Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage One day after a prosecutor calledSean Combsthe “vicious” leader of a criminal enterprise, the music mogul’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stood before a jury in lower Manhattan Friday and said his client was simply living a colorful “lifestyle” filled with swinger relationships …
Read More »Sean Combs Prosecutor Says 'It's Time for Justice' in Closing Argument
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs acted as the all-powerful kingpin atop a racketeering conspiracy that used violence, silence, and “shame” to trap two women in episodes of sex trafficking where they had no choice but to perform drug-fueled sex acts with male escorts for his …
Read More »Feds Scale Back Attempted Arson, Kidnapping Allegations of Sean Combs Racketeering Conspiracy
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 …
Read More »Sean Combs' Longtime 'Right Hand' Looms Large at Trial Despite Absence
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 …
Read More »Sean Combs Doesn't Testify, Rests Case in Under 30 Minutes
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 …
Read More »Prosecution Rests Case in Sean Combs Trial as Defense Plans No Witnesses
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 …
Read More »Sean Combs Case Expected to Go to Jury This Week
After seven weeks of testimony and more than 30 witnesses, both the prosecution and defense in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case are set to rest their cases this week, with the case going to the jury as soon as Friday. Prosecutors told the court on Monday that they plan to …
Read More »Sean Combs Trial: Crass Texts and Destroyed Hotel Rooms as Case Winds Down
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. …
Read More »Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Testifies on Drug Buys, 'Wild King Nights'
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 …
Read More »Judge Dismisses Sean Combs Juror Over Inconsistent Statements
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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