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Dawn Richard singer took the witness Take late Friday afternoon after the R&B singer Cassie testified for a fourth day In Sean “Diddy” Combs“Sex traffic trial.
Prosecutors allege that the hip-hop magnate used his fame and his fortune To orchestrate an exploitation empire, forcing women in abusive group sex. His lawyers argue that all sexual acts were consensual, and although he could be violent, he never turned sexual traffic and racketeering.
What to know:
- What are the costs? Combs pleaded not guilty A racket conspiracy accountTwo chiefs of sexual traffic by force, fraud or coercion, and two heads of transportation to engage in prostitution.
- Where are we in the trial? Defense lawyers wrapped their counter-examination of the star witness on Thursday after having supported it on Read messages aloud Expressing the desire for group sex fueled by drugs that she previously testified has left her traumatized. Defense lawyer Anna Estevao also suggested that by exposing Combs’s sexual behavior in a trial, it was Cassie who ended the Combs quarry, not the reverse.
- Why is there no live broadcast? Under the rules of the federal court, No photo or video of the test will be allowed. The sketches of the courtroom are allowed.
