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Judge to Sean Combs: Stop Nodding at the Jury

He threatens to ban the celebrity from the courtroom if it continues

(Newser) - The Sean Combs trial had a moment of drama on Thursday, though the jury didn't see it. After jurors were excused for lunch, federal judge Arun Subramanian angrily ordered Combs to stop making facial expressions to jurors during testimony, reports USA Today . "Your client was looking at the...

Witness Says Combs Held Her Over a 17th-Floor Balcony

Bryana Bongolan testifies with immunity in trial

(Newser) - Bryana Bongolan, a former graphic designer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, told a court on Wednesday that the hip-hop mogul once told her "I'm the devil, and I could kill you" and another time held her over a 17th-story balcony as she feared for her life. Bongolan made...

Diddy Paid Hotel Security $100K for Beating Video

Eddy Garcia testifies about the secretive payment

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs tried very hard to keep the infamous video footage of him beating Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway from going public. A security officer at the Los Angeles hotel testified on Tuesday that Combs paid him $100,000 in cash in exchange for the drive with...

Trump Doesn't Rule Out a Pardon for Combs
Trump Leaves Open
Pardoning Combs
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Trump Leaves Open Pardoning Combs

The two once were friends, but president says his decision would be based on fairness

(Newser) - President Trump took a pass Friday on an opportunity to rule out a possible presidential pardon for an old friend who may or may not need one, per USA Today . Asked at the White House whether he'd consider clearing Sean "Diddy" Combs, who's on trial in New...

Suge Knight Has Some Advice for Sean Combs

Take the stand, the longtime rival suggests

(Newser) - The allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs continue to mount in his sex-trafficking trial , the latest coming from a former personal assistant who testified that he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, reports NBC News . But as the trial continues, Combs is getting some support from an unlikely source—his...

Ex-Assistant Says Combs Sexually Assaulted Her

Mia says 'Diddy' threw her into a wall when she tried to stop him from hurting Ventura

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs' former personal assistant testified Thursday that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her, and slammed a door against her arm during a torturous eight-year tenure.
  • The woman, testifying at Combs' sex trafficking trial under
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Combs' Ex-Assistant Had Memorable First Day

Capricorn Clark alleges that Combs threatened to kill her

(Newser) - The sex-trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs continues to play out in court, and Tuesday's testimony featured a notable line from one of his former personal assistants, Capricorn Clark. She alleges that Combs threatened her life on her very first day on the job, reports CNN...

Kid Cudi Says He Confronted Combs About Car Bombing

He likens Combs to 'a Marvel supervillain'

(Newser) - Scott Mescudi—better known as rapper Kid Cudi—compared Sean "Diddy" Combs to a "Marvel supervillain" at Combs' trial Thursday. Cudi testified that his home was broken into on the day in December 2011 that Cassie Ventura told him Combs had found out about their brief relationship and...

Next Big Name at Sean Combs' Trial: Kid Cudi

Rapper had a relationship with Diddy's girlfriend; both say he threatened to have Cudi's car firebombed

(Newser) - Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial Thursday, an appearance that was pushed back from Wednesday. He'll take the witness stand to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs' ex-girlfriend, the R&B...

Exotic Dancer Involved in 'Freak-Offs': I Didn't Know Man Was Diddy

'The Punisher' testifies about how he found out

(Newser) - The exotic dancer involved in the alleged 'freak-offs' Cassie Ventura says she was forced to endure while in a relationship with Sean "Diddy" Combs took the stand at Combs' trial Tuesday. The male stripper, real name Sharay Hayes but nicknamed "the Punisher," testified that he was...

Diddy Protege: I Was Threatened Into Silence

'We could go missing' for speaking up, says Danity Kane's Dawn Richard

(Newser) - Dawn Richard, a former member of Danity Kane, the pop group Sean 'Diddy' Combs formed on Making the Band 4, got to experience the music mogul when he wasn't in front of cameras, and what she saw was disturbing. As Richard resumed the stand in Combs' sex trafficking...

Ventura Spouse Calls Diddy a 'Demon,' Feels 'Profound Anger'

Alex Fine issues powerful statement after wife testifies in Sean Combs' sex trafficking proceedings

(Newser) - Cassie Ventura testified for a fourth day on Friday in the sex trafficking trial of her ex, rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, with one big supporter behind her: husband Alex Fine, who had some strong words to share after the proceedings, per People . "Please know this: You did not....

Court Hears Texts Combs Sent to Ventura After Beating

He wanted to get together again, which she found a 'little strange' in wake of the assault

(Newser) - A "very, very pregnant" Cassie Ventura testified for a fourth day on Friday in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs. For much of the day, Combs' attorneys sought to undercut her claims that she was an unwilling participant in the hip-hop mogul's infamous "freak-offs,"...

Cassie Ventura Cross-Examined in Combs Trial

'Very, very pregnant' witness will finish testifying on Friday

(Newser) - With prosecutors and the judge hoping to get heavily pregnant Cassie Ventura off the witness stand on schedule, defense lawyers cross-examined her Thursday in Sean Combs' sex trafficking trial.
  • Defense lawyers asked Ventura about the early days of her relationship with Combs and introduced loving text messages in what NBC
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Combs Jurors Appear Shocked by 'Freak-Off' Images

Ventura testifies that he raped her after break-up

(Newser) - The R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura testified Wednesday that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped her when she ended their decade-long relationship, after he locked her in a life of physical abuse by threatening to release degrading sexual videos of her. Ventura—who testified earlier Wednesday about physical damage...

Cassie Describes Damage Freak-Offs Did to Her Body

R&B singer testifies for a second day

(Newser) - R&B singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura was back on the witness stand Wednesday, peeling back the curtain on her decade with Sean "Diddy" Combs as part of the music mogul's sex trafficking trial.
  • More on the 'freak-offs': "That was just my job, really. It was
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Cassie Shares Weird Nickname Diddy Chose

She says she called him 'Pop Pop' at his request

(Newser) - During her testimony at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial Tuesday, Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura revealed a strange nickname she had for her then-boyfriend, who is 17 years her elder. She says during their decade-long relationship, Combs wanted her to call him by a special name, and she didn'...

Star Witness Testifies Against Sean Combs

Cassie Ventura describes regular 'physical abuse'

(Newser) - The star witness in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs took the stand on Tuesday. Some highlights from the early testimony of R&B artist Cassie Ventura:
  • "I really fell in love with him," she told the court, describing her relationship with Combs as "
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5 Takeaways From Day One of the Diddy Trial

Rapper's daughters walk out as testimony gets graphic

(Newser) - The sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began Monday, and the music mogul—who seems to have adopted a "gentler" look for the trial—was spotted reading a Bible in the courtroom before opening statements began , sources tell TMZ . A few takeaways from day one:
  • A family
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Sean Combs' Trial: He 'Ran a Criminal Enterprise'

Opening statements begin in sex-trafficking case

(Newser) - The jury is seated, and now the actual trial is underway for Sean "Diddy" Combs . The 55-year-old music mogul may spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted in his sex-trafficking and racketeering trial. The big question for the jury is whether Combs ran what amounted to...

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