{"id":29204,"date":"2025-06-25T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29204"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:42:01","slug":"how-diddys-legal-team-defend-him-without-witnesses-as-entire-process-lasted-under-one-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29204","title":{"rendered":"How Diddy’s legal team defend him without witnesses as entire process lasted under one hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After six weeks of testimony, the prosecutors in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking case have rested their case against him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0music<\/a>\u00a0mogul faces charges including racketeering and\u00a0sex trafficking<\/a>\u00a0by force, fraud, or coercion.<\/p>\n

He was arrested last September while in\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0and has remained in prison since.<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old is notorious for throwing ‘freak-offs’ – sex parties where women were allegedly forced to have intercourse with male sex workers while Combs watched and pleasured himself.<\/p>\n

Combs has denied all charges against him, and claims all sexual activity was consensual.<\/p>\n

The trial heard from 34 witnesses, including Diddy’s ex-partner\u00a0Cassie Ventura<\/a>,\u00a0Kid Cudi<\/a>, and\u00a0Diddy’s former employees<\/a>, as well as hotel managers and workers.<\/p>\n

Yet on Tuesday (June 24), Combs refused to speak out in\u00a0court<\/a>\u00a0as his legal team defended him.<\/p>\n

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Sean Combs refused to address the jury as part of his defense (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The brief hearing lasted less than an hour, and the defense didn’t call on any witnesses, either.<\/p>\n

Addressing District Judge Arun Subramian around an hour after the prosecution rested their case, as\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0by ABC News, Diddy said of his refusal to speak out: “That is my decision with my lawyers,” before seemingly attempted to charm the judge.<\/p>\n

“How are you feeling today?” Judge Arun Subramian asked, as Combs replied: “I’m doing great, how are you, your honor?” before adding: “I want to tell you thank you. You’re doing an excellent job.”<\/p>\n

So, exactly how did Diddy’s legal team defend him, with neither him taking to the stand nor calling up their own witnesses to give testimony?<\/p>\n

Well, they highlighted loving messages exchanged between Ventura and Combs in 2012, where Ventura claimed she still loved him and would be his ‘lil freak’.<\/p>\n

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Combs’ legal team shared ‘positive’ texts between Cassie and Diddy as part of their defense (Getty\/Hollywood To You\/Star Max)<\/cite><\/div>\n

They also read law-enforcement interview notes that indicated certain witnesses\u2019 accounts had changed from their initial statements.<\/p>\n

And let’s not forget, Combs’ legal team also spent days cross-examining the prosecution\u2019s witnesses, attempting to cast doubt over the alleged victims\u2019 testimony. Immediately after resting their case, Diddy’s legal team asked Judge Subramanian to grant a ‘judgment of acquittal’ – suggesting the prosecution\u2019s evidence at its strongest, is still not enough to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, so the case should end now.<\/p>\n

Judge Subramanian didn\u2019t rule on that motion right away. That\u2019s standard; in federal criminal trials, motions for acquittal, often called Rule 29 motions, are typically made first after the prosecution rests, and again after the defense finishes.<\/p>\n

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Diddy is currently on trial (Dave Benett\/Getty Images for TAO Group Hospitality)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Judges usually hold off on deciding until they\u2019ve heard closing arguments and seen all the evidence. That way, they can consider the full picture before deciding whether any reasonable jury could legally convict.<\/p>\n

What will happen next in the Diddy case?<\/h2>\n

On Thursday (June 26), the jury is due to return to court to hear closing statements.<\/p>\n

That means deliberations – when the jury retires to discuss the arguments heard and aim to reach a unanimous verdict – could take place as soon as Friday (June 27).<\/p>\n

Deliberations could take anywhere between a few hours to a few weeks, so it’s not yet known when we can expect a verdict.<\/p>\n

If found guilty across all charges, Combs could face life in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    After six weeks of testimony, the prosecutors in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking case have rested their case against him. The\u00a0music\u00a0mogul faces charges including racketeering and\u00a0sex trafficking\u00a0by force, … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29206,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29204\/revisions\/29206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}