Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - The s£x-trafficking and racketeering
trial for Sean 'Diddy' Combs has started in Manhattan federal court after a
jury was finally selected
The disgraced music mogul's former girlfriend, Cassandra
Ventur, will be among the trial's early witnesses, taking the stand on Tuesday
morning.
During opening statements, prosecutors outlined horrific
claims against Diddy, saying he once forced a male escort to urinate in
Cassie's mouth.
Meanwhile, the defence argued that the rapper is guilty of
other crimes, including domestic violence, but not s£x trafficking or
racketeering.
Lawyers for the three-time Grammy winner say
prosecutors are wrongly trying to make a crime out of a party-loving
lifestyle that may have been indulgent, but was not illegal.
Prosecutors say Combs coerced women into drugged-up group
sexual encounters, then kept them in line through violence.
Diddy's lawyer, Xavier Donaldson, will continue
cross-examining Daniel Phillip on Tuesday morning.
Star witness Cassie Ventura will then give evidence about
the alleged abuse she suffered at her then-boyfriend's hands, and what she saw
of him abusing others.
Combs, 55, was arrested in September 2024 and has
been charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of s£x
trafficking, and two counts of transportation for prostitution, all felony
charges.
He faces a minimum of 15 years in federal prison, and up to
a life sentence, if he is convicted.
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