After a number of potential delays, the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started this week.
Mid-April, the protection requested Choose Arun Subramanian to push again the Might 12 begin date by two weeks. That request didn’t maintain up, evidently. Two days later, it was requested the beginning date be moved again 60 days, or two months. The rapper wrote a letter asking for the adjournment, however the begin date remained heading in the right direction.
The jury choice took over per week, and a key witness introduced the beginning all the way down to the wire hours earlier than opening statements had been set to happen by remaining unreachable by the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace for the Southern District of New York. The trial may last as long as eight weeks.
The Unhealthy Boy Data founder, who’s at present incarcerated, faces quite a few prices, lawsuits and allegations for intercourse trafficking and extra. The rapper did have a 1995 rape allegation at a celebration for Biggie Smalls, aka The Infamous B.I.G. thrown out six weeks forward of the trial’s starting.
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Choose Lewis J. Liman, the decide who’s overseeing the Blake Energetic vs. Justin Baldoni case, dismissed the rape case after the Jane Doe that introduced the allegations in opposition to Diddy didn’t file beneath her personal title by the deadline of March 20. With celebrities from Jay-Z Carter, in a since-dismissed rape case, to Usher implicated within the context of Diddy’s events from residing conditions or affiliation with the musician, the trial has infiltrated popular culture because the connections are countless.
For an entire timeline of the trial — and updates as to who testifies and the result, learn on beneath. We shall be updating:
Might 12 – Trial Begins, Opening Statements
Former male stripper service supervisor Daniel Phillips opened the trial with graphic element about roughly two years throughout which he was paid 1000’s of {dollars} to have intercourse with Cassie Ventura in entrance of Combs, who turned more and more violent.
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“He began directing us after the second session,”Phillips mentioned of Combs and the Gramercy Park Resort in 2012. Former lodge safety guard and now LAPD officer Israel Florez additionally testified Monday.
Might 13 & 14 – Cassie Ventura’s Trial Testimony
Cassie Ventura, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
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American singer and dancer Cassie Ventura subsequent took the stand to testify within the trial as a witness for the prosecution. Ventura dated Diddy for over a decade, and in Nov. 2023, she accused him of rape and abuse in a rapidly settled civil lawsuit.
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She testified Tuesday, Might 13. She agreed to drop her personal lawsuit 24 hours after she filed it in late 2023 for an undisclosed (rumored to be $30 million) sum. In reality, it was for $20 mullion, she confirmed the afternoon of Wednesday, Might 14. The previous longtime girlfriend of Combs described how he had managed each facet of her life when repeatedly questioned in regards to the “freak off” intercourse periods during which she participated.
“I needed to be compensated for the time, the ache … to repair my life,” the ‘Me & U’ singer mentioned.
Might 15: Diddy OD’d, Cassie Ventura Cross-Examination
(L-R) Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Cassie Ventura
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Thursday shifted to the subject of medication used throughout Diddy’s and Cassie Ventura’s poisonous relationship, from Ecstasy, MDMA, opiates and GBH to extra, within the protection’s cross-examination of Ventura.
A lot of the fabric that was resurfaced Thursday was already recognized.
One revelation was that, in 2012, Diddy overdosed throughout a celebration on the beforehand Hugh Hefner-owned Playboy Mansion.
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“From what he instructed me, he took a really sturdy opiate that evening, however we didn’t know what was taking place, so we took him to the hospital,” Ventura defined Thursday with Combs close by.
Might 16: Ventura Reveals $10M Settlement From Resort In 2016 Beating By Diddy
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Cassie Ventura
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Friday closed out the primary week of Diddy’s trial.
In an surprising testimony, Ventura revealed that she has a $10 million settlement coming from the InterContinenatl Resort in Century Metropolis for Diddy beating her, footage of which he lodge’s safety cameras captured.
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“I didn’t save Cassie, as some have mentioned, the previous private coach and potential protection witness said. “To say that’s an insult to the years of painful work my spouse has executed to avoid wasting herself. Cassie saved Cassie. She alone broke free from abuse, coercion, violence and threats,” Ventura’s husband Alex Nice mentioned in a press release Friday. “She did the work of combating the demons that solely a demon himself may have executed to her. All I’ve executed is love her as she has beloved me. Her life is now surrounded by love, laughter and our household. This horrific chapter is ceaselessly put behind us, and we is not going to be making further statements.”
Cassie Ventura in NYC after finishing her testimony ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs’ intercourse -trafficking on Might 16, 2025
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Daybreak Richard, the previous Making the Band contestant and Diddy’s collaborator, additionally took the stand for 20 minutes on the finish of the day although the protection objected to her testimony. She additionally described witnessing Ventura “being attacked by Combs” in 2009. Ricard, who has a civil go well with of her personal in opposition to Diddy, shall be again on the stand on Might 19 – although she could also be restricted in what she will focus on.
Many of the remainder of the prosecution’s witnesses should not being revealed to far forward of time due to worries for his or her security. Having mentioned that, we all know that Ventura’s mom is about to testify nest week, as is a former shut buddy of the singer.
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