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 every week, and a key witness introduced the beginning all the way down to the wire hours earlier than opening statements have been set to happen by remaining unreachable by the U.S. Lawyer’s workplace for the Southern District of New York. The trial might last as long as eight weeks.
The Dangerous Boy Information founder, who’s at present incarcerated, faces quite a few fees, 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.
Choose Lewis J. Liman, the choose who’s overseeing the Blake Vigorous vs. Justin Baldoni case, dismissed the rape case after the Jane Doe that introduced the allegations towards Diddy didn’t file underneath her personal identify 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 dwelling conditions or affiliation with the musician, the trial has infiltrated popular culture because the connections are limitless.
For a whole timeline of the trial — and updates as to who testifies and the result, learn on beneath. We will probably 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.
“He began directing us after the second session,”Phillips stated of Combs and the Gramercy Park Lodge in 2012. Former resort 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 shortly 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 actual fact, 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 side of her life when repeatedly questioned concerning the “freak off” intercourse classes during which she participated.
“I wished to be compensated for the time, the ache … to repair my life,” the ‘Me & U’ singer stated.
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 identified.
One revelation was that, in 2012, Diddy overdosed throughout a celebration on the beforehand Hugh Hefner-owned Playboy Mansion.
“From what he advised me, he took a really sturdy opiate that evening, however we didn’t know what was occurring, so we took him to the hospital,” Ventura defined Thursday with Combs close by.
Might 16: Ventura Reveals $10M Settlement From Lodge In 2016 Beating By Diddy
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Friday closed out the primary week of Diddy’s trial.
In an sudden testimony, Ventura revealed that she has a $10 million settlement coming from the InterContinenatl Lodge in Century Metropolis for Diddy beating her, footage of which he resort’s safety cameras captured.
“I didn’t save Cassie, as some have stated, 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 High quality stated in a press release Friday. “She did the work of preventing the demons that solely a demon himself might have executed to her. All I’ve executed is love her as she has cherished me. Her life is now surrounded by love, laughter and our household. This horrific chapter is without end put behind us, and we won’t 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 swimsuit of her personal towards Diddy, will probably be again on the stand on Might 19 – although she could also be restricted in what she will be able to focus on.
A lot of the remainder of the prosecution’s witnesses are usually not being revealed to far forward of time due to worries for his or her security. Having stated that, we all know that Ventura’s mom is ready to testify nest week, as is a former shut buddy of the singer.