After a number of attainable delays, the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started this week.
Mid-April, the protection requested Decide Arun Subramanian to push again the Could 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 on track.
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 presently incarcerated, faces quite a few expenses, 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.
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Decide Lewis J. Liman, the choose who’s overseeing the Blake Energetic vs. Justin Baldoni case, dismissed the rape case after the Jane Doe that introduced the allegations towards Diddy didn’t file beneath her personal title 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 countless.
For an entire timeline of the trial — and updates as to who testifies and the end result, learn on beneath. We might be updating:
Could 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 hundreds of {dollars} to have intercourse with Cassie Ventura in entrance of Combs, who turned more and more violent.
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“He began directing us after the second session,”Phillips mentioned of Combs and the Gramercy Park Resort in 2012. Former lodge safety guard and now LAPD officer Israel Florez additionally testified Monday.
Could 13 & 14 – Cassie Ventura’s Trial Testimony
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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, Could 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 reality, it was for $20 mullion, she confirmed the afternoon of Wednesday, Could 14. The previous longtime girlfriend of Combs described how he had managed each side of her life when repeatedly questioned in regards to the “freak off” intercourse periods through which she participated.
“I wished to be compensated for the time, the ache … to repair my life,” the ‘Me & U’ singer mentioned.
Could 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.
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“From what he informed 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.
Could 16: Ventura Reveals $10M Settlement From Resort 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 Resort in Century Metropolis for Diddy beating her, footage of which he lodge’s safety cameras captured.
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“I didn’t save Cassie, as some have mentioned, the previous private coach and attainable protection witness acknowledged. “To say that’s an insult to the years of painful work my spouse has completed to save lots of herself. Cassie saved Cassie. She alone broke free from abuse, coercion, violence and threats,” Ventura’s husband Alex Effective mentioned in an announcement Friday. “She did the work of preventing the demons that solely a demon himself might have completed to her. All I’ve completed 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 Could 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 go well with of her personal towards Diddy, might be again on the stand on Could 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 will not be being revealed to far forward of time due to worries for his or her security. Having mentioned that, we all know that Ventura’s mom is about to testify nest week, as is a former shut pal of the singer.
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Could 19 – Daybreak Richard Returns To The Stand
(L-R_ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs & Daybreak Richard
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After first taking the stand Friday, Could 16, Making the Band alumna Daybreak Richard returned Monday, Could 19, with extra testimony of abuse, each that she skilled and noticed. Throughout her 2.5 hours on the stand, Richard described Diddy’s abuse of Cassie Ventura in nice element whereas acknowledging her lack of interference.
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Could 20: Cassie’s Mom Testifies
Cassie Ventura’s mom took the stand briefly Tuesday, Could 20, to supply her tackle the connection between her daughter and Diddy. “I used to be scared for my daughter’s security,” Regina Ventura informed jurors.
This was after the conclusion of a combined testimony from Combs’ former assistant David James.
Scott Mescudi aka Child Cudi on the world premiere of “Knuckles”
Could 21: Child Cudi Set To Testify
Wednesday noticed rapper Child Cudi cemented to testify within the trial on Thursday.
Could 22: Child Cudi’s Testimony Reveals Threats From Diddy Over Cudi’s Transient Relationship with Cassie Ventura
Scott Mescudi, aka Child Cudi, revealed injury to his Porsche and different threats by Combs in response to Cudi’s briefly courting Cassie Ventura. Cudi demanded compensation for the automobile, which was torched by a Molotov cocktail put in via the lower roof of the automobile.
Cudi spent simply over three hours on the stand because the thirteenth witness for the feds on the sex-trafficking trial.
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Could 27: Captricorn Clark Testifies, 50 Cent Mocks Diddy
Coming off Memorial Day weekend, former Diddy aide Capricorn Clark took the stand for the prosecution to offer perception into her time working for Diddy. Clark spoke about alleged violence, threats, polygraph assessments and twin kidnappings.
Below oath, Clark mentioned Tuesday that after an MTV occasion with 50 Cent in attendance a couple of years again, she heard Combs inform his then supervisor, the now deceased Chris Lighty, that he had issues with the usually provocative Curtis Jackson. 50 Cent took to social media to mock Diddy Tuesday.
Could 29: Combs Former Aide “Mia” Testifies, Detailing Fixed Concern of Him
“Mia” testified within the closing hour of Diddy’s trial Thursday. Diddy’s former aide spoke of many rapes she suffered from the rapper.
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Could 30: President Donald Trump Says He Would Take into account Pardoning Diddy
“I will surely take a look at the information if I feel any individual was mistreated, whether or not they like me or don’t like me,” Trump mentioned Friday, Could 30 within the Oval Workplace when requested if he would pardon Combs. “It wouldn’t have any influence on me.”
The president referred to as Savannah Chrisley Could 27 to inform her he deliberate to pardon her mother and father Todd and Julie Chrisley, two actuality present TV stars sentenced to jail for fraud and tax evasion in 2022.
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