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Diddy's Defense Presenting Jury with Closing Arguments in Sex-Trafficking Trial

  • On Friday, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ defense delivered closing arguments as the seven-week trial nears its end in Manhattan federal court, setting the stage for jury deliberations next week.
  • Cassie Ventura's $20 million lawsuit settled in November 2023, prompting a federal investigation into Diddy's alleged crimes.
  • Evidence included testimony that Combs coerced women into drug-fueled sex marathons with male escorts, with hotel footage of violence and Slavik stating he used “power, violence and fear.”
  • Following closing arguments, the jury in Diddy's Manhattan trial is set to begin deliberations next week, with a verdict anticipated soon after.
  • If convicted, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces a minimum 15-year sentence up to life, with his not guilty plea maintaining the case’s uncertainty about his ultimate fate.
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'Diddy' lawyer mocks case in closing, says charges 'badly exaggerated'

The music mogul did not testify during the trial, which is in its seventh week.

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New York, 27 Jun (EFE).- The defense of Sean Combs, known as Diddy, in the case he faces in New York, assured this Friday in his closing arguments that this trial is not about sex trafficking, but about “a liberal lifestyle” in which his then girlfriends wanted to participate. “The prosecution’s trial is not the real trial (...). The evidence speaks of a liberal lifestyle, of exchange of partners, and that’s not what the prosecutors said. They p…

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Badische Neueste Nachrichten broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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