone should say “as an officer of the court and a member of the bar.”
Geragos responded: “I think when you’ve got a black man who’s being prosecuted and the client feels like he’s being targeted, it’s a — it’s an observation.”
The judge repeated his point, saying: “I think this is ridiculous. I think referring to the prosecution in this case as a six-pack of white women is outrageous.”
Honestly I think I have a bigger issue with the judge not accepting that as a valid criticism than I do with the lawyer actually saying “six-pack of white women”.
Its 2025, I dont think we need to be pretending that the courtroom is somehow above racial politics. It never has been and it probably never will be, especially the direction things are headed in now.
Im not trying to defend Diddy, and Im sure he likely did a lot of the bad shit hes accused of doing, but that being said: if our legal system has been predicated on race being a point of argument surrounding people’s behavior for the last several hundred years, I think we could give some leeway for a lawyer pointing out the racial politics of having 6 white female prosecutors outside the fucking courtroom
