5 h. ago Cassie details hotel hallway beating at Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ trial

NEW YORK — The R&B singer Cassie returned to the witness stand Wednesday in ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, describing a vicious attack by Combs that was caught on surveillance video at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The infamous video shows Combs hitting, kicking and attempting to drag Cassie back to their […]

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6 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial: What to expect from Cassie’s testimony today

Prosecutors allege Combs used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties

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23 h. ago What to know about Cassie, the singer testifying against Sean ’Diddy’ Combs

NEW YORK — Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, began testifying Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial. The music mogul is charged with leveraging his status to coerce women — including Cassie — into abusive sexual encounters and using violence if they refused. He has pleaded not guilty. […]

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54 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Jury begins hearing opening statements

Testimony could begin as soon as the afternoon following a final phase of jury selection in the morning and opening statements from the lawyers

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54 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had violent outbursts, but it wasn’t sex trafficking, defense concedes

Combs, wearing a white sweater, entered the packed courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs up to supporters seated behind him

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54 h. ago Defense concedes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had violent outbursts, but say no federal crimes occurred

Combs, wearing a white sweater, entered the packed courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs up to supporters seated behind him

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55 h. ago Opening statements expected in Sean ’Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades. Testimony in Combs’ New York trial could begin as soon as the afternoon following a final phase of jury selection in […]

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55 h. ago Jury is chosen for Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades. Jury selection concluded in the morning, which was to be followed by lawyers’ opening statements. Testimony could begin as soon as […]

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5 d. ago Jury selection for sex trafficking trial of Sean ’Diddy’ Combs pushed to next week

NEW YORK — The final stage of jury selection for the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was postponed until early next week, right before opening arguments begin, a federal judge decided on Friday. Prosecutors allege that Combs, 55, used his fame and power at the top of the hip-hop […]

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7 d. ago What we learned from the dozens of lawsuits against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

When Cassie Ventura filed her November 2023 lawsuit against her former boyfriend Sean Combs, her story of exploitation and abuse became a road map, charting a course for dozens of people to come forward with their own allegations of sexual assault against one of the most powerful music producers in the world. Though Ventura reached […]

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8 d. ago What to know about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

A dingy Manhattan jail is a precipitous fall for champagne-swilling hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs. It’s a far cry from the 1990s and early 2000s when he was the king of the charts and in the process created a music and fashion empire that made him a billionaire. But that was then. After decades of […]

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9 d. ago Sean ’Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial is set to begin with jury selection

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women. Jury selection was scheduled to begin in […]

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9 d. ago Trafic sexuel, viols, corruption: début du procès du rappeur Sean «Diddy» Combs

Trafic sexuel, viols, corruption: début du procès du rappeur Sean «Diddy» Combs.

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1 week ago The Diddy allegations are shocking. Were they also business as usual?

In late 2022, well before Sean “Diddy” Combs got into real trouble, a man in Los Angeles approached Tanea Wallace with an offer. The man was a scout for Soft White Underbelly, photographer Mark Laita’s YouTube channel about people struggling with issues such as abuse or addiction. Wallace, an aspiring singer who sometimes made money […]

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3 w. ago Judge denies Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ request to delay May 5 trial

NEW YORK — The sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs will proceed as scheduled in early May despite his lawyer’s claims that they need an extra two months to prepare, a judge said Friday. Judge Arun Subramanian said at a Manhattan federal court hearing that the hip-hop mogul’s trial, projected to last from eight […]

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4 w. ago Prosecutor says Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers are looking for reasons to delay his May trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks. The latest version of the indictment against Combs, 55, added two new charges this month but he still hadn’t […]

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