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Diddy simply spoke out about his ongoing intercourse trafficking trial for the primary time.
Type of.
In a literal method of talking, we suppose.
Sean âDiddy” Combs performs onstage through the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Pageant at T-Cell Enviornment on September 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs for iHeartRadio)
The music mogul — who has pleaded not responsible to costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution — addressed these contained in the New York Metropolis courtroom the place he was being tried on Might 20 for the primary time.
“I love you all,” Combs mentioned aloud as courtroom adjourned for the day, earlier than including below his breath: “Yeah. Love.”
In accordance with Folks Journal, the seemingly despicable human being additionally turned to a girl within the gallery and mentioned, “Please let Justin know I’m thinking of him,” an obvious reference to his 31-year-old son, Justin Combs.
Diddy positioned his hand over his coronary heart earlier than leaving the room.
Sean “Diddy” Combs attends TimesTalks Presents: An Night with Sean “Diddy” Combs at The New College on September 20, 2017 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photographs)
Up to now on this trial, the prosecution has been calling one damning witness after one other.
Most notably, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, documented the methods by which pressured into varied sexual conditions through the star’s infamous “Freak-Off” events.
“He would smash me in my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me, stomp me in the head if I was down,” Cassie additionally testified concerning the violent methods Diddy would deal with her throughout their romantic entanglement.
Beforehand, legal professionals instructed jurors about an incident by which Diddy instructed a male prostitute to urinate in Cassie’s mouth as punishment for her lack of enthusiasm throughout these “Freak-Off” occasions.
Cassie Ventura and Diddy arrive for the traditionnal Clive Davis social gathering on the eve of the sixtieth Annual Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, in New York. (Picture by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Cassie filed a civil go well with in opposition to Diddy in 2023, alleging that he had bodily and emotionally abused her throughout their relationship.
Whereas the movie star was fast to settle the aforementioned lawsuit out of courtroom for an undisclosed sum, the authorized motion opened the door to extra accusers coming ahead, ultimately resulting in Diddy’s arrest and imprisonment.
He’s been behind bars since September of 2024, having been denied bail on a number of events. If convicted on all costs in opposition to him, Combs faces life in jail.
Diddy performs onstage through the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Middle on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Picture by Noam Galai/Getty Photographs for MTV)
This week, in the meantime, Homeland Safety Particular Agent Gerard Gannon took to the stand and speak concerning the March 25, 2024 search of Diddy’s residence in Miami.
Gannon mentioned the search was associated to a human trafficking investigation, explaining that, as a result of property’s dimension — roughly 20,000 sq. ft and together with a visitor home — round 80 to 90 brokers participated.
The agent testified that he and his colleagues discovered objects in a closet in the master suite… together with excessive heels, intercourse toys, lubricants, lingerie, and firearm elements.
“Upper and lower receivers of AR-15s” had been recovered, some with serial numbers scratched off, Gannon added.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Cassie attends the Heavenly Our bodies: Trend & The Catholic Creativeness Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Might 7, 2018 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Neilson Barnard/Getty Photographs)
Elsewhere within the Diddy trial, Cassie’s former pal, Kerry Morgan, corroborated the horrifying nature of Diddy and Cassie’s involvement.
Morgan claimed that she noticed Combs assault Ventura twice, and he was sober on each events. That is vital, because the protection reportedly plans to blame Combs’ misconduct on his drug and alcohol addictions.
She additionally alleged that Diddy beat her up on a minimum of two events as a result of it needed to know if Cassie had been dishonest on him.
