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…
The sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs continued Monday, June 2, with testimony from a former assistant, identified only as “Mia”. She told a federal court that she attempted to block out the abuse she allegedly suffered while working for Combs from 2009 to 2017. Testifying under a pseudonym to protect her…
The sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continued Friday with harrowing testimony from “Mia,” a former assistant to the music mogul and longtime friend of singer Cassie Ventura. Testifying under a pseudonym to protect her identity, Mia described enduring years of physical, verbal, and sexual abuse while employed by Combs —…
In dramatic testimony during Day 10 of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, a former assistant to the music mogul accused him of kidnapping her and threatening to kill rapper Kid Cudi in a violent episode connected to Combs’ jealousy over a past romantic relationship. Capricorn Clark, who worked for Combs…
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…
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…
In a recent legal development, U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, alleged that Combs raped her at a party in 1995 at Elks Plaza in New York City. Initially filing the complaint under a pseudonym, the court denied…
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the embattled music mogul, faces yet another explosive lawsuit alleging he drugged and anally raped a 17-year-old boy in a New York City nightclub in 2012. The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court by an anonymous plaintiff identified as “John Doe,” accuses Combs of sexual assault and describes the alleged…