US EditionOpening statements are expected in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs, a 55-year-old music mogul, faces a federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan in 2025 involving allegations spanning 20 years.
- The case follows a 2023 lawsuit by singer Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura that triggered a law enforcement investigation and dozens of similar claims against Combs.
- Prosecutors contend that Combs forced women into group sexual encounters involving drugs, known as "freak-offs," by inflicting physical abuse and issuing threats, including the exploitation and recorded abuse of Ventura and other victims.
- Combs pleaded not guilty to five indictment counts that could result in 15 years to life in prison; his lawyer contends the charges wrongly criminalize consensual adult behavior and calls the case a prosecutorial overreach.
- The trial, expected to last eight to ten weeks, features testimonies and evidence including security footage of a 2016 violent incident at a Los Angeles hotel involving Combs and Ventura.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Ex Cassie to Testify in Sex Trafficking Trial
A day after jurors saw a video of Combs hitting and kicking her, Sean Diddy Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, is expected to testify Tuesday as the prosecution's star witness in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking case.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie to testify as star witness in sex trafficking trial
Sean \"Diddy\" Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as \"Cassie,\" is expected to testify on Tuesday as the prosecution's star witness in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking case, a day after jurors saw a video of Combs hitting and kicking her in a hotel in 2016. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Trial P. Diddy: shocked, her daughters leave the courtroom during the story of her sordid evenings
The trial of the American rapper and producer for sexual trafficking and pimping has come to the heart of the matter. On Monday, witnesses described in detail his "freak offs" evenings.
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