LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 15: Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Backyard Area on Might 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The federal trial towards hip-hop tycoon Sean Combs is lastly getting underway, some eight months after he was arrested on prison prices of racketeering and intercourse trafficking. Combs — additionally identified by numerous monikers together with P. Diddy, Puff Daddy and Puff — concurrently faces dozens of civil lawsuits from women and men who allege that he drugged and sexually assaulted them.
As his trial proceeds in a Manhattan courtroom over the following a number of weeks, we’ll be conserving you recent as every stage of the trial unfolds.
Might 13, 2025: Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs, took the stand on because the star witness within the first full day of testimony. Ventura accused him of bodily and emotionally abusing her for years, and exerting management over nearly each facet of her life. Most of her time, she stated, was dominated by Combs’ “freak-offs” or “FOs” — drug-fueled, multi-day marathons of intercourse with prostitutes that he orchestrated and directed.
Might 12, 2025: Opening arguments start. Federal prosecutors are accusing Combs of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution. If he’s convicted on all counts, the hip-hop mogul might face life in jail. Combs, who has been in federal custody in Brooklyn since his arrest in September 2024, has pleaded not responsible to all the costs.
Might 5, 2025: Jury choice begins at a Southern District of New York courtroom in Manhattan, presided over by Decide Arun Subramanian. Potential jurors are questioned about their stage of pre-existing data in regards to the case and about Combs, together with their familiarity with and their opinions a few extensively seen video, first aired by CNN, wherein Combs bodily assaulted his then-girlfriend, the singer Cassie Ventura, in March 2016. Video of that incident is predicted to be a part of the federal government’s case towards Combs.
Potential jurors are additionally requested in the event that they acknowledge the names of numerous celebrities, together with actors Michael B. Jordan, Robert Downey Jr. and Mike Meyers; rappers Child Cudi, Yung Miami and Kanye West; and singer Michelle Williams, previously of Future’s Youngster. It’s unclear what connections these folks might should the Combs case.
