New York (AP) – Jurors at Sean “Diddy” Combs “ The trial on sexual traffic was barely seated on the first day of the trial when a Hip-Hop Video Video Viciously attacking his longtime girlfriend, the singer R&B Cassie.
During the following seven weeks, jurors heard 34 witnesses. All were called to the stand by the prosecutors, but everyone was questioned by the defense lawyers when they were trying to challenge the representation of Combs as a violent and comfortable boss who led his employees and his associates to fear him while he was asking for their help to perform vendettas, obtain drugs and realize his sexual fantasies.
After counter-examination that has often lasted longer than the questions asked by prosecutors, defense lawyers spent half an hour presenting proofs more once the prosecutors have finished their team. A relaxed and apparently satisfied comb confirmed that he would not testify.
Now, jurors are ready to hear closing arguments Thursday and Friday in the last stages of a trial in which they watched videos of “Freak-offs” powered by drugs and “hotel nights” Where Cassie and another ex-girlfriend, “Jane”, said Combs forced them to have sex with foreigners looking.
They also heard testimonies from Cassie And Jane, of personal assistants who said he had witnessed the violence of combat and other women who also accused her of abuse. They have seen Text and social media messages and travel files.
Combs, 55, pleaded not guilty. If he is found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Here’s how the trial has been about it so far:
AP Audio: Cassie, Jane, Cudi and Freak-Offs: How Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ” went
AP journalists from AP Julie Walker, Michael Sisak and Larry Neumeister discuss how the Sean “Diddy” trial on sex traffic took place in a New York courtroom.
Cassie: “I’m not a cloth doll”
Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, comb dated from 2007 to 2018 After having signed it with his Label of Bad Boy Records.
For four days, she told the jurors that Combs had beaten her and had ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with male workers for “breakdowns” of several days, her term for sex marathons. She also said combs raped her after saying that she ended their relationship.
In 2016, security cameras captured Combs hit, cutting Cassie and dragging Cassie while she left her room at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles. The video was shown at the start of the test. A hotel guard testified that Combs paid $ 100,000 to hide the video. He remained secret until CNN broadcast it in May 2024.
After the assault, Cassie sent a text to Combs: “I am not a cloth doll. I am someone’s child.”
Cassie first detailed her allegations in a Trials against combs in 2023. He settled the next day for $ 20 million.
Jane: “You beat the love of us”
Jane, testifying under a pseudonym, dated the comb from 2021 to her arrest last September.
The model said that she had said on Combs several times that she I didn’t want to have sex with other men – The supplicant: “I am not an animal. I need a break ” – but that he continued to put pressure. She said that she felt “forced” in part because he had paid her rent.
Jane said she Trying to end meetingsSend him a text in 2023: “Since I opened Pandora’s box, I couldn’t close it.” He replied: “Girl, stop.” Another time, she said to him, “You beat us the love of us.”
Last year, said Jane, Combs put her in a strict, struck her in the face and forced it to meet a sex worker. She said he said, “You’re not going to spoil my night like that.”
The two women said that Combs had threatened to publish their sex videos if they refused their requests.
Kid Cudi and other people who say that Combs has done them wrong
Rapper Kid Cudi testified that Combs had burst into his house at the end of 2011 after learning that he and Cassie came out together. His car was bombed a few weeks later. Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, said he knew that Combs “had something to do” with that, but Combres told him that he was not involved.
Employee Ex-Combs Capricorn Clark Said Combs came to her home by waving a firearm on the day of the break -in and asked to dress and accompany it because “we are going to kill Cudi”.
A former personal assistant testifying under the pseudonym “Mia” Said Combs put his hand in her dress and kissed her by force during her 40th anniversary party in 2009, forced her to carry out oral sex on another occasion and raped her in 2010. Her lawyers say that the statements are false.
Cassie’s friend Bryana “Bana” Bongolan testified that Combs swung her on the balustrade of the 17th floor balcony of Cassie and threw her on terrace furniture in September 2016, leaving her bruised and traumatized.
Baby oil, lubricant and ar-15s
Six of the former personal assistants in Combs have testified.
George Kaplan He said he would throw bottles of alcohol and medication and clean baby oil from the Combs hotel rooms. He said he had resigned after seeing Combs fight with Cassie but did not report it to the authorities.
David James testified that Combs had stored hotel rooms with baby oil, condoms, Viagra and other supplies. James said he saw Combs with three fist weapons on his lap while driving to face the Rival of the Record Industry of Combs, Suge Knight, in 2008.
Brendan Paul said he bought drugs for combs, including cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and marijuana.
Federal agents said they had found “Freak-Off” supplies During the raids last year in the houses of Los Angeles and Miami-Miami and in the New York hotel room where he was arrested. They said they also found AR-15 rifles, other cannons and ammunition at Combs.
Playing defense with dependent witnesses
Combs is accused of racketeering conspiracy, two sex trafficking leaders – one for Cassie, one for Jane – and two transport managers to engage in prostitution.
His defense case lasted 30 minutes. Comb has renounced his right to testifyAs the accused often do, and his lawyers have not called the witnesses to their own. Instead, they sought to reduce the credibility of its accusers by the cross-examination.
They seized inconsistencies in the accounts of witnesses, underlined the will of the accusers to continue to see it and Warm messages they exchanged With him after an alleged abuse. They also accused women of trying to take advantage of “the entry of the #MeToo money against Sean Combs”.
Reluctant witnesses proved to be precious for the defense
It was not bad for combs. Jane admitted that despite everything she endured, she still loves combs. Other pursuit witnesses have praised him.
Kaplan said he was still sending Combs birthday greetings and invited him to his wedding. Kaplan told the jurors that it was grateful to work for Combs and that he always had “a lot of respect” for him.
Combat lawyers face DEONTE NASH celebrity stylist With messages, he sent to express love for combs. Some of them were from 2019 and 2020, two years after the end of their professional relationship.
Missing pieces: Gina, KK and D-Roc
Originally, prosecutors built their backs Organize documents like “Victim-3”.
But Gina, who was released with combs from 2014 to 2019, was quietly abandoned from the case and never testified. However, she thought of prominently in the trial.
Cassie noted that she was really turned upside down when she discovered that Combs was cheating with Gina. Kaplan said he had seen comb apples in Gina.
Others from the Combs orbit which were mentioned but which were not seen in court included his former chief of staff, a bodyguard and other members of his security staff.
