Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage The jury selection in Sean Combs‘ sex trafficking and racketeering trial has been delayed until Monday, after prosecutors from the Southern District of New York and Combs’ high-powered criminal defense team spent the majority of this week quizzing potential jurors on their backgrounds …
Read More »Jay-Z Claims Jane Doe Rape Accuser Is Still Making 'Malicious' Statements
Jay-Z is doubling down, adding new allegations to the malicious prosecution and defamation lawsuit he filed against his Jane Doe rape accuser and her lawyers in Alabama. In an amended complaint filed late Monday in Mobile, the Roc Nation founder alleges his accuser “has not stopped” making statements about him …
Read More »Sean Combs Prosecutors Ask to Restrain Celeb Lawyer During Trial
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos hasn’t officially joined Sean Combs’ defense team, but he was present in court for the start of jury selection Monday, and prosecutors want him barred from publicly stating his opinions about the case. In a letter to U.S. District …
Read More »Al B. Sure! to Write About Sean Combs Ties, Kim Porter's Death in New Memoir
Al B. Sure!, the R&B artist whose son with late model Kim Porter was adopted by Sean “Diddy” Combs, is prepping a new memoir, Do You Believe Me Now? The book is set to be published Sept. 9 via Simon & Schuster. According to a press release, the book will …
Read More »Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Trial Begins With Jury Selection
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Jury selection in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering criminal trial began Monday, as both the hip-hop mogul’s high-powered defense team and Southern District of New York prosecutors quizzed prospective jurors on if they personally knew certain celebrities, Combs’ self-described “swinger” lifestyle, and …
Read More »Sean Combs Rejected a Plea Deal in Sex-Trafficking Case
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Prosecutors finally confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs was offered — and rejected — a plea deal at a court hearing Friday, April 25, just weeks before the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial is set to begin. The long-rumored deal was mentioned near …
Read More »BBC to Air Investigative Documentary 'P Diddy: The Rise and Fall'
The BBC have announced a new documentary, P Diddy: The Rise and Fall, reflecting on the legal controversy surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs. The investigative piece, hosted by broadcaster Yinka Bokinni and directed by Eddie Hutton-Mills, will air in the U.K. on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on April 28. The …
Read More »Sean Combs Loses Bid to Delay Racketeering and Sex Trafficking Trial
A federal judge has denied Sean Combs’ request for a two-month delay of his upcoming criminal trial on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. At a Friday morning hearing in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said the trial will proceed as planned on May 5, according to Inner …
Read More »Sean Combs Adds Young Thug's Lawyer to Trial Team
Sean Combs has added Young Thug’s high-powered defense lawyer, Brian Steel, to his trial team. In a new court filing Tuesday, Steel submitted his credentials and asked to be specially admitted as an out-of-state lawyer in Combs’ criminal case with just weeks to go before jury selection starts on May …
Read More »Sean Combs: Prosecutors Add Two Charges in New Indictment
One month before Sean Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial is set to begin, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against Combs Thursday that brings two additional criminal counts against him. In the new indictment, obtained by Rolling Stone, prosecutors have charged Combs with one additional charge of sex trafficking and …
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