A former hotel security guard took the stand Tuesday in federal court and testified that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs paid him $100,000 in cash to suppress a 2016 surveillance video that captured Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, inside the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. The video — now a critical piece of…
Prosecutors allege Sean “Diddy” Combs used violence, drugs, and blackmail to control victims Jurors in the federal trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are expected to view graphic “Freak Off” sex tapes, which prosecutors say were used by Combs to blackmail and control women, including his former partner Cassie Ventura. During opening statements this…
Pop culture correspondent and senior-level producer Loren LoRosa, who attended the opening day of the high-profile federal trial involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, shared a striking courtroom analysis in a now-viral video post on Instagram. Her real-time commentary suggests the defense could gain significant ground in the case, pointing to what she described as a highly…
As jury selection enters its final stage in the explosive sex trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, federal prosecutors are grappling with the possible loss of a key witness who allegedly holds critical testimony. According to NBC News, lead prosecutor Moren Comey informed U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian that the government…
Tensions are rising in the federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, as U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian sternly reprimanded high-profile attorney Mark Geragos for inflammatory podcast comments that the judge called “outrageous.” In a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, Judge Subramanian criticized Geragos, who is linked to Combs’ defense team, for remarks he made on…
Singer and model Cassie Ventura will testify under her real name in the upcoming federal trial against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, making her the only known alleged victim in the case to forgo anonymity. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Cassie is identified as “Victim 1” in the indictment, and prosecutors have confirmed…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is undergoing a significant change as defense attorney Anthony Ricco has formally requested to withdraw from representing the embattled music mogul in his federal sex trafficking case. Ricco, one of six attorneys on Combs’ defense team, did not provide a specific reason for his departure but made it clear that…
A federal jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has found Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic guilty of multiple charges related to his support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The conviction includes providing material support to ISIS, conspiring to provide material support, and receiving military-type training from the extremist…
A Georgia attorney and former City of Atlanta police officer, Shelitha Robertson, 62, was handed a sentence of seven years and three months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of approximately $15 million. Robertson, along with co-conspirator Chandra Norton, orchestrated a plot to submit fraudulent PPP…