The Breakfast Club - Diddys team confirms Trump pardon convo .. as sentencing approaches it time to humble himself! + Soulja Boi walks cause the guns don’t stick

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

Soulja Boy gets pulled for a dark tint and a gun is found in the vehicle, however, the cops don’t have enough evidence to stick the charge on him. Loren also updates on the approaching Diddy sentencing. Diddy needs to take some accountability and convince the judge that this will never happen again.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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there was no update on why the traffic stop actually happened. But I was told by a source close to Soldier Boy that he'd been pulled over because the tent on the truck that he was in was too dark. Now, this information has come out at this point because it's days later, Social Boy has been released. Reports are being released. The more, like, I guess, topic of conversation right now is the fact that the DA, the Los Angeles District Attorney is deciding not to move forward with any charges. Now, this is weird to me for several different reasons because, number one, I talked about the original report, right? Now, when the original report came down and we talked about this over on the Breakfast Club, one of the things that was said was that there was a gun.

in plain sight in the vehicle and that Soldier Boy was arrested. I was told by my source that there were multiple people in the car. Soldier Boy was the only person that was kept, and he was actually kept for multiple days. Now, this is kind of crazy to me because with the DA saying, hey, we don't have enough evidence to move forward. If you find a gun in plain sight, I'm confused what evidence you need. Now, I've reached out to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. I've reached out to Soldier Boy's attorney as well because I'm trying to answer the question. The two just do not add up.

It's a great thing that he was released. At Soldier Boy, you know, it's currently fighting other cases. He didn't need this one. And that was the actual charge. He was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now, the suspicion of being a felon on a firearm,

I'm not, again, I'm still trying to figure this out. So the word suspicion, I think, is like, key here. And I think that's what I'm going to end up finding out was the determining factor. So being suspected is one thing. That's like alleging, right? Like unless we're actually able to convict you of this charge, we have to allege or we have to say that you're suspected. But the suspicion, that word itself means that there is a firearm somewhere in the premises of the felon, but you're still trying to figure out who it belongs to and things of that nature, right? Now, when the arrest first happened and I saw the first report,

My first question to Soldier Boy's team was, well, how did they know that the gun was Soldier Boys? Like, did he say that the gun was his? Was it because where the gun was placed at in the vehicle? Still have not gotten answers to that. And now the DA has come out and say, hey, there's not enough evidence for this to proceed forward. So I'm extremely confused of what that means and how that even happens. Now, this went down at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday, Soldier Boy was released on Tuesday. First, I was contacted, and the initial contact I received was like, hey, we believe

soldier boys are going to be able to get a bond. He's going in to see a judge. This was Monday. I was told Monday that he would go see a judge Tuesday at 8 a.m. Tuesday of this week was August 5th. And then they literally Tuesday, I was told, the DA's decided not to move forward with the case. Now, Complex did a story, and they're alleging, again, I have not heard from the L.A. 's office, but they're alleging that they spoke to a spokesperson from the Los Angeles.

County District Attorney's Office, and they revealed that the case was declined due to insufficient evidence, which we just said. He was released the same day. So at a.m. Tuesday, August 5th, I was told that Soldier Boy was going to be headed into court to see a judge and that they believed that his attorney had already had conversations, which was secure Soldier Boy a bond, meaning he would be able to come home and then he would have to still, you know, go to court, fight the case, all the things. And then all of that turned around. They decided not to move forward, was actually released that same day before 2 p.m. local time. So before 2 p.m. LA time. But again, the arrest happened on August 3rd. So that's about two days that he spent behind bars.

Now, according to a charge evaluation worksheet, the vehicle was pulled over because the tinted windows, which I had let people know happened Monday on Breakfast Club. And this is where I get tricky. It says that the officers discovered a firearm in the rear seat near a suspect. Both the suspect and the driver deny owning the firearm. That's how the worksheet. or the, you know, kind of like the report reads from the arrest. Then they go into other, it's so crazy how you get arrested for one thing. And then every outlet in the world starts reminding us to everything you ever did because they go into this whole other case that Soldier Boy is fighting.

But from what I'm told, it was Soldier Boy being driven in the car. He was not the driver. And I'm assuming he was in the rear seat. Because of the way this charge report is set up, I can't even clarify that. And of course, no one's answering the questions. And I don't know if it's that they don't want to answer the questions. if they answer too many questions, it links him to something that he's now unlinked from. But it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Soldier Boy actually posted first day out from being detained. And he posted a video to a song. He was holding a Soldier Boy chain, posted a video to a song. At this point, I think for me, I'm just trying to figure this out because I want to understand how the police go from. We saw a gun. We're going to release a statement on this. We're going to link Soldier Boy to this, which is not an everyday person to link to something.

this and all of a sudden, I'm sorry, it's going away. If I'm soldier boy, I'm pissed off about this. I mean, at this point, though, because he has so much other stuff going on, he's probably just happy not to have to fight another case, deal with police on anything else, not have to pay his attorney any more money. But I'm just pissed off because at this point now, the headlines are here. And if you're going back and forth to court for a whole other case, police contact in general is just not something that you want. I want to understand what my tent, because if I'm driving in the SUV that is normally you know when you have these tenant SUVs for celebrities these SUVs should pass a bunch of different clearance tests right whether it's how dark is your tent

how many people can be in the vehicle at one time in case were pulled over anything that is a minor traffic stop that turns into someone in the vehicle being arrested a SUV company a chauffeur company should have already thought through including tent so if i'm soldier boy i want to understand what is the law around a tent and why was i pulled over i want to understand how we go from you guys saw a gun in plain sight that obviously you couldn't link me to because now we're not moving forward with this case at all but it was linked to me you know i was detained for it for multiple days i was you know having to prepare a team prepare an attorney prepare to go see a judge all these things and now it's just nothing again i've reached out on all sides that i can nothing back yet but

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for Diddy in an interview that she did with a journalist over at CNN. Now, in that interview, Nicole Westmoreland dropped a few updates. There's been a lot of conversation around Diddy and the pardon by President Trump because a judge has now for the fifth time in total since Diddy has been in criminal conversation with the federal government out of the Southern District of New York. And the second time since Diddy has been found guilty on the Man Act charges, you know, so he's been found guilty out of two charges out of a total of five that they were trying to convict him on, has been denied bail, right?

So he's been denied bail twice since being found guilty. on those Mayn Act charges. So since then, there's been a lot of conversation because it's obvious that the judge is not letting Diddy come home any point in time prior to the sentencing. And I think at this point, you now, if you're Diddy's defense team, you start preparing for what if. You start preparing for, okay, we're going to go to jail of some sorts.

We're going to be behind bars at some point. If we don't walk on time served. And a lot of people, and I want to know what you guys, think. A lot of people feel like this is something that should just warrant time served because of the lesser charges that Diddy has actually been convicted of versus the more heavier charges like the RICO and the sex trafficking. Let me know what you guys think. I want to hear from y'all. But I want to talk strategy a little bit because Nicole Bustmoreland, one of the things that she did in the CNN interview after she said that it was her understanding that we've, and when

she says we, she's talking about someone in Diddy's universe, I was told that it was not. defense attorneys who have had a conversation with Trump was not Diddy's official defense attorneys that have not had a conversation with Donald Trump is what I was told. But I was told that it was someone in Diddy's orbit that has been having the conversation. I was also told, and I mentioned this on the Breakfast Club, that there are, you know, other attorneys and people who are in contact with the administration who have been reaching out because they feel like, you know, that the way that this whole bell thing is going for Diddy is not fair. But Nicole Westmoreland did say we reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon on that interview.

But she also began to talk about strategy a bit. And I've talked about this a lot in my coverage of the case. And in the beginning, I thought that it was a great idea that Diddy's defense team came out from Rip and said, listen, we own it. We own the fact that, you know, if Diddy was on trial for assault, for domestic violence, he would be guilty. He may have been a person that was using drugs. He may have been, honestly, a piece of shit. Excuse my language, but a piece of shit. He may have been a bad boyfriend.

He may have been, you know, not so good of a boss, a friend. And all these things, and we admit that. He may have been moody and had a bad temper. And, you know, again, if we were here for domestic violence, he would be guilty of that. But that is not what we're here for. Day one of the actual trial, they came out swinging. in with that. Well, came off swinging. It's probably not the best thing to say about

when you talk about the things we saw. But they admitted it, right? Like, they owned up to it. And at first, I thought like, okay, this is a genius strategy because if you admit all of your faults up front, especially the ones that are kind of more like narrative and image-based and not, like, we're not hanging on these videos and these photos and all these things that we're going to see in court on day one, right? You think about all eight weeks of the trial, defense attorney, there's going to be a lot that they hear about our client that isn't going to be so, like, appealing. It's not going to be the big, grand, charming celebrity that people know of him to be. So let's admit it. Let's admit that he understands that. Let's talk about

the fact that he, you know, was trying to do better, was trying to get rehab and all of the things. I thought it was a good idea in the beginning. I am beginning to think that that is the worst thing that they could have done. And here's why. Number one, it's been the reason why Diddy has not been able to get out on a bell. And listen, you didn't need Diddy's defense team to admit to any of those things for them to not be true or be found true or not be believed in court. We sat through at least a week. Y'all are talking about the CNN video.

We saw the CNN video, not only did we see it multiple times and screen grabs from it. And oh my God, I could tell you how that video went from top to bottom. I could tell you what was in corners and crevices of the video because we saw it. so much. The prosecution broke that video down, right? But we also watched that video with Cassie on the stand, super pregnant Cassie on the stand. But we also saw photos of Cassie with, you know, swollen lips, bruised faces, bruised a bruised head. We saw images of Cassie's body scarred in various different places. We saw emails of Cassie just sending emails. saying, hey, in case something happens to me, here is what I was told would happen via Sean

Combs. These videos would have released. These things would happen. We saw so much within, like, just a week timeframe. You didn't need the defense team to admit anything to believe it. But at the same time, I think them owning up to it and then trying to downplay it on the backing because it was like they owned up to it. They fought really, really hard. And honestly, in my opinion, Diddy's defense team did a really good job of, you know, being able to downplay and remove him from a lot of other things, which is why I think a lot of those serious charges did not stick. But the downplaying of the violence that we saw and, you know, the power that Diddy possessed in every single situation that we heard of throughout that trial, obviously

they didn't do a good job of it, but I feel like it's coming back to bite them in there behind because now you're looking at a situation where a judge can't let it go and won't. Rightfully so, though, right? And that's the reason why bail has not been granted any of those times. And now we're getting to sentencing and it's like, y'all are already all over the media talking about, well, we're trying to have a conversation about a pardon, which doesn't look too hopeful. I think at this point, if I'm Diddy's defense team, the best thing you can do right now,

the best thing that he can do he need to come in there so accountable and just throwing his like I am sorry I am a horrible person I need to do better I never want to see this happen again I have daughters I am devastated I've been crying every day I can't sleep I because we did a story about you know him being in these rehab facilities in a prior episode of the latest with Lauren the Rose and make sure you guys go and check that out but listen I don't think that everything that's happening right now is giving accountable like even the way Diddy's team addressed the accountability that they took and just the fact that Diddy is still locked up right now and the letter that they submitted to the court when they were having a conversation

about Bell, it was very much giving, you know, these things happened and we know, but at the same time, y'all only could prove but so much. He's not on trial for that stuff and y'all can only prove but so much. So let him free. I think that there is a certain, and this is going sound very unfair because people are arguing law. And at this point, what it is, like, the defense and the prosecutor is law fighting law. They're both providing law. They're both providing case study to prove their points. I think a lot of this boils down to like, how sorry are you and how much do we believe

you? And I think that Diddy is sentencing. Look, I said we 58, 57 days away at this point. If I am Diddy, I'm telling my team back off. Stop having conversations about the administration and Trump and pardons. I don't want to talk about, you know, the horrible. jail conditions that I'm suffering because, you know, there's been reports about that and that was in Diddy's letter to the court talking about why he should be letter on bail

as well. I don't want to talk about any of that. I want the, I want the court to feel like I'm sitting here and I'm taking my, I'm taking everything that I, that y'all think I deserve right now. That is the least that I can do right now. Because what's going to happen is he's going to get there in front of that judge for that sentencing. And if the judge does not feel like, okay, just in this span of time you've learned a lesson and you're sorry and, you know, leniency in a sentencing, there's a lot that goes into it and they need to play the part a lot better in my opinion. I get it.

People are like, well, other people having this and other people having that. We hear right now, we talk about Sean Diddy Combs, not them other people. And even the other cases that his team continues to try and bring into it, the prosecutors go find other cases to combat what they're talking about. If I were him, everything would be about. Listen, this will never happen again, Your Honor. The sooner I can get out into the world to show you that, the sooner I make it my mission to do so.

Because right now, the way in the energy, in the, and look, I know, if I was Diddy, I'd be jumping for joy too. You didn't be looking at life in prison. But at the same time, those two Mayan Act charges carry up to 20 years. The prosecutors feel like Diddy is the worst thing. He is God's curse to mankind, in my opinion. If you look at how the prosecutors paint him, I don't personally feel like that. But the way that the prosecutors painted him and prosecutor Comey, who was no longer on the case,

and I did think that that would have some sort of help for his side of things. But baby, that came and went. The judge is standing on what the judge is standing on. But the way that Comey stood up in red did he for filth, the day that he asked for that bond, to the point where his attorney, Mark Agnifilio, had to say, well, that's why we're so happy that we have 12 people juries and that the decision of what happens to people does not rely on a prosecutor. Red hurt, read him down for his arrogance, for his violence, for all of these things. And then a judge sided with the prosecution, if I am Diddy's team, I am, yo, I'm, I'm, I'm

buttoned up, your honor, yes, your honor, yes, my client wants to, I think that that should be the next and final time we hear Diddy speak in court if he is able to. He thanked the judge for doing a good job and then they're on CNN interviews and they're having the energy as if, you know, Diddy is being railroaded and the book is being thrown at, regardless of what's happening right now, humble thyself. That's, listen, Nicole Westmoreland is talking strategy on CNN. I'm talking strategy right here with the latest with Lauren LaRosa. That is how I would approach this because at this point, Bell ain't happening, buddy, and you just

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