5 d. ago DIDDY TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS: Orgies, drugs, baby oil, and beatdowns

Jurors and courthouse habitues were treated to eight weeks of disturbing, occasionally titillating and deeply troubling testimony during the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial in New York City. On Wednesday, Combs, 55, was acquitted of the most serious charges, sex trafficking and racketeering but was convicted of prostitution. He insisted he was merely a swinger. HERE […]

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5 d. ago HUNTER: How the hell did Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs walk on sex trafficking?

Even for the most enthusiastic libertine, the tawdry details that emerged from the trial of hedonistic hip-hop impresario Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs were alarming. The “freak offs”, the orgies, the drugs, the abuse, the lifetime supply of baby oil. None of it mattered a wit. What did matter was that Combs is a celebrity. Combs, 55, […]

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5 d. ago A look at the charges and potential sentencing Sean ’Diddy’ Combs faces in his sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial reached a verdict on all but the most complicated counts – racketeering conspiracy – against the hip-hop star. Jurors are continuing their deliberations Wednesday after saying they couldn’t reach a consensus on that top count. Here’s what we know about the charges […]

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5 d. ago Australia cancels rapper Ye’s visa over ’Heil Hitler’ release

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was recently stripped of an Australian visa after he released his single “Heil Hitler,” a government minister said on Wednesday. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke revealed Ye has been traveling for years to Australia, where his wife of three years, Bianca Censori, […]

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6 d. ago Diddy trial jury reaches verdict on all but the most serious charge

The judge indicated that he would instruct the jury to continue weighing the charge, echoing the sentiments of prosecutors and Combs’ defence tea.

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6 d. ago Jury deliberating at Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial asks to review Cassie’s testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial asked Tuesday to review critical testimony from one of the prosecution’s most important witnesses: the hip-hop mogul’s former longtime girlfriend Cassie. Jurors requested the testimony about 75 minutes into their second day of weighing charges that Combs used his fame, […]

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1 week ago Diddy’s lawyer mocks sex trafficking case, says charges ‘badly exaggerated’

If convicted, Sean 'Diddy' Combs could face a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.

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1 week ago Prosecutor casts Sean ’Diddy’ Combs as a criminal who abused others through power, violence and fear

NEW YORK — Two days of closing arguments in Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial began on Thursday with a prosecutor telling the jury the hip-hop mogul used “power, violence and fear” to rule a criminal enterprise that facilitated kidnapping, arson and brutal sex crimes that she said were at the heart of the […]

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1 week ago Prosecution rests in Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK — The prosecution rested Tuesday at Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial, capping a more than six-week-long presentation of evidence against the hip-hop maven that confronted him with former employees and two former girlfriends who expressed regret at his treatment of them over the past two decades. The move came after defence […]

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2 w. ago Sean ’Diddy’ Combs jury sees more sex videos as prosecutors wind down case

NEW YORK — The jury at Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial viewed more video recordings on Monday of the sex marathons that have played a prominent role in a prosecution that was likely to rest by Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey sometimes referred to the mostly 1- or 2-minute clips filmed by […]

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2 w. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs probably won’t testify as defence says its case could be less than 2 days

NEW YORK — The possibility that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial all but vanished Tuesday after his lawyer predicted a defence presentation lasting as little as two days and a judge said jurors could begin deliberations as early as next week. Attorney Marc Agnifilo offered the hint […]

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3 w. ago Sean ’Diddy’ Combs trial judge dismisses juror over protests by defence lawyers

NEW YORK — A judge dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose. Judge Arun Subramanian made the ruling after rejecting arguments by […]

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3 w. ago Kanye West briefly shows up to support Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at trial

Asked if he was at the courthouse to support Combs, he responded 'yes' and nodded

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3 w. ago Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, briefly shows up to support Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at trial

NEW YORK — Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, briefly showed up to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend. Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was on a break and spent […]

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