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Diddy On Trial Recap: Jurors watch videos of freak offs Jun 17, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap day 29 of the Sean Diddy Combs trial.

The explicit videos allegedly used to blackmail women came into focus on Tuesday for the Manhattan jury who will decide the fate of Sean “Diddy’ Combs.

Donning headphones and with their video monitors hidden from public view, the jury watched lengthy clips of the drug-fueled sex parties at the center of the prosecution’s sex-trafficking case against the one-time rap mogul and fashion tastemaker.

During the seven-week-long trial, the jury has been shown screenshots and brief clips of recordings from the orgies where Combs would watch his girlfriends have sex with male prostitutes. But Tuesday marked the first extensive look at the key evidence in the case.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: Kanye West at court, Juror 6 dismissed over 'inconsistencies' Jun 13, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap a busy day in the Sean Diddy Combs trial.

At the conclusion of court on Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed juror #6 over "inconsistencies" in statements he made about where he lived, and he said they raised questions of candor and ability to follow instructions.

In an "offhand" remark to court staff, the juror mentioned he had moved in with his girlfriend in New Jersey and had been living there most of the time.

The judge said it raised concerns about the juror’s basic qualifications, the juror’s candor and whether he made a deliberate attempt to get himself onto the jury.

Kanye West briefly watched his friend Sean "Diddy" Combs’ sex trafficking trial from an overflow room.

After arriving in a black Mercedes-Maybach sedan, West entered the courthouse in an all-white outfit and black sunglasses.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL: Combs ex-girlfriend ends marathon testimony Jun 12, 2025

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Court will resume on Friday with testimony from a federal agent; from Jonathan Perez, a Combs assistant; and an additional witness.

The cross-examination of the former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing as "Jane" is covering her description of an alleged physical assault by Combs in June 2024 that she previously testified left her with welts and a black eye.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: Prosecutors try to drop a juror over “lack of candor” Jun 12, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap what happened on Wednesday in court after Judge Arun Subramanian is monitoring a potential issue with a juror. The former Sean Combs girlfriend testifying under the pseudonym "Jane" became emotional and cried on the witness stand while reading a message she sent to Combs about “her thoughts.”Prosecutor Maurene Comey said the government anticipated cutting several additional witnesses from their list and expected to rest their case no later than Friday of next week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday of next week.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: Combs considered himself the Michael Jordan of sex parties, witness says Jun 10, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap Tuesday's testimony in the Sean Diddy Combs trial.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was the Michael Jordan of drug-fueled sex parties – at least, according to himself.

That revelation was included in another day of testimony from Combs’ ex-girlfriend, who alleges she was forced to participate in degrading sex with male prostitutes for Combs’ voyeuristic gratification.

Testifying under the pseudonym “Jane,” the ex-girlfriend has spent four days walking a federal jury in Manhattan through a life that was funded by Combs and centered on his sexual appetites. She said she spent so much time participating in sexual encounters that Combs compared her, himself, and a male escort to well-known sports stars.

A male escort they frequently hired was, to Combs, “Shaquille O’Neal.” Jane was compared and labeled “Kobe Bryant.” Combs considered himself to be “Jordan,” Jane testified.

The athletic comparisons capped off the 24th day of the rap mogul’s sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, as defense attorneys tried to cast doubt on Jane’s claims that she was coerced to participate in the sex parties. Jane is a critical part of the authorities’ case against the onetime cultural icon, who has been locked up since his arrest last September.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: 'Jane' concludes dramatic day of testimony Jun 10, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor, Bernarda Villalona, recap Monday's dramatic day of testimony from 'Jane.'

The former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing under the pseudonym "Jane" testified that she used makeup to cover her bruises from an alleged earlier physical confrontation with Combs and swept her hair over her black eye, in preparation for an alleged sexual encounter with a male partner she told the court was named Anton.

When the widely seen 2016 hotel security camera video of Sean Combs attacking Cassie Ventura first appeared on television in May 2024, "Jane" testified she was with Combs at his home in Miami.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL: Witness says Combs participated in “hotel nights” as late as August 2024 Jun 06, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the second day of testimony from "Jane."

The fourth week of testimony in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs concluded with deeply emotional and disturbing testimony from one of rap mogul’s ex-girlfriends, who told jurors she was forced to participate in days-long sexual encounters with male prostitutes as late as August 2024.

Jane’s testimony at times mirrored the allegations made by Comb’s other ex-girlfriend, the musician Cassie Ventura, who likewise, took the jury through a narrative of male prostitutes, days-long sexual encounters and the drugs and alcohol that fueled them.

Testifying through tears, the woman, using the pseudonym “Jane,” told jurors Combs provided her drugs and forced her to participate in the orgies – called “freak-offs” or “hotel nights”– for the three years of her relationship. She testified that the routine only ended when federal agents arrested Combs in September 2024 for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and prostitution.

Jane alleged that the “hotel nights” could last as long as three days and would require her, during the sessions, to have sex with up to three other men in addition to Combs. Saying she felt pressure to please Combs, who would masturbate while watching Jane and alternate with the male escorts, Jane said she relied on drugs to make it through the degrading marathons.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: Judge threatens to boot Sean Combs from court Jun 05, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap what happened in court on Thursday in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial.

During a break and without the jury present, Judge Arun Subramanian threatened to boot Sean Combs from trial if he makes facial expressions during testimony.

"I was very clear there were not to be any facial expressions," Subramanian told lead defense counsel Marc Agnifilo. "There's a line of questioning where your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury and there was a subsequent moment when there was a sidebar and I saw your client looking at the jury."

Subramanian said an additional violation "could result in the exclusion of your client from the courtroom." An alleged sex trafficking victim of Combs' who is testifying under the pseudonym 'Jane' also took the witness stand. It was late 2020 when, "Jane" testified, she met Combs during a girls trip to Miami.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: "I’m the devil and I could kill you:" Witness says Combs attacked and threatened her Jun 04, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap the 20th day of the Sean Diddy Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. A longtime friend of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified the rap mogul attacked her for no reason in 2016, dangled her from a 17th-floor balcony, and threw her into a coffee table. “[Combs] came up really close to my face and said something like, ‘I’m the devil and I could kill you,’” Bryana Bongolan told the jury Combs said, her voice cracking.

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DIDDY ON TRIAL RECAP: Security guards says Combs paid him $100,000 for assault video Jun 03, 2025

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Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the testimony on Tuesday, June 3rd.

A hotel security guard on Tuesday told the jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial that the rap mogul paid him $100,000 in an attempt to secure his silence and bury a video that is now the central piece of evidence in the criminal case that threatens to send him to prison for life.

In the video captured in 2016 by security cameras at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles – and shown to the jury during the testimony of three different witnesses – Combs is seen kicking and dragging his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.

Prosecutors have argued that Combs’ $100,000 payment to Garcia was a bribe and one of the underlying crimes at the heart of their allegation is that the hip-hop superstar is guilty of racketeering conspiracy. A woman being called “Jane” is expected to take the stand on Wednesday afternoon and to testify for as long as five days, according to prosecutors. Jane is expected to be the third and final alleged victim to testify against Combs.

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