Hours after prosecutors rested their sprawling sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy case against Sean Combs on Tuesday, prosecutors filed a late-night letter to the court saying they would no longer be pursuing theories that the Bad Boy Records founder was involved in attempted arson, attempted kidnapping, and aiding and abetting sex …
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Her name has come up so often at Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, a defense lawyer suggested Tuesday that the government’s case appears to “hinge largely” on her alleged actions behind the scenes. She’s Combs’ former chief of staff, the woman the music mogul called his most …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage After six weeks, more than 30 witnesses, several days of tearful testimony from three alleged sexual-abuse victims, sealed “freak-off” videos, testimony from Kid Cudi, and a courthouse cameo from Kanye West, the Southern District of New York rested its sprawling sex-trafficking and …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage After telling the court they decided not to call any witnesses, Sean Combs’ lawyers took around 25 minutes to present their case at the mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial Tuesday. Instead of calling anyone to the stand, Combs’ defense team read …
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S uppose your idea of radio personality Charlamagne tha God comes from clips of the veteran host’s most absurd moments on his show, The Breakfast Club. Like, when he asked Magic Johnson his first thought after receiving his HIV diagnosis. Or when, during a segment with rapper and actor Safaree, …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York began winding down their sprawling case against Sean Combs in the sixth week of the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial, showing the jury several charts that tied elements of their case together. …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs‘ former personal assistant, Brendan Paul, took the witness stand Friday as prosecutors’ penultimate witness at the music mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York. The ex-staffer, described in multiple civil lawsuits as Combs’ drug “mule,” worked for …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial entered its sixth week Monday with the judge dismissing a juror whose credibility was contested after he gave inconsistent statements about where he lives. The juror, a 41-year-old Black man who works for New York’s …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial entered its sixth week Monday with the judge dismissing a juror whose credibility was contested after he gave inconsistent statements about where he lives. The juror, a 41-year-old Black man who works for New York’s …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage With Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial entering its sixth week, much of the closely guarded case is now public record. Jurors have sat through days of highly emotional testimony from the two principal alleged victims, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and a …
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