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Jury Begins Deliberating on Sean Combs

Hip-hop mogul faces up to life in prison

(Newser) - Jurors are set to start deliberating Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking case, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. After receiving legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the jury of eight men and four women will head behind closed doors to...

Diddy's Defense to Rest Case Without Calling Witnesses

Prosecution will wrap after 34 witnesses, with closing arguments expected Thursday

(Newser) - As Sean "Diddy" Combs' high-profile sex trafficking trial nears its end, his defense team is expected to take the unusual step of resting its case without calling a single witness, People reports. The prosecution, meanwhile, is expected to rest its case Tuesday after calling 34 witnesses. Homeland Security...

Witness: Diddy Ordered Me to Have Sex for 3.5 Days

'You treat me like an animal,' ex-girlfriend told music mogul

(Newser) - Retaking the stand in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-crimes and trafficking trial on Monday, an ex-girlfriend recalled telling the music mogul after years of abuse, "You treat me like an animal." One of four alleged victims at the center of the government's case against Diddy, the...

Sean Combs Complains to Court Sketch Artist

'Soften me up a bit, you're making me look like a koala bear,' he tells her

(Newser) - Sean Combs has plenty to worry about as his sex-trafficking trial continues in Manhattan, including the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison. But the 55-year-old also is apparently focused on less serious concerns: Reuters reports that he griped to the court sketch artist working the trial....

Diddy Paid Hotel Security $100K for Beating Video

Eddy Garcia testifies about the secretive payment

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs tried very hard to keep the infamous video footage of him beating Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway from going public. A security officer at the Los Angeles hotel testified on Tuesday that Combs paid him $100,000 in cash in exchange for the drive with...

Ex-Assistant Says Combs Sexually Assaulted Her

Mia says 'Diddy' threw her into a wall when she tried to stop him from hurting Ventura

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs' former personal assistant testified Thursday that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her, and slammed a door against her arm during a torturous eight-year tenure.
  • The woman, testifying at Combs' sex trafficking trial under
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Cassie Ventura Welcomes 3rd Child

'Very, very pregnant witness' testified against Sean Combs less than 2 weeks ago

(Newser) - Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child less than two weeks after she finished testifying in Sean Combs' trial. Sources tell outlets including NBC News that the 38-year-old R&B singer gave birth in New York City on Tuesday. The baby is the third for Ventura and her husband, Alex...

Kid Cudi Says He Confronted Combs About Car Bombing

He likens Combs to 'a Marvel supervillain'

(Newser) - Scott Mescudi—better known as rapper Kid Cudi—compared Sean "Diddy" Combs to a "Marvel supervillain" at Combs' trial Thursday. Cudi testified that his home was broken into on the day in December 2011 that Cassie Ventura told him Combs had found out about their brief relationship and...

Next Big Name at Sean Combs' Trial: Kid Cudi

Rapper had a relationship with Diddy's girlfriend; both say he threatened to have Cudi's car firebombed

(Newser) - Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial Thursday, an appearance that was pushed back from Wednesday. He'll take the witness stand to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs' ex-girlfriend, the R&B...

Exotic Dancer Involved in 'Freak-Offs': I Didn't Know Man Was Diddy

'The Punisher' testifies about how he found out

(Newser) - The exotic dancer involved in the alleged 'freak-offs' Cassie Ventura says she was forced to endure while in a relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs took the stand at Combs' trial Tuesday. The male stripper, real name Sharay Hayes but nicknamed "the Punisher," testified that he was...

Diddy Protege: I Was Threatened Into Silence

'We could go missing' for speaking up, says Danity Kane's Dawn Richard

(Newser) - Dawn Richard, a former member of Danity Kane, the pop group Sean 'Diddy' Combs formed on Making the Band 4, got to experience the music mogul when he wasn't in front of cameras, and what she saw was disturbing. As Richard resumed the stand in Combs' sex trafficking...

Ventura Spouse Calls Diddy a 'Demon,' Feels 'Profound Anger'

Alex Fine issues powerful statement after wife testifies in Sean Combs' sex trafficking proceedings

(Newser) - Cassie Ventura testified for a fourth day on Friday in the sex trafficking trial of her ex, rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, with one big supporter behind her: husband Alex Fine, who had some strong words to share after the proceedings, per People . "Please know this: You did not....

Court Hears Texts Combs Sent to Ventura After Beating

He wanted to get together again, which she found a 'little strange' in wake of the assault

(Newser) - A "very, very pregnant" Cassie Ventura testified for a fourth day on Friday in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs. For much of the day, Combs' attorneys sought to undercut her claims that she was an unwilling participant in the hip-hop mogul's infamous "freak-offs,"...

Cassie Ventura Cross-Examined in Combs Trial

'Very, very pregnant' witness will finish testifying on Friday

(Newser) - With prosecutors and the judge hoping to get heavily pregnant Cassie Ventura off the witness stand on schedule, defense lawyers cross-examined her Thursday in Sean Combs' sex trafficking trial.
  • Defense lawyers asked Ventura about the early days of her relationship with Combs and introduced loving text messages in what NBC
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Combs Jurors Appear Shocked by 'Freak-Off' Images

Ventura testifies that he raped her after break-up

(Newser) - The R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura testified Wednesday that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped her when she ended their decade-long relationship, after he locked her in a life of physical abuse by threatening to release degrading sexual videos of her. Ventura—who testified earlier Wednesday about physical damage...

Cassie Describes Damage Freak-Offs Did to Her Body

R&B singer testifies for a second day

(Newser) - R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura was back on the witness stand Wednesday, peeling back the curtain on her decade with Sean "Diddy" Combs as part of the music mogul's sex trafficking trial.
  • More on the 'freak-offs': "That was just my job, really. It was
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Cassie Shares Weird Nickname Diddy Chose

She says she called him 'Pop Pop' at his request

(Newser) - During her testimony at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial Tuesday, Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura revealed a strange nickname she had for her then-boyfriend, who is 17 years her elder. She says during their decade-long relationship, Combs wanted her to call him by a special name, and she didn'...

Star Witness Testifies Against Sean Combs

Cassie Ventura describes regular 'physical abuse'

(Newser) - The star witness in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs took the stand on Tuesday. Some highlights from the early testimony of R&B artist Cassie Ventura:
  • "I really fell in love with him," she told the court, describing her relationship with Combs as "
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Prosecutors Suggest Diddy Blew Up Kid Cudi's Car

Alleged arson victim isn't named, but rapper confirmed his car was torched

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say Sean "Diddy" Combs orchestrated a break-in at a person's home followed by the bombing of their car. That person is believed to be the rapper Kid Cudi. Though the victim isn't named in the letter filed in court last week, the details match closely...

Cassie Breaks Her Silence: Believe Victims the First Time

Domestic violence 'broke me down to someone I never thought I would become'

(Newser) - Her words were "clearly chosen carefully given the NDA she signed to settle her lawsuit" with Sean "Diddy" Combs in November, observes TMZ , but they are direct: Believe victims the first time, Cassie Ventura says in a message posted to Instagram on Thursday. In her first comments since...

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