{"id":29608,"date":"2025-07-02T00:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29608"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:56:09","slug":"diddys-mask-finally-slips-the-courtroom-picture-that-says-everything-as-jury-reaches-verdict-on-four-charges-and-is-ordered-to-keep-deliberating-on-fifth-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29608","title":{"rendered":"Diddy&#8217;s mask finally slips: The courtroom picture that says EVERYTHING as jury reaches verdict on four charges and is ordered to keep deliberating on fifth | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mini-carousel-wrapper\" class=\"item news\" data-track-module=\"am-mini_carousel^mini_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a\" data-track-pos=\"static\">\n<div class=\"shallow-ac mini\">\n<div class=\"rotator\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-top-carousel-thumbnails\" class=\"taboola\" data-taboolaposition=\"beforeArticle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<div data-channel-color=\"news\" data-live-blog-header=\"true\" data-media=\"image\" data-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"container--aKUPT desktopMode--veTtW\">\n<div class=\"hero--Ge7u8\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer--vpUT7\">\n<div class=\"container--hEbQa\">\n<div class=\"pulse--mbsfC\"><\/div>\n<p>LIVE<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>Diddy&#8217;s mask finally slips: The courtroom picture that says EVERYTHING as jury reaches verdict on four charges and is ordered to keep deliberating on fifth<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\" style=\"width: 638px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie8.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie9.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/sync_bundle--.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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Combs appeared to panic when jurors announced they reached a verdict on four of the five charges against the rapper &#8211; but were still stuck on a single count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The disgraced music mogul, 55, was seen in a court sketch visibly nervous with his eyes wide open when jurors announced on Tuesday they reached a verdict on charges of\u00a0sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution, related to claims brought by Combs&#8217; ex-girlfriend <a id=\"mol-48f50130-56de-11f0-b11f-0fdcc47c9ab5\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/tvshowbiz\/cassie-ventura\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Cassie Ventura<\/a> and another ex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, the jurors told Judge Arun Subramanian they were unable to reach a consensus on the controversial racketeering conspiracy charge &#8211; which could see Combs jailed for life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Federal prosecutors had brought the charge against Diddy claiming that he ran a criminal enterprise, aided by staff members, to entrap and abuse women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The jurors said they cannot agree on whether it applies in Diddy&#8217;s case, as it requires the jury to find that Combs carried out at least two underlying crimes with the help of his employees and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The announcement sent lawyers scrambling to figure out their next move\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">If Combs were to be convicted on the charge, he could face life in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After a tense hearing on Tuesday, the judge ordered the jury back into deliberations to reach a verdict on the count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But just moments later, jurors informed the judge they had finished deliberating for the day and Subramanian dismissed them &#8211; 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Combs looked panicked in a court sketch as the jury failed to reach a final verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"xxTrcvDLyD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He was pictured with his eyes wide open as defense attorneys surrounded him and discussed how they should proceed when jurors said they reached a verdict on four of the five charges against him &#8211; but could not reach a consensus on the racketeering charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"FKxYDo-U0L\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It applies to the claim that Diddy ran a criminal enterprise, aided by staff, to entrap and abuse women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Ok1yarkYHk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">If Combs were to be convicted of the racketeering charge, he could face life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KBOCsmuBvm\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Judge Arun Subramanian ultimately told jurors to continue deliberating but dismissed them for the day just moments later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Ympapkop2q\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Jury deliberations are now expected to continue Wednesday morning, with Subramanian urging the jurors to &#8216;keep an open mind.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"qalmLiC99-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"A3jjNWpK2d\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"M3NckgLtXs\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"CVGvxZcB8uAbdhJQckpc\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"true\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pinned_1N38Lb8f\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"false\">All the explosive testimony from inside Diddy courtroom on Daily Mail&#8217;s podcast The Trial<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"UG5k5lQmId\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">To hear all the explosive testimony from singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/cassie-ventura\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Cassie Ventura<\/a> and the other witnesses in Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs&#8217; trial, tune in to Daily Mail&#8217;s hit podcast The Trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fmoo-oZgyK\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">From sworn testimony to video evidence and the rapper&#8217;s every subtle move, our team of journalists take you inside the courtroom of the world&#8217;s biggest celebrity case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"XwhPYl6dR0\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Daily Mail has been following Diddy&#8217;s downfall from the very beginning.\u00a0Join us as we hear from experts involved in the case, and members of the rapper&#8217;s inside circle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7ta_y2Sznv\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14708179\/diddy-trial-podcast-cassie-testimony-evidence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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reveals sordid new Diddy &#8216;freak off&#8217; revelation after video was shown to jury<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"O0FVPMx0g3\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">A male escort who was allegedly paid to participate in Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs&#8217; sex sessions known as &#8216;freak offs&#8217; says he had no idea he was being filmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fLeQm5LWlM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Exotic dancer Sharay Hayes, also known by his stage name &#8216;The Punisher&#8217;, claims\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14762279\/sharay-hayes-punisher-witnessed-diddy-cassie-freak-parties.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">he was given $800 to have sex with singer Cassie Ventura while Diddy watched in 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"LDgm1CeSGW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He has now claimed he was unaware he was being recorded, after video of him having sex with Ventura was played to the jury in the disgraced rap mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking and racketeering trial in New York on June 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fdJc9PMw6E\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Jurors viewed several video clips of Ventura\u00a0engaging in sexual acts with male escorts, whom prosecutors claimed were compensated by Combs, on June 17.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YklR-PPrjS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8z8aE5ICT6\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14821701\/diddy-male-escort-punisher-freak-video-jury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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in new lawsuit as rapper&#8217;s trial enters final stages<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"oZstxYestU\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a> and his son Justin Combs, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, were accused of brutal gang rape by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/louisiana\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Louisiana<\/a> woman in a shocking new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"uv-YwNFCg1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The documents, obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/26\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-and-son-justin-accused-of-brutal-gang-rape-in-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Page Six<\/a>, allege that Justin, 31, lured the woman, whom he met on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/snapchat\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Snapchat<\/a> in 2017, out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/california\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">California<\/a> under the promise of helping her career in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YHXRoKLJa8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">When she arrived, she claimed she was plied with drugs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/alcohol\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">alcohol<\/a> by Justin before three &#8216;masked men&#8217; arrived to the home to brutally gang rape her for several hours. She claimed one of the men was Diddy, 55.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"xFzU5iK4jR\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In the documents, she said she was able to identify the music mogul by his &#8216;mannerisms,&#8217; and alleged that Justin called him &#8216;Pops.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"LsYMrOAkGJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s attorney denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jWy0yGwXKI\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14854907\/diddy-son-justin-combs-accused-gang-rape-lawsuit-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/27\/18\/99799347-0-image-a-50_1751046992543.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2QXmeJp7j3\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"KFAzyJcB2qHrpCFevYv9\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T22:55:23.644Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751410523644\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>22:55<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">DailyMail discusses the cliffhanger in the Diddy trial<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"rPuwAukEng\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"BysXyJcBhDTgNnJPI6Ai\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T22:24:08.989Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751408648989\" data-testid=\"creation-date\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Family members leave the courthouse<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"45ECA17qh_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Family members were seen leaving the courthouse in Manhattan as jury deliberations continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"pWoDdMs6IY\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"DXwKYhSdQF\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/23\/1751408576813_lc_galleryImage_Daughters_of_Sean_Diddy_C.JPG\" alt=\"Daughters of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs leave the U.S. federal court, on the day the jury reaches the verdict on several counts in his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS\/Kylie Cooper\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hEqb3ESAdO\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"drgOGM-GbW\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/23\/1751408604764_lc_galleryImage_Janice_Combs_mother_of_Se.JPG\" alt=\"Janice Combs, mother of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, King Combs (C) departs federal court as jury continues deliberations in Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking trial on July 1, 2025, in New York City. A jury has reached a partial verdict in the sex trafficking trial of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs but has been unable to agree on the most serious charge facing the music mogul -- racketeering, US media reported on July 1, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY \/ AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"574\" height=\"342\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"tCVjq8Ee1w\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JxClU914oh\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/23\/1751408643643_lc_galleryImage_Justin_Combs_son_of_Sean_.JPG\" alt=\"Justin Combs,, son of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, (R) departs federal court as jury continues deliberations in Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking trial on July 1, 2025, in New York City. A jury has reached a partial verdict in the sex trafficking trial of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs but has been unable to agree on the most serious charge facing the music mogul -- racketeering, US media reported on July 1, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY \/ AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"HDn1WHynU4\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"aLY9h5kF9A\">\n<div class=\"videoWrapper_21k4WovN vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col\" data-opts=\"null\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"T7eROWJWEK\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9VMNyJcB8uAbdhJQprat\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T22:13:47.309Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751408027309\" data-testid=\"creation-date\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy whispers to children as court is dismissed<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zHNj0V93bi\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Combs whispered to his six adult children seated in the second row behind him before leaving the courtroom on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/entertainment\/live-news\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-07-01-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">according to CNN.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QEKqRJq4k-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He also leaned over to his mother and told her, &#8216;I\u2019ll be alright. Love you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"IVDix5cB2qHrpCFeS4to\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T22:00:00.910Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751407200910\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>22:00<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy making MILLIONS from prison with &#8216;high-end services&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"97_uicJ_GS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs is allegedly making millions from prison by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14732223\/new-york-rich-private-jets-taxis-trips-island-soar.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">renting out his $60M private jet <\/a>to wealthy travelers who have no idea he&#8217;s the owner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8mDNUM0Mnw\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The rapper has raked in $4.1M since his arrest on September 16, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/14309767\/diddy-raking-millions-since-arrest-renting-out-private-jet\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">US Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"yJn_IPOH-y\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s jet, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14069361\/Cash-strapped-Diddy-renting-private-jet-432k-flight-sex-trial-looms.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\"> Gulfstream G550 registered to his company LoveAir LLC<\/a>,\u00a0has been used by unwitting clients at least 126 times up to May 20, racking up\u00a0149,540 miles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ycJOsUVxqF\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Luxury operator Silver Air has been renting out the plane, and customers spend an average $32,597 per 1,186-mile journey, according to the US Sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-5rYi39QE8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"BXy7qIOtEM\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14747613\/diddy-millions-prison-high-end-services-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/25\/14\/98734367-0-image-a-13_1748179434249.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QgZp0p6ptS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Gcb4x5cBejKsSFs0ZFIO\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T21:50:33.997Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751406633997\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>21:50<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jurors dismissed for the day<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IVlszWySFT\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Just minutes after jurors were instructed to continue their deliberations, a juror sent a note to the judge alerting him that they were done for the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"NzZCs6inBH\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jurors then briefly returned to the courtroom to be formally dismissed, as the judge reminded them to &#8216;keep an open mind.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"IFDcx5cB2qHrpCFefIuC\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"true\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"false\">Diddy jury cliffhanger: Jurors will return tomorrow<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"o4aREHNC1J\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Judge Arun Subramanian told jurors to continue deliberating after they said the could not reach a verdict on count one, racketeering conspiracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"0DB3VehUYg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I received your note that you have reached verdicts on count 2-5 but not on count 1. I ask at this time that you keep deliberating,&#8217; said judge Arun Subramanian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hG9e_4o66a\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury has left the courtroom to continue their deliberations after the judge&#8217;s instructions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YlMuA3ygv7\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Shortly after that, they sent a note to the court saying they will continue deliberating on Wednesday at 9am EST.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KAz91Gjc06\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Racketeering conspiracy is the most serious charge Diddy faces, and carries a penalty of up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ewHVUXWIWJ\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14861641\/sean-combs-jury-verdict-diddy-david-gelman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/30\/18\/99865565-0-image-a-8_1751303076084.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"LiX5gKQY5H\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"F8bNx5cBejKsSFs0qlLQ\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T21:03:54.063Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751403834063\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>21:03<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s kids rush into court to wait for verdict<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"qrI9GVv7YS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zKAMdl--W5\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/22\/1751403828567_lc_galleryImage_Daughters_of_Sean_Diddy_C.JPG\" alt=\"Daughters of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs arrive at U.S. federal court, on the day the jury reaches the verdict on several counts in his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS\/Kylie Cooper\" width=\"574\" height=\"353\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PyDzpXInKG\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"HVDLx5cB2qHrpCFe4otZ\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T21:01:57.208Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751403717208\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>21:01<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">The charges Diddy is facing<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div>\n<ul class=\"embedUnorderedListWrapper_3ixgXAZX\">\n<li class=\"embedUnorderedListItem_3C9sEtdl\"><b>Count 1: <\/b>Racketeering conspiracy<\/li>\n<li class=\"embedUnorderedListItem_3C9sEtdl\"><b>Count 2:<\/b> Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion \u2013 pertains to Victim 1 (Cassie Ventura)<\/li>\n<li class=\"embedUnorderedListItem_3C9sEtdl\"><b>Count 3: <\/b>Transportation to engage in prostitution \u2013 pertains to Victim 1 (Cassie Ventura) and commercial sex workers<\/li>\n<li class=\"embedUnorderedListItem_3C9sEtdl\"><b>Count 4: <\/b>Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion \u2013 pertains to Victim 2 (\u201cJane\u201d)<\/li>\n<li class=\"embedUnorderedListItem_3C9sEtdl\"><b>Count 5: <\/b>Transportation to engage in prostitution \u2013 pertains to Victim 2 (\u201cJane\u201d) and commercial sex workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7-xUSLj57i\"><\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"_rHMJFn2ST\"><\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"602MUgLOXe\"><\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"DF2nyyCuo8\"><\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ymgfL6B4Rw\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted for sex trafficking:<\/b> Diddy could face a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"RDRMbLhWLD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted for engaging in prostitution:<\/b> He could face up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"L40chz1nSF\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted of racketeering conspiracy: <\/b>The embattled rapper could face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9yvBx5cBhDTgNnJPDZ9U\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:50:07.315Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751403007315\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:50<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Lawyers want jurors to continue deliberating<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"0KTLQeQ0T_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The prosecution and defense have both asked judge Arun Subramanian to tell the jury to continue deliberating after they said they can&#8217;t agree on count 1- racketeering conspiracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"A3c17RajVx\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge said there are three paths to take.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PZ1vi54ii8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The first is to tell the jury to keep going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PPwjkeBJQU\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The second is an Allen charge &#8211; a supplemental intruction from the court encouraging them to re-evaluate their positions and strive for a unanimous verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"EsYjL9G5oP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge the third one will come &#8216;at some point,&#8217; &#8211; when &#8216;the court should advise the jury of the ability to return a partial verdict.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"m-DYk31sUJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge said &#8216;but we are not there yet.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WIMG6LNysK\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fVOKx5cB8uAbdhJQYjC8\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:30:00.505Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751401800505\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Defense says freak offs were a part of date nights<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QER7o4Z1lg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo said on Friday that freak offs were date nights with beautiful hotels, food, and music from R&#8217;n&#8217;B singers Usher and Bryson Tiller.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QXHG5whOoP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;These are lovely\u2026.what you have is this beautiful evening,&#8217; he said of the video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"9hTHdMrXmt\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He claimed that there was a &#8216;nice quality&#8217; to the freak offs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"9iT-TQh2_d\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;They\u2019re not aggressive\u2026the physical intimacy is not aggressive. It\u2019s very standard. Very typical homemade porn. [Diddy is] not the only man in America making homemade porn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"karco-uWKj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I\u2019m under the impression this is a pretty popular thing these days,&#8217; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YjNb8I_0Hv\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"MEjfhM9MUe\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14820811\/diddy-sean-combs-trial-freak-video-reaction-jury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/17\/14\/99453815-0-image-a-38_1750166455115.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"3M_Dj-mnOA\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"3lOtx5cB8uAbdhJQ21Sp\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:29:09.414Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751401749414\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:29<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury says they have reached a verdict on four of five counts<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"c-_XsGibRh\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury in Diddy&#8217;s trial say they have reached a verdict on all but one of the charges against him after about 12 hours of delibarations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"u5OR79I2SS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They say they are unable to reach a verdict on the racketeering conspiracy charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"q1fMqyNyMz\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;We are unable to reach a verdict on count 1 as we have jurors with unpersuadable opinions on both sides,&#8217; the note read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"lzCIdl2NkX\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The announcement came as Diddy was surrounded by his eight lawyers, who were talking to him with serious expressions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"wRjJmFbyY5\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He was looking down, his hands crossed on his lap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7_eRivfGtQ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hGQHKRDY4B\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/21\/1751403416027_lc_galleryImage_Sean_Diddy_Combs_and_his_.JPG\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss with other defense lawyers on how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg\" width=\"574\" height=\"431\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"B9RMxJnvlN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8Cunx5cBhDTgNnJPhZ-c\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:22:14.171Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751401334171\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:22<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury sends another note to the judge<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"EQTTb4QP0e\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jurors have sent yet another note to Judge Arun Subramanian following hours of deliberation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Bt4hoDHc4n\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy and his mother are back inside the courtroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8KYHQsUC2s\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It is the sixth note that jurors have passed to the judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9lOEx5cB8uAbdhJQ9Crp\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:15:00.429Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751400900429\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s lawyers claim Cassie is a &#8216;strong woman&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"z8TYYjGI3f\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo said Cassie is a &#8216;sexy woman&#8217; and &#8216;that&#8217;s what she deserves to be&#8217; in shocking closing statements in court on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ffKbyBdYiF\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Agnifilo was making a point to jurors about how Cassie was not sex trafficked and that she and Diddy were swingers who partook in the lifestyle and regularly enjoyed freak offs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"n_rDDSUBzc\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;She wants to do it&#8230;she likes it&#8230;This is their lifestyle. He wouldn&#8217;t think in a million years there was anything wrong with that,&#8217; he continued. He claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216;s sexual fantasies became her own as his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hBSN46qJyA\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14687377\/cassie-ventura-diddy-video-trial-michael-b-jordan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/07\/20\/98146143-0-image-a-21_1746644776530.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5e4w-0KD84\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"5yuDx5cBhDTgNnJPbZ97\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T20:00:00.456Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751400000456\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>20:00<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">The two books Diddy turned to throughout trial as he awaits verdict<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"loOL080Y3p\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14252179\/sean-diddy-combs-twin-daughters-caribbean-vacation.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">disgraced rapper<\/a>, 55, held up two books during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14861641\/sean-combs-jury-verdict-diddy-david-gelman.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">first day of jury deliberations<\/a>, showing court reporters and gallery members how he has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14604537\/sean-diddy-combs-prison-item-forced-currency.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">passing time behind bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TijZ-wIfb6\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YEKcasR6RG\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14865003\/sean-diddy-combs-books-prison-sex-trafficking-trial-verdict.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/99900671-0-image-a-38_1751386392393.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"SeWlMbwvJZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"D1CAx5cB2qHrpCFeDotM\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T19:45:00.293Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751399100293\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>19:45<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Listen to Diddy trial audio of Cassie threatening to kill man over freak-off video leak<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nqsDbAkLel\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The audio was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14754105\/diddy-sean-combs-witnesses-rapper-trial.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">played by the disgraced mogul&#8217;s lawyers<\/a>\u00a0during their cross-examination of Cassie last month, but has only now become public after being uploaded into the evidence files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"oY6qu4Vi7O\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The defense used the audio in an attempt to prove that Cassie was an enthusiastic participant in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14820811\/diddy-sean-combs-trial-freak-video-reaction-jury.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">marathon sex sessions with escorts.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"o4v-xlnBHv\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IHyRjLKznL\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14826217\/Diddy-trial-audio-Cassie-threatening-freak-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/18\/20\/99506835-0-image-a-2_1750276643171.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"tF6igsQF11\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"CsZrx5cBejKsSFs04VJV\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T19:30:00.269Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751398200269\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>19:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury asked for transcript of male escort&#8217;s testimony<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"skEy58m7N2\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Daniel Phillip, 41, took to the stand for an hour as the prosecution&#8217;s second witness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CHSg18bHAZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He told the court Combs paid him up to $6,000 each time to take part in orchestrated sexual relations with R&amp;B singer Casandra &#8216;Cassie&#8217; Ventura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ANTHRQBXCr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy would often direct their encounters, forcing them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14334961\/diddy-assistant-phillip-pine-sex-loyalty-documentary-URL.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">engage in awkward &#8216;role play&#8217;<\/a> before giving Mr Phillip specific instructions on when and where to orgasm, the male escort alleged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"9ns1M_9oaD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">On Tuesday, the jury asked the court for the transcript of Phillip&#8217;s testimony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"R8xcbVVvD6\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"oQHw8g_pqc\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14706007\/Shocking-testimony-male-escort-claims-paid-Diddy-sleep-girlfriend-Court-told-rappers-vile-sex-act-awkward-role-play-sex-encounter-bizarrely-specific-instructions-orgasm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/13\/00\/98313631-0-image-a-9_1747094024032.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"gjQmhznSFy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"S1Npx5cB8uAbdhJQ6A_p\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T19:14:56.360Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751397296360\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>19:14<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury has been deliberating for over 10 hours<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5AB_UKpB3J\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury started deliberating at about 11.30am Monday and worked to reach a verdict until 5pm EST.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2RNKY44HGZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They returned to the court Monday at 9am and are still in the jury room as of Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"vAIoOenNON\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury is expected to deliberate from 9am until 5pm EST each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uCvExpcBhDTgNnJPfp92\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T18:45:01.061Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751395501061\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>18:45<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Michael Jordan&#8217;s furious response to being named in twisted Diddy roleplay fantasy with Shaq<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"feuJUycw2r\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Puffing on a thick cigar and staring out across the Mediterranean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/michael-jordan\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Michael Jordan<\/a> didn&#8217;t have a care in the world as he settled into his Sardinia vacation with his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CMU0wVLbXH\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nba\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">NBA<\/a> great, 62, was taken aback when he was interrupted on his Italian trip to be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14802199\/diddy-bisexual-fantasy-nba-player-michael-jordan-kobe-bryant-shaq.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\"> told his name had come up at the trial of disgraced<\/a> rap mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Ux3fVjpHK3\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Testifying under a pseudonym, &#8216;Jane&#8217; revealed Diddy&#8217;s twisted NBA role play where he casted himself as Jordan, her as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/kobe_bryant\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Kobe Bryant<\/a> and the male escort she slept with as Shaquille O&#8217;Neal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"MIVInFSpPm\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Michael was made aware of what Diddy may or may have not got himself into with roleplaying as Michael himself,&#8217; a source told Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"r23ezB1rsB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;Michael is not going to play with any of that, he is steering clear because he thinks it is weird.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7iCa-Ik720\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nba\/article-14807383\/Michael-Jordan-reaction-Diddy-twisted-bisexual-fantasy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/12\/21\/99320461-0-image-a-55_1749761562754.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jxtDPXUYY9\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tyvExpcBhDTgNnJPKJ9v\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T18:30:01.001Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751394601001\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>18:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Bill Maher blasted Cassie saying she CHOSE to stay with Diddy and was &#8216;enthusiastic&#8217; about freak-offs<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"w1OD03dJWD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Real Time host Bill Maher blasted Cassie amid the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a> trial for &#8216;choosing&#8217; to stay with the disgraced rap mogul Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs and said she was &#8216;enthusiastic&#8217; about the infamous freak offs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QNirTf0EId\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Maher slammed the singer for her role in Diddy&#8217;s ongoing trial, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14717563\/texts-cassie-admits-loving-freak-diddy-exposed-court-trial.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">showed text messages Cassie sent Diddy at the time which he said proved her &#8216;enthusiastic consent&#8217; in the freak-offs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fKJUomj75F\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;We need to keep two thoughts in our head at the same time: One, Diddy is a bad dude &#8211; really bad. Like, the worst thing in rap since Hammer pants. A violent, sick f*** &#8211; I&#8217;m sorry, an alleged violent, sick f***. And we should lock him up and throw away the baby oil,&#8217; Maher began.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"tGBRnWg8_a\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zQrZfrH9gv\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14767973\/bill-Maher-Cassie-chose-stay-diddy-freak-parties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/31\/18\/98924233-0-image-a-42_1748713002992.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"S4K0vzkH3N\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tivDxpcBhDTgNnJPep8z\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T18:15:00.911Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751393700911\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>18:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Oprah cracks joke on-stage while revealing if she ever attended any of Diddy&#8217;s notorious white parties<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"dmTeDsQQd5\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs&#8217; ongoing sex trafficking trial has left A-list stars fearful of having their names dragged into the scandal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8ygNzc7CeX\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/oprah-winfrey\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Oprah<\/a>\u00a0Winfrey has revealed that her conscience is completely clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JgwRFcsZw2\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;First off, I have never been near a Puff Party &#8211; never been near it,&#8217; she told the audience during her panel at the Good Soil Forum in Dallas two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IEN_Ehm_0x\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">And anybody who knows me knows if there is a party, I am the first one out,&#8217; she jokingly added, prompting laughter from the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YIfRU_OjA1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Oprah was dragged into the Diddy chaos earlier this month after an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/ai\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">AI<\/a>-generated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/deepfake\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">deepfake<\/a>\u00a0shared widely online claimed she &#8211; along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/jennifer_lawrence\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/jim-carrey\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Jim Carrey<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; was a witness in the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"cIMBNAZ18u\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"AIFHaemf_4\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14838993\/oprah-winfrey-td-jakes-attending-diddy-parties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/23\/17\/99642859-0-image-a-6_1750696162499.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"iQ9VFY5adY\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"9MbDxpcBejKsSFs0A1Go\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T18:00:00.937Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751392800937\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>18:00<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">The key man hanging over the Diddy trial that no one&#8217;s talking about&#8230; but might hold all the answers<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"AxIjkXnz_i\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As the world is gripped by Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>\u00a0Combs&#8217; criminal trial and wonders what could have possibly led him into such depths of depravity, one man is notably absent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ylQU8oyA1Q\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Every day, the rapper, 55, who is currently standing trial in New York on sex trafficking charges, is supported at court by his loyal mother Janice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WNjPTjqkOC\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Even most of his seven children attended the opening statements as a group, with some of his sons in regular attendance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZdsamfhWnr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Yet if there is one man who haunts the trial, it is his late father, Melvin Combs &#8211; who may even explain how Diddy came to land in such hot water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"t3E3voePEJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Melvin was the original &#8216;bad boy&#8217;, a gangster affiliated with the notorious New York mobster Frank Lucas, who was famously portrayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/denzel-washington\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Denzel Washington<\/a> in the movie American Gangster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TDmvfC4UBQ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He died when Diddy was just three, but his &#8216;hustler&#8217; mentality inspired the music mogul&#8217;s pursuit of stardom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JgjzFG-4tH\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Lj2jTa2OEk\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14788199\/sean-combs-melvin-diddy-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/13\/19\/99355781-0-image-a-19_1749838617530.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KI35ncX_Xj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_8Yex5cBejKsSFs0p1Hf\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:52:44.510Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751392364510\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:52<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy accuser D. Woods says guilty verdict not enough<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"VisAnlKpiz\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">D. Woods, real name Wanita Denise Woodgett, D Woods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2527936\/D-Woods-left-Danity-Kane-reunion.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">was one-fifth of chart-topping girl band Danity Kane<\/a>, who Combs created on Making The Band in 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"P-5ux5ptZ_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Woods, 39, has spoken out about the &#8216;dark, scary, predatory spaces&#8217; Diddy allegedly created around young women reliant on his influence in the music industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Yvc_dUuqyT\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In a new interview with The Cut, Woods spoke of her terrible experiences with the mogul and the deep, lasting pain he inflicted on her mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4ps_9xkD-N\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I just don\u2019t want to be in fear of his retaliation. We\u2019re talking in this hotel instead of my home because I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s capable of,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WJdqEd5gxH\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I haven\u2019t even been following the trial. I don\u2019t want to be disappointed. I\u2019m not sure a guilty verdict will heal me. That will happen when I sit down to talk about a project I\u2019m doing, and there isn\u2019t a question about Puff.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"AZtLgY11K4\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b><i>P Diddy and Danity Kane pictured below<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"BYFH0qjBZe\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/18\/1751392342016_lc_galleryImage_Diddy_with_Aubrey_O_Day_D.JPG\" alt=\"Diddy with Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard, Wanita &quot;D. Woods&quot; Woodgette, Shannon Bex and Aundrea Fimbres (Danity Kane of &quot;Making The Band 3&quot;) (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/FilmMagic)\" width=\"574\" height=\"379\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jGu-4Uvl1j\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QfKAw2pYwY\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IEODMK33Tw\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14329825\/diddy-berating-danity-kane-singer-weight-resurfaced-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/27\/15\/94562641-0-image-a-18_1737991025804.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WBA5AKzQar\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tCvCxpcBhDTgNnJPaJ-_\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:45:00.850Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751391900850\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:45<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy texts reveal escort&#8217;s &#8216;instructions&#8217; for getting to multi-day freak-offs where they&#8217;d have sex &#8216;like rabbits&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4MAgC65VY8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Evidence in Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs&#8217; trial unearthed text messages between an escort and the rapper&#8217;s associate, giving him detailed instructions on how to get to and from one of the marathon freak-offs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"dXhF4i8v3j\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14803119\/Diddy-trial-influence-jury-wardrobe-courtroom-props.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Combs&#8217; sex-trafficking trial<\/a> began last month and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14765231\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-call-center-victims-death-threats.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">the latest bombshell<\/a> is that a male escort named Jules was texting with a Diddy associate to arrange his travel, according to documents shared as part of the court record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zbcRu9UHXk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It&#8217;s not known who the Diddy associate is, as the screenshots of the text conversation only identifies the person as &#8216;device owner.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WZ2SUC6No4\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In messages dated on August 26, 2009, &#8216;device owner&#8217; asked Jules if he wanted to fly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/new_york\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">New York City<\/a> for the freak-off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KCn9GhkPN9\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"T5bH7Ts4Ga\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14835033\/diddy-texts-escort-instructions-freak-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/21\/21\/99601295-0-image-a-49_1750539536815.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"rv3_FJO_Gj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m1IUx5cB8uAbdhJQabe5\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:41:33.241Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751391693241\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:41<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">The two books Diddy turned to throughout trial as he awaits verdict<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QNwYZG3Qqw\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/live-us.andweb.dmgt.net\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs revealed the motivational books he turned to throughout his trial as <a href=\"http:\/\/live-us.andweb.dmgt.net\/news\/article-14860903\/diddy-trial-live-updates-jury-deliberations-court-charges-rapper-future.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">he waits for the jury to determine his fate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"etAkDWuupl\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/live-us.andweb.dmgt.net\/tvshowbiz\/article-14252179\/sean-diddy-combs-twin-daughters-caribbean-vacation.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">disgraced rapper<\/a>, 55, held up two books during the <a href=\"http:\/\/live-us.andweb.dmgt.net\/news\/article-14861641\/sean-combs-jury-verdict-diddy-david-gelman.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">first day of jury deliberations<\/a>, showing court reporters and gallery members how he has been <a href=\"http:\/\/live-us.andweb.dmgt.net\/news\/article-14604537\/sean-diddy-combs-prison-item-forced-currency.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">passing time behind bars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5tbRMyStmR\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Both pieces &#8211;\u00a0The Happiness Advantage and\u00a0The Power of Positive Thinking &#8211; have uplifting themes related to life fulfillment and self worth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"m_HxkSZTgP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jdF2CVxMEA\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14865003\/sean-diddy-combs-books-prison-sex-trafficking-trial-verdict.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/99900671-0-image-a-38_1751386392393.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"orqZ6ib0y8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"88bBxpcBejKsSFs0gVGU\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:30:00.829Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751391000829\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">How Diddy counted out $100,000 from a brown paper bag to buy the only copy of a video showing him beating up Cassie Ventura<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zaJykpWIcX\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">A security guard told the jury last month how Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs counted out $100,000 from a brown paper bag to buy the only copy of a video showing him beating up his ex-girlfriend on the second day of the fourth week of the disgraced<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14750591\/diddy-notes-nods-expressions-influence-sex-trafficking-trial.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\"> rap mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"pT-qOBImBV\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Eddy Garcia, who worked at the InterContinental Hotel in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a>, told in vivid detail how the hip hop mogul used a counting machine to add up the money for the bribe in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"a83DpJtC74\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Garcia said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14736997\/diddy-trial-day-eight-evidence-photos-miami-raid-freak-offs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy called him<\/a> &#8216;Eddy, my angel&#8217; for deleting it from the servers and giving it to him on a USB stick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JHEtZMEG2V\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The money was split between Garcia, another security officer and the head of security at the hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KI3f-24VIV\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">But another security officer secretly made a copy which was leaked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/cnn\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">CNN<\/a> in 2024 &#8211; the airing of the footage helped lead to Diddy&#8217;s downfall and arrest in September that year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TplgFhycTX\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14779839\/diddy-counted-cash-paper-bag-buy-copy-cassie-ventura-assault-cnn-2016-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/04\/14\/99035047-0-image-a-28_1749042295166.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-i8crM9-Kl\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8sbAxpcBejKsSFs0GVHW\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:15:00.679Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751390100679\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy faces more lurid allegations&#8230; from a tiny town thousands of miles away from his &#8216;freak offs&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"EKtvV9HVUZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;Thank you for calling the Sean P <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a> Combs abuse helpline. This call is being recorded.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8aw7aIU8mG\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">This is the first thing that up to 40 people a week are hearing when they ring the Montana-based call center fielding legal complaints from alleged victims of the embattled music mogul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ENIxhgUVts\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;We understand the strength and courage it takes to come forward,\u2019 the message continues. \u2018Any information you provide will be kept completely confidential, but we expect full honesty in order to properly assist you with your potential case.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Y1eDh_qXcd\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Andrew Van Arsdale, CEO of Reciprocity Industries, which runs the hotline, told the Daily Mail that the volume of calls has surged since the start of Diddy\u2019s sex trafficking, racketeering, and assault trial in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5updwEspDX\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2Hm_xeyvL4\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14765231\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-call-center-victims-death-threats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/31\/00\/98914037-0-image-a-22_1748647912468.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"VSHX_hu4JD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8ca_xpcBejKsSFs0llG-\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T17:00:00.706Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751389200706\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>17:00<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s team slammed by judge over bizarre Iran defense as monster trial nears verdict<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"XFdogEmjJM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs&#8217; legal team was slapped down by the judge presiding over his trial because of their alleged attempt to use\u00a0the escalating conflict with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/iran\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Iran<\/a>\u00a0in their upcoming closing argument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"RyP6RVevy2\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As the disgraced hip-hop mogul&#8217;s bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14843897\/diddy-judge-sex-trafficking-trial-defense-shock-bid-innocence.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">sex trafficking trial nears a verdict,<\/a> his team of attorneys reportedly planned on bringing up the escalating tensions between the US and Iran in court in a bid to relate it to his case,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/23\/diddy-defense-may-invoke-iran-conflict-closing-argument\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">TMZ<\/a>\u00a0reported Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"weIW-5Hk30\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sources told the outlet the 55-year-old&#8217;s defense &#8216;may invoke the recent conflict&#8217; in their closing argument, and specifically go after the Homeland Security Investigators who raided his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7X0Fdo1L9D\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They were allegedly planning to say that the agents &#8216;instigated&#8217; their client\u00a0on his baby oil and lubricant use in the bedroom when they should really focus more on the conflict with Iran, the source noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"NdK0GRWi9H\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"oPWIYFQrg-\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14846197\/diddy-team-suppressed-judge-iran-defense-sex-trafficking-trial-verdict.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/25\/14\/99710673-0-image-a-4_1750859811069.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-tGTbsGHh-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"98bsxpcBejKsSFs0E1E5\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:57:29.656Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751389049656\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:57<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy speaks to mom in courtroom<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8om_UZFmTa\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As he left court to wait in a side room, Diddy told his mother Janice: \u2018I\u2019ll be back\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"dpHq5mh6pf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His mother is in court supporting her son today, along with his sons King, Justin and Quincy Combs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"W1o15fgLl4\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JWftHBvdpz\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751388986791_lc_galleryImage_Janice_Combs_left_mother_.JPG\" alt=\"Janice Combs, left, mother of Sean Combs, arrives at court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" width=\"574\" height=\"379\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7SxgIuIU9_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jmh4zBJprP\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751389010724_lc_galleryImage_King_Combs_arrives_at_cou.JPG\" alt=\"King Combs arrives at court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" width=\"574\" height=\"380\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8f9SW-ab3A\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZX94_AthDm\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751389025014_lc_galleryImage_Justin_Dior_arrives_at_co.JPG\" alt=\"Justin Dior arrives at court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"VURrFkGcGz\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"1k2Fb2wZFV\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751389046409_lc_galleryImage_Quincy_Brown_arrives_at_c.JPG\" alt=\"Quincy Brown arrives at court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"OkKRK5-BDb\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wCvlxpcBhDTgNnJPaJ9t\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:50:12.717Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751388612717\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:50<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Judge agrees to send escort testimony to jury<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2ZBQeIBcOA\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The prosecution scored a win of their own when the judge agreed to send the jury transcripts of Daniel Phillip\u2019s testimony in which he spoke about his feelings after seeing Diddy beating Ventura during a freak off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8bLiGjGmio\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">During the trial, Phillip delivered a graphic account of how he was regularly paid thousands of dollars by the rap superstar to have sex with his then-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"X_IB5OyScU\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He claimed to have witnessed Combs physically abuse Cassie on multiple occasions and added that the music mogul once gave him MDMA, according to a court report by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/male-escort-testifies-diddy-trial-sex-cassie-1236394986\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JjNdJ_XUWe\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"t2Sll4DdQh\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14706007\/Shocking-testimony-male-escort-claims-paid-Diddy-sleep-girlfriend-Court-told-rappers-vile-sex-act-awkward-role-play-sex-encounter-bizarrely-specific-instructions-orgasm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/13\/00\/98313631-0-image-a-9_1747094024032.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"eP8_qyIYqB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_FC-xpcB2qHrpCFebYqv\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:50:00.574Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751388600574\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:50<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy denies kidnapping Capricorn Clark<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"L_--H0y7AP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s former personal assistant Capricorn Clark told jurors at his trial that she was forced to take lie detector tests for five days and threatened with being thrown in the East River if she failed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7jXbM3CxbD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Clark said she was left &#8216;petrified&#8217; after being brought to an abandoned building in New York and locked in while being questioned about the hip hop mogul&#8217;s missing jewelry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zrDV_8RxxR\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;This is (supposedly) a kidnapping, she\u2019s not saying she was harassed. She was kidnapped. She went home &#8211; every day! She said I kept doing it because I wanted to pass and get back to my job &#8216; Diddy&#8217;s lawyer exclaimed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8gtUoNohYM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He then turned to face the jury and said:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Q1tL0KTVYp\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;You guys are stuck in here for hours. Anyone feel kidnapped? You\u2019re about as kidnapped as she was kidnapped!&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"lpoIAC-Wap\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jn5wPUT0N9\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14755125\/diddy-former-assistant-capricorn-clark-breaks-testimony-court-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/27\/22\/98803109-0-image-a-37_1748380669665.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"b_UlAAX2Xp\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"vyvhxpcBhDTgNnJPwJ99\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:46:13.116Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751388373116\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:46<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s lawyers score win over trial testimony as jurors see damning Cassie text<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"l02VyV7upJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">After a lengthy debate both sides agreed that the jury should get transcripts of testimony from two days before the InterContinental hotel incident and three days after.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IC_GoqTzNK\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">At one point the judge looked set to send the jury Ventura\u2019s entire 800-page testimony but the judge decided against it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"auuTMqmp0r\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In a win for Diddy, the testimony sent to the jury will include a text Ventura sent to Diddy ahead of the incident saying: \u2018I wanna Freak Off so bad\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Fqz-vyTqdN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy\u2019s lawyers said this was \u2018essential\u2019 to the jury&#8217;s understanding whether or not he coerced Ventura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zppy4G_m7p\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Prosecutors had proposed a far narrower range of the transcript focused solely on the violence at the InterContinental.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"qJvpgiFvdx\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge also said the jury should see the transcript of Ventura\u2019s testimony about an Instagram post she wrote in 2024 about the incident in which she said that \u2018domestic violence is the issue\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Nr-9i72-rv\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy\u2019s lawyers have tried to portray him as a domestic abuser but not a sex trafficker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zd_0jstVhH\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/18\/1751389966793_lc_galleryImage_NEW_YORK_NY_MAY_04_Cassie.JPG\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04:  Cassie Ventura (L) and Sean Combs attend the &quot;China: Through The Looking Glass&quot; Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.  (Photo by Larry Busacca\/Getty Images)\" width=\"574\" height=\"562\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"A5RFZ2T6if\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"31K9xpcB8uAbdhJQvl5Z\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:40:00.490Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751388000490\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:40<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Potential sentences Diddy could face for each charge against him<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CAUCX0grTI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy has been charged with two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering conspiracy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"RzYIu_NBic\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted for sex trafficking:<\/b> Diddy could face a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Q7Ni_mXPDd\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted for engaging in prostitution:<\/b> He could face up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ghoDSaj_x8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>If convicted of racketeering conspiracy: <\/b>The embattled rapper could face up to life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_VDWxpcB2qHrpCFeKIqV\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:33:33.332Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751387613332\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:33<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy supporter dons &#8216;a freako is not a RICO&#8217; shirt outside of courthouse<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WRywl1eAfi\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"BZ3eAyQUtI\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751387555728_lc_galleryImage_A_man_holds_a_t_shirt_rea.JPG\" alt=\"A man holds a t-shirt reading &quot;A freako is not a R.I.C.O&quot; outside a U.S. federal court, where deliberations are underway for Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS\/Kylie Cooper\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Yycv3m42DD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WQhxr-mFea\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751387512140_lc_galleryImage_A_man_holds_a_t_shirt_rea.JPG\" alt=\"A man holds a t-shirt reading &quot;A freako is not a R.I.C.O&quot; outside a U.S. federal court, where deliberations are underway for Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS\/Kylie Cooper\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"HNceeYooSX\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"syu9xpcBhDTgNnJPCZ-m\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:30:00.519Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751387400519\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy and son Justin Combs accused of gang rape in bombshell new lawsuit<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"y9FnQPO-pD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy and his son Justin Combs, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, were accused of brutal gang rape by a Louisana woman in a shocking new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Y37QoISWDM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The documents, obtained by Page Six, allege that Justin lured the woman, whom he met on Snapchat in 2017, out to California under the promise of helping her career in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nzX3nJIilW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">When she arrived, she claimed she was plied with drugs and alcohol by Justin before three &#8216;masked men&#8217; arrived to the home to brutally gang rape her for several hours. She claimed one of the men was Diddy, 55.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8E4htqsOIf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In the documents, she said she was able to identify the music mogul by his &#8216;mannerisms,&#8217; and alleged that Justin called him &#8216;Pops.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7dMiyV6xgr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s attorney denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"y065wS2loB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;No matter how many lawsuits are filed, it won\u2019t change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone \u2014 man or woman, adult or minor,&#8217; a lawyer for the rapper said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hSTpSs_AhW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth, and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail in court.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"o6OYprrzSd\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14854907\/diddy-son-justin-combs-accused-gang-rape-lawsuit-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/27\/18\/99799347-0-image-a-50_1751046992543.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"m2rcwRsIAC\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"-1C8xpcB2qHrpCFei4pB\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:20:00.451Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751386800451\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:20<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy chose not to testify in his trial<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"pkQsU7iobe\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy cut off the judge presiding over his sex trafficking trial to tell him that he would not be testifying on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ylfFmyiYSo\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Combs, 55, stood up in front of Judge Arun Subramanian and confirmed his answer, and even spoke over him to make it clear he won&#8217;t be taking the stand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"v28Q9Ndaxf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge asked Diddy: &#8216;Have you discussed whether you should or should not?&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nwl6tooAN5\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;Yes, thoroughly. Yes, have discussed it,&#8217; the rapper replied, in his first words to the Manhattan court since his federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial started over seven weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"k5Cf3Dbeel\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Judge Subramanian began to speak before Diddy cut him off and added: \u2018That is solely my decision. It\u2019s my decision with my lawyers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tSvDxpcBhDTgNnJPc59d\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:13:07.288Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751386387288\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:13<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">What is a stealth juror?<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Hu92n0LFYk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">A &#8216;stealth juror&#8217; refers to a person who has been allocated as a juror on a trial who is motivated by a hidden agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"wAwoe5CLIp\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They hide their biases or conflicts of interest in order to be selected as a juror on a case in order to influence the outcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"XA_klw8O_d\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Barely an hour into deliberations on Monday, the jury foreperson sent a note to judge Arun Subramanian complaining that there was one juror &#8216;who we are concerned cannot follow your Honor\u2019s instructions. May I please speak with your Honor or may you please interview him?&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YRM6OEXWV5\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">This could indicate the presence of a &#8216;stealth juror&#8217; in Diddy&#8217;s trial jury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"VBGwJSPzjD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The juror in question, juror #25, is a 51-year-old scientist with a &#8216;thick European accent,&#8217; according to the New York Post. He has a PhD in molecural biology and neuroscience and lives in Manhattan with his partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"6kQ7Ogi6yH\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge decided instead to send jurors a note reminding them of their duties to deliberate and obligation to follow his instructions on the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"X0bqQD49hj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"aWEBjzvkpi\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/17\/1751386383224_lc_galleryImage_The_jury_is_given_legal_i.JPG\" alt=\"The jury is given legal instructions by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian during Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., June 30, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"1iW-Vs5EE1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"8Ma8xpcBejKsSFs0U1Hv\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:10:00.385Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751386200385\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:10<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s cunning courtroom tricks to win over the jury<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"NToGSQskem\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He&#8217;s in the fight of his life in a Manhattan courtroom &#8211; and Combs is pulling out all the stops to win back his freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"0ufom6o3tu\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The music mogul, on trial for racketeering and sexual trafficking, remains hopeful he will be acquitted at the end of the long drawn out criminal blockbuster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"f4Jc0jTcKJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His defense strategy has impressed legal analysts &#8211; his lawyers have argued that while he may be a monster, sex addict and drug addled fiend, he&#8217;s not guilty of the crimes the jury has been asked to consider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"G8STGsDmjA\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">But their arguments aren&#8217;t the only way Diddy is subtly trying to curry favor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TIZGz5Lztt\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">From his wardrobe to his courtroom props and even interactions with witnesses and jurors, the 55-year-old is leaving nothing off the table when it comes to fighting for his freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"NlGUpLQc5C\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZwzKSDVaFn\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14803119\/Diddy-trial-influence-jury-wardrobe-courtroom-props.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/12\/17\/99311849-0-image-a-42_1749744746471.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"wZgDnmBNRv\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"IlK7xpcB8uAbdhJQ8l3g\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T16:04:55.647Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751385895647\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>16:04<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s attorneys say trial is &#8216;false and exaggerated&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"vTfSw0_xdM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In court on Friday, Diddy lawyer Marc Agnifilo said the mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial was not &#8216;real&#8217; and that it has been &#8216;false and exaggerated.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5lysxNBoLg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;From the mouths of the witness from the evidence, the text messages, what do you see? What is that trial? It\u2019s personal use drugs, that\u2019s what it is,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4BneY40aEt\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;The trial of the evidence is a lifestyle. You want to call it swingers. You want to call it threesomes that\u2019s what it is,&#8217; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"B2tevpNAq7\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;That is not what the prosecutors are saying to you.The prosecutors have charged one of the most serious complicated comprehensive statutes on the books.That is the false trial, that is the exaggerated trial, that is not the real trial.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"78anxpcBejKsSFs0-VG6\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:43:06.681Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751384586681\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:43<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury asks for testimony related to 2016 Cassie assault in LA hotel<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QEFlUXEzY6\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury is asking for testimony related to the 2016 InterContinental hotel which was featured in the video aired on CNN in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"yE2AhDb3JB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They also want transcripts related to the alleged incident after the Cannes film festival in France where Diddy allegedly threatened Ventura with the release of sex tapes if she didn\u2019t participate in a freak off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"_wlbMxkMqT\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Moreover, jurors want transcript of the testimony of Daniel Phillip, a male escort wo was the prosecution&#8217;s second witness. They want to read the part about an incident of violence at Essex House in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"cKgdG4A77o\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">During his testimony Phillip told the court that Diddy physically beat Ventura while he was in the hotel room with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fAqK7Ey-EO\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The incident happened around 2014 and by then Philip had been doing freak offs sporadically with the pair for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PGrWpxxHpD\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Phillip said Ventura told Diddy to \u2018hold on\u2019 when he called her over but the mogul subsequently threw a bottle at her, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the bedroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YcZ0LW0P2l\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Phillip said that Diddy told Ventura: \u2018B****, when I tell you to come here, you come now. Not later.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"AkuFOFTyKf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">While it is not clear which order the jury is working through in the indictment, the allegations of sex trafficking related to Ventura come after drug distribution, which their previous note asked about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"FokfnOFDd3\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">If so it suggests they are working at a quick pace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"i1WPer5Jym\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Both sides are currently working out which parts of the transcript to send to the jury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"iejQTduRrA\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WKaNM6ztS0\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7sakxpcBejKsSFs0kVEr\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:39:23.299Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751384363299\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:39<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">What are Diddy&#8217;s charges?<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"noL9wQKfK5\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">With Diddy&#8217;s blockbuster trial in its eighth week and the verdict closing in, here is a review of the charges against him:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"H6aNgY3Tlk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The disgraced rap mogul, 55, has been charged with\u00a0two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4Fdy4HJvN_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">According to prosecutors, the rapper used his &#8216;multi-faceted business empire&#8217; to carry out a &#8216;criminal enterprise&#8217; for years, allegedly coercing victims into sexual &#8216;freak off&#8217; marathons and threatening them into silence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"6yNhdaG5Fy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury has heard from his former employees and ex-girlfriends who testified that Diddy was allegedly abusive toward them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ht8VmQzvfO\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His former staffers specifically said he forced them to work long and tireless hours, procure drugs for him and clean up after his long &#8216;hotel nights.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"L6a8K3ZJUI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Meanwhile, his two ex-girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and a woman by the pseudonym &#8216;Jane&#8217; said Diddy made them both participate in drug and sex-fueld freak offs with escorts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"k3P6xa0ktP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His defense team argues that Diddy&#8217;s actions pointed toward his personal life and that prosecutors have failed to prove the criminal charges against him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ehaxYd86qN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jF_HaOamKx\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14736181\/Diddy-charges-trial-Cassie-sex-trafficking-racketeering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/21\/18\/98618923-0-image-a-45_1747847759843.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jVk0HJYmPI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"NFELxpcB8uAbdhJQdKgJ\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:30:00.205Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751383800205\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s son shared affectionate kiss with grandmother<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"T2ac3993RN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s son Christian Combs, or King Combs, was spotted kissing his grandmother Janice Combs on the lips in the courtroom Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"RZ8qSDN4wI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It was previously revealed that Diddy also kissed his mother on the lips as shocking video revealed the act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"n90RSDCJtL\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The clip, which resurfaced before the trial, showed Janice and Diddy hooked up to IVs, hydrating themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"QcArl3jO12\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He then introduced his mom as &#8216;Mom Dukes&#8217; before billing her as &#8216;single&#8217; and ready to mingle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"3ftTAyZutc\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">After they smooched, he bragged about taking the 83-year-old to strip clubs, and contemplated how a dating show with her at its center would go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7-5pWsrshO\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>Diddy&#8217;s son Christian Combs, or King Combs Monday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WA3u9Z17cR\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/13\/1751374289057_lc_galleryImage_NEW_YORK_NEW_YORK_JUNE_30.JPG\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 30: King Combs, son of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs', arrives for his father's sex trafficking and racketeering trial at Manhattan Federal Court on June 30, 2025 in New York City. A jury will commence deliberating in Combs' trial after being given instructions on the law by Judge Arun Subramanian. Some of the charges have been dropped and others have been downgraded, in an effort to streamline the case. Combs faces a sentence that could extend to life in prison if convicted and has pleaded not guilty. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"yhqRmNCQr4\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"MMsz-dAIlA\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8nFCDfxA8m\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13865663\/Diddy-kissing-mom-lips-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/09\/18\/21\/89837851-0-image-a-47_1726689633871.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Gdes3X9zBS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mysKxpcBhDTgNnJPMJ9U\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"true\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:15:00.148Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751382900148\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\"><span class=\"exclusive_2JBypsk6\" data-testid=\"headline-exclusive\">Exclusive:<\/span>I know what the Diddy jury verdict will be: Expert attorney&#8217;s audacious prediction after historic courtroom humiliation<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5uStHC8QJE\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">After seven weeks of graphic and emotional testimony that gripped the nation, Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs&#8217;s fate now rests in the hands of his peers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZFr3i44whT\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">On Monday, Southern District of New York Judge Arun Subramanian instructed the jury of eight men and four women on how to evaluate the federal charges levelled against the rap mogul: one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts each of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7VPhpuhJgq\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The first two charges carry maximum sentences of life in prison, while the prostitution accusations could put Combs away for up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"soNGcney3l\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Indeed, the government has brought a vast and complex case against Combs, but criminal defense attorney David Gelman expects the jurors to make quick work of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Tytox-sWhu\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In fact, the former state prosecutor predicts that they may even return a lightning-fast verdict in a single day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"I_kdhP_q2U\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I don&#8217;t see how a jury is going to be able to convict Diddy on any of these charges,&#8217; Gelman exclusively told the Daily Mail. &#8216;Not just one or two or three &#8211; any of them. The evidence is not there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4DrwmTU68f\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"MAWfzsYRT3\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14861641\/sean-combs-jury-verdict-diddy-david-gelman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/30\/18\/99865565-0-image-a-8_1751303076084.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"HTetDHNQJf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"-lCBxpcB2qHrpCFegYox\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:01:05.457Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751382065457\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:01<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury asks for transcripts of two witness testimonies<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"_ZrQM7gIIy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Prosecutor Maurene Comey told the court the jury has asked for the transcripts of the testimonies of two witnesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Zebv29g9gM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">It&#8217;s unclear so far which witness testimony they are asking for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"QFEJxpcB8uAbdhJQfaa3\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"true\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T15:00:01.160Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751382001160\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>15:00<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\"><span class=\"exclusive_2JBypsk6\" data-testid=\"headline-exclusive\">Exclusive:<\/span>I was a regular at Diddy&#8217;s freak offs&#8230; here&#8217;s the details the jury weren&#8217;t told about what happened once the baby oil went on<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"g2p7LskCYN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He was slathered in baby oil, having wild sex with a beautiful woman, and earning mountains of cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"o0enikknf0\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">And if her famous rapper boyfriend wanted to meticulously choreograph and film the action to satisfy his private appetites, that was all part of the VIP service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"lH7BHlqNAy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216;s &#8216;freak off&#8217; parties were just another lucrative porn gig for Anton Harden, a male escort and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/onlyfans\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">OnlyFans<\/a> star known for being enormously well-endowed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Y5epL9Pwjj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">hat was until the woman involved told the hip hop mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial she was coerced into taking part in their drug-fueled romps lasting up to six hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"qKu-UwfgSh\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I thought I was just there for a good time with consenting adults,&#8217; Harden, 31, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JGqWQTAul-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZfBsMq7_6h\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14838989\/male-escort-anton-harden-diddy-freak-offs-hotel-hired-witness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/23\/20\/99647553-0-image-a-214_1750705200748.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zQATHbzGWW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"t1EFxpcB8uAbdhJQCqH3\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:45:00.983Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751381100983\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:45<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy schmoozes the judge in sex trafficking trial&#8230; after his defense lasted just 26 minutes<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Hlew_RIRig\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>\u2019s defense lasted just 23 minutes after he decided not to testify &#8211; but charmed the judge while addressing the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TZVSGx4eBZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The hip-hop mogul told Judge Arun Subramanian that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14842185\/diddy-trial-live-updates-cabral-cowboys-angels-sly-williams-sean-combs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">doing an \u2018excellent job\u2019<\/a> as he declared he would not give evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"yH9q2KU-NS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Instead Diddy\u2019s lawyers took less than half an hour to read nine sets of text messages and two stipulations into the record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"n8WfDR-6YG\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The quickfire defense came after prosecutors spent more than six weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14826217\/Diddy-trial-audio-Cassie-threatening-freak-video.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">laying out their case against Diddy.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"IusF78duK0\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Over 34 witnesses, prosecutors portrayed him as the head of a \u2018criminal enterprise\u2019 which covered up his \u2018freak offs\u2019 with ex-girlfriends, where they were allegedly forced to have sex with male escorts while he watched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JZ1V401J3T\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TrZabNPc04\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14843897\/diddy-judge-sex-trafficking-trial-defense-shock-bid-innocence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/24\/22\/99688807-0-image-a-24_1750801784660.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7Hn3alLYWN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"-VBtxpcB2qHrpCFepIoz\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"true\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:39:23.699Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751380763699\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:39<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\"><span class=\"exclusive_2JBypsk6\" data-testid=\"headline-exclusive\">Exclusive:<\/span>The key man hanging over the Diddy trial that no one&#8217;s talking about&#8230; but might hold all the answers<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"q6WY3Hf9RJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As the world is gripped by Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>\u00a0Combs&#8217; criminal trial and wonders what could have possibly led him into such depths of depravity, one man is notably absent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ZrKLlyAHrw\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Every day, the rapper, 55, who is currently standing trial in New York on sex trafficking charges, is supported at court by his loyal mother Janice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"lJwNWL9PMS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Even most of his seven children attended the opening statements as a group, with some of his sons in regular attendance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"EvqIxh1_Nf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Yet if there is one man who haunts the trial, it is his late father, Melvin Combs &#8211; who may even explain how Diddy came to land in such hot water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"I0mkkRQPOp\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Melvin was the original &#8216;bad boy&#8217;, a gangster affiliated with the notorious New York mobster Frank Lucas, who was famously portrayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/denzel-washington\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Denzel Washington<\/a> in the movie American Gangster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"f6NWdw8tgn\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He died when Diddy was just three, but his &#8216;hustler&#8217; mentality inspired the music mogul&#8217;s pursuit of stardom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nsLsiXRQO7\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-pKZ1y8mzb\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14788199\/sean-combs-melvin-diddy-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/13\/19\/99355781-0-image-a-19_1749838617530.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8sETbuQOpg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sFEExpcB8uAbdhJQDqCW\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:30:01.013Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751380201013\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">The downfall of Diddy: DEEP DIVE<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"3Itpb6a7qk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He was the self-made New York billionaire whose notorious parties earned him the reputation as the modern day Jay Gatsby, reportedly attracting the likes of Donald Trump, Leonardo DiCaprio and Paris Hilton to his mansion in the Hamptons for his infamous \u2018Gatsby-esque\u2019 White Parties &#8211; where, according to civil court documents, guests were allegedly \u2018drugged and raped.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"RmZQn39CGk\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Following his arrest on September 16, 2024, Sean John Combs is being held on remand as inmate number 37452-054 at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He faces a string of federal charges, including conspiracy to racketeer; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution, <b>all of which he has pleaded not guilty to.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YB0MYThK5J\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Prosecutors claim Combs, better known by his stage name P Diddy, was untouchable. As well as the federal charges, the 55-year-old musician is facing more than 80 civil claims with allegations of abuse across the east and west coasts of the United States. He has vehemently denied all of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ueQThveDq_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>DEEP DIVE<\/b> delves into Diddy\u2019s 30-year reign of excess and debauchery in unprecedented detail, starting with his \u2018crazy\u2019 fits of rage as a student in the 1980s that earned him the disturbing \u2018Puff\u2019 nickname.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Lkf4Wyz-pN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"A7FEsULE23\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14783079\/Diddy-DEEP-DIVE-allegations-timeline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/06\/10\/99106513-0-image-a-9_1749203717754.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hW3dbwzBQ_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"k1JjxpcB8uAbdhJQnwLd\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:28:27.224Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751380107224\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:28<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">How did Judge Subramanian define drug distribution in Diddy&#8217;s racketeering charge?<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WHgPonJpB3\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">During jury deliberations on Monday, jurors sent a note to Judge Subramanian asking whether a person asking for drugs before receiving them changes how they should consider the narcotics distribution charge against Diddy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ieNNP2ECqn\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He said:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"N9epxtchjW\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedBlockquote_3zO_Z8N-\"><p><i>The word \u201cdistribution\u201d means actual, constructive, or attempted transfer. To distribute simply means to deliver, to pass over, or to hand over something to another person, or to cause it to be delivered, passed on, or handed over to another. Distribution does not require a sale.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"vub1aj1fcj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2fti18UfKd\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/15\/1751380095367_lc_galleryImage_U_S_District_Judge_Arun_S.JPG\" alt=\"U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian gives legal instructions to the jury, during Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., June 30, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS\/Jane Rosenberg\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"V41AZPo0nW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"JlEDxpcB8uAbdhJQkKB9\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:15:00.868Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751379300868\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">REVEALED: The wildest Diddy conspiracy theories to emerge from his trial as celebs fear they will be named next<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ivlyWwJtGg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs&#8217; sex trafficking trial has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13129313\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-accused-sexually-assaulting-MALE-producer-forcing-perform-sex-acts-prostitutes-bombshell-30MILLION-suit.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">spawned a slew of absurd conspiracy theories linking the rapper to several high-profile figures.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"NH1Wo6s8Vl\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Internet trolls have tried to connect some of\u00a0America&#8217;s biggest names &#8211; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/obama\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/kamala-harris\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>\u00a0to Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z &#8211; to Diddy&#8217;s alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-d2XfJ5DoI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Prince and Kim Porter were brought into the discourse\u00a0posthumously with theorists alleging both detailed Diddy&#8217;s alleged exploits before their deaths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"1xYuJ8whTi\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Others even went as far as baselessly claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a>&#8216; deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/la-fires\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Palisades Fire<\/a>\u00a0was set in an attempt to burn evidence that would be essential to Diddy&#8217;s trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"USpzQEWHHh\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14777285\/diddy-conspiracy-theories-sex-trafficking-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/04\/15\/99012425-0-image-a-63_1749046064400.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8d1ZMNC8Wr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7cZRxpcBejKsSFs0IFGV\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:08:14.996Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751378894996\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:08<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">I was 13 and part of a girl band when I first met Diddy&#8230; I&#8217;m still haunted by the horrors that came next<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"twCP_Zg_RJ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Alex Chester-Iwata was only 13 years old when she first met Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"FUlZPgu9wn\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">She was one of four members of a budding pop girl group when they crossed paths with the Bad Boy mogul at a Nickelodeon event in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ugIp3K-I-0\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Other young stars from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/usher\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Usher<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/ariana-grande\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Ariana Grande<\/a> were also present, and the teenagers were keen to make a good impression in the hopes of someday securing a record deal under Combs&#8217;s label.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"og-kHNclS1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Instead, it was Combs who left a lasting impact on Chester-Iwata.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"xeXmS4iRzg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I thought he was kind of creepy,&#8217; she told the Daily Mail. &#8216;To be perfectly honest, I didn&#8217;t have the best vibes from him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hcWfG_cIZp\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14806811\/diddy-teen-pop-group-dream-alex-chester-iwata.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/26\/16\/99755755-0-image-a-6_1750952021840.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zicsxon2iw\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"01EDxpcB8uAbdhJQMZ8C\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T14:05:00.794Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751378700794\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>14:05<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy making MILLIONS from prison with &#8216;high-end services&#8217; as sex trafficking trial continues<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"ryYePUyHc8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs is allegedly making millions from prison by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14732223\/new-york-rich-private-jets-taxis-trips-island-soar.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">renting out his $60M private jet <\/a>to wealthy travelers who have no idea he&#8217;s the owner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"BbMkUtrzk2\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The rapper has raked in $4.1M since his arrest on September 16, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/14309767\/diddy-raking-millions-since-arrest-renting-out-private-jet\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">US Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CgEe-j9Enj\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s jet, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14069361\/Cash-strapped-Diddy-renting-private-jet-432k-flight-sex-trial-looms.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\"> Gulfstream G550 registered to his company LoveAir LLC<\/a>,\u00a0has been used by unwitting clients at least 126 times up to May 20, racking up\u00a0149,540 miles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"218BuHnmYC\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Luxury operator Silver Air has been renting out the plane, and customers spend an average $32,597 per 1,186-mile journey, according to the US Sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"w4Ny1At50D\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CPWEdAcmCf\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14747613\/diddy-millions-prison-high-end-services-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/25\/14\/98734367-0-image-a-13_1748179434249.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"lZyEek41yZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"6cYCxpcBejKsSFs0uVHF\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:55:00.764Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751378100764\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:55<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">All the celebrities mentioned in Diddy trial so far<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"FfzXiz8e5t\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Several A-list celebrities have been named-dropped in the trial of Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PlzfHcwjMr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, delivered graphic testimonies alleging that the music mogul physically and psychologically abused her over more than a decade from 2007-2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"qshgDCJaDf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s ex-assistant Capricorn Clark exposed the mogul&#8217;s list of celebrities enemies and many other A-listers have come up in testimony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"8p-MQGiWcN\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The trial has even inspired deep fake videos that use AI-generated images to falsely claim that certain celebrities, such as Oprah and Jennifer Lawrence, have been mentioned in the mogul&#8217;s sex-trafficking case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"UB_5W9whEa\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14754121\/diddy-trial-celebrities-mentioned-far.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/27\/19\/98799133-0-image-a-43_1748370731442.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WEoeBsYT6G\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"6MYCxpcBejKsSFs0V1Eg\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:45:00.728Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751377500728\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:45<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">See all the shocking photos released from Diddy trial so far as star fights sex trafficking charges<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"6NNhZnQLZV\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs fights his ongoing federal trial in Manhattan, prosecutors have presented a cache of suggestive, racy, and allegedly damning images from his heyday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"l7bh6oK0HZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The court was shown perhaps the most shocking set of images yet with prosecutors unveiling photographs from a raid on his Miami mansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zl5p6K_1T1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jaw-dropping images showed the\u00a0guns, drugs, industrial quantities of &#8216;freak off&#8217; paraphernalia and boxes of women&#8217;s high heels that were seized by investigators from Combs&#8217;\u00a0$40 million home on the ultra-exclusive Star Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"fJzKyV2XbZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Jurors were previously shown photographs captured the day Combs arrested in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/new_york\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">New York City<\/a> hotel room in September 2024, revealing that he had been\u00a0preparing for a &#8216;freak off&#8217; despite knowing he was about to be arrested, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2grD6Fn3m_\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The disgraced rap mogul had already been indicted at the time and was holed up in a hotel room at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for over a week, waiting for his imminent arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"iKfrM5s64h\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KusnV_qz2i\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14732413\/Diddy-trial-pictures-freak-Cassie-Ventura.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/20\/20\/98583765-0-image-a-98_1747770194781.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"1eqMN-0e2k\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pCs6xpcBhDTgNnJPVJ9s\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:43:20.939Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751377400939\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:43<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy mouths odd message to his mom in court<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"e6NelKuplI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">As Diddy walked into court Tuesday morning he looked at his mother in the public gallery and motioned to his body, telling her \u2018I love your outfit\u2019, referring to her striking green and off white patterned jumpsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"idnxrzjX2V\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy also told her: \u2018Relax it\u2019s going to be alright\u2019 as she seemed agitated by the sparring between his lawyers and judge Subramanian in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"I5Uaqwot6l\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s mom appeared to be the only family member in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"OpKOCgvDI-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>Janice Combs, mother of Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs, arrives at a U.S. federal court Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"BEYThjNamB\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/14\/1751378053151_lc_galleryImage_Janice_Combs_mother_of_Se.JPG\" alt=\"Janice Combs, mother of Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, arrives at a U.S. federal court for Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS\/Kylie Cooper\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"uglYytEPOQ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"6lE3xpcB8uAbdhJQ-9Xv\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:40:47.214Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751377247214\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:40<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Judge snaps at Diddy&#8217;s lawyers after jury asks about drug distribution charge<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"eL4P5nnNbf\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">On Monday afternoon the jury sent in a note to the court asking if a person could be convicted of possession with intent to supply narcotics if another person asked for the drugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"oxXZWgiOB-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">There was a spar between judge Arun Subramanian and Diddy&#8217;s lead attorney Marc Agnifilo on how to respond to the question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"U13vBgwcgQ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">On Tuesday morning the judge proposed referring the jury to a few paragraphs of the jury instructions, adding that the defense proposal referring the panel to all of the instructions about possession with intent could cause \u2018confusion\u2019 and \u2018mislead the jury\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zH4DU0DwzI\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy\u2019s lawyer Marc Agnifilo objected and said that a narrow response would be a \u2018mistake\u2019 and suggested that a broader instruction be given.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"rmuSenmd_a\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge said: \u2018That\u2019s not the question the jury asked. Have you looked at the question?\u2019 and warned that a broader response could leave the jury \u2018at sea\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"6lXpy5ykwF\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">However, Subramanian said that he would be open to mentioning that the jury could look at the wider instructions on this charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"V7QJQz4kDZ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Agnifilo said that he didn\u2019t think that even this idea \u2018goes far enough\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"x4B5cLuULR\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge snapped: \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter if you think it goes far enough. Can you do what I\u2019m asking or do you not want to?\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"gFIis7HJX1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Agnifilo said: \u2018Of course I can\u2019 and asked to give an example, to which the judge said: \u2018No\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"utd6JnGQBL\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">After both sides were given the chance to confer the judge went with his original option of a narrowed response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"EEPmtLrRtQ\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><b>Marc Agnifilo, defense attorney for Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs, arrives at court on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"WaG-vaDrfH\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/15\/1751380866815_lc_galleryImage_Marc_Agnifilo_defense_att.JPG\" alt=\"Marc Agnifilo, defense attorney for Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, arrives at court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)\" width=\"574\" height=\"383\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"039cuWNsNy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nCsMxpcBhDTgNnJPc59d\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:40:00.710Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751377200710\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:40<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy is allowed to have books while in holding cell<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JfEH9ZycWc\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">After jurors were dismissed to deliberate, Judge Subramanian said he will allow Diddy to take books back to the holding cell with him while he waits for the verdict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Zu59dy_tIq\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">His lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, asked the judge if he had permission to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nB02NFmEOM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Throughout the trial, Diddy has been spotted with books in his hands while in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"58YBxpcBejKsSFs04lHx\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:35:00.681Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751376900681\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:35<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">From graphic sex testimony and intimate texts to celebrity witnesses: All the evidence given against Diddy at his trafficking trial<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-29B254UWm\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/the-trial-of-diddyDM!bl\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">blockbuster sex-trafficking trial<\/a> of Sean &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a>&#8216; Combs has revealed troves of evidence since it started on May 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"zoku_tBjbF\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Combs is charged with racketeering conspiracy, two charges of sex trafficking and two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"m3kO3aziRB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Prosecutors claim Diddy coerced victims into drug-fueled sex parties using sex and violence. The rapper has denied all accusations, saying all sex acts were consensual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"YHA_1IDEct\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The 55-year-old music mogul is now waiting on the jury&#8217;s decision after they were sent out to deliberate Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"jlDyvLriM8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Daily Mail\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14719005\/The-SHOCKING-allegations-week-Diddy-sex-trafficking-trial-four-day-orgies-drug-addled-freak-offs-regular-beatings-blackmail.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">unpacks the drama <\/a>which has unfolded in the Manhattan federal courtroom so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"DZU4O4nOVW\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"JwUMv9_gj2\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14732237\/evidence-diddy-sean-combs-sex-trafficking-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/20\/20\/98583383-0-image-a-19_1747769584534.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"To0zUJysRS\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"91ALxpcB2qHrpCFe84rw\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:30:00.672Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751376600672\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:30<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Who is the jury foreman?<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"PntRETRw7j\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Juror number five, a 31-year-old white man, was chosen as the foreman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Pw4kbVPh1U\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">He is from Manhattan and works as an investment analyst at a financial company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"XSzGXgA537\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The New Yorker called himself an &#8216;active&#8217; church goer and is a member of a country club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"2Tn4ga5ms-\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The juror said he was opposed to the death penalty but as that wasn\u2019t an issue in this case, he could serve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"81EBxpcB8uAbdhJQXJ2l\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:25:00.578Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751376300578\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:25<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy and son Justin Combs accused of &#8216;brutal gang rape&#8217; in new lawsuit as rapper&#8217;s trial enters final stages<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"07Y-x6NJp8\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/diddy\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Diddy<\/a> and his son Justin Combs, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, were accused of brutal gang rape by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/louisiana\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Louisiana<\/a> woman in a shocking new lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"i3ZdxT1aNn\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The documents, obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/26\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-and-son-justin-accused-of-brutal-gang-rape-in-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Page Six<\/a>, allege that Justin, 31, lured the woman, whom he met on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/snapchat\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Snapchat<\/a> in 2017, out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/california\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">California<\/a> under the promise of helping her career in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"HJpnvEpIFy\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">When she arrived, she claimed she was plied with drugs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/alcohol\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">alcohol<\/a> by Justin before three &#8216;masked men&#8217; arrived to the home to brutally gang rape her for several hours. She claimed one of the men was Diddy, 55.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"4GJKW9VUIL\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In the documents, she said she was able to identify the music mogul by his &#8216;mannerisms,&#8217; and alleged that Justin called him &#8216;Pops.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7siatP2XY2\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Diddy&#8217;s attorney denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"Xb6zo-irj1\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"B8zFrvxj5z\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14854907\/diddy-son-justin-combs-accused-gang-rape-lawsuit-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/27\/18\/99799347-0-image-a-50_1751046992543.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"wS4bpzc3Sg\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"oSspxpcBhDTgNnJPZp89\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:24:51.388Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751376291388\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:24<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Diddy&#8217;s political ties revealed as photos show mogul mingling with Washington DC elite<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"cHwaLqaGPM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">In the case of a guilty verdict, Diddy may have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14773915\/mick-jagger-leonardo-dicaprio-madonna-diddy-trial-week-four.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">use his ties<\/a> with Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/washington-dc\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">DC<\/a>\u00a0elite for help obtaining a pardon &#8211; which his &#8216;good friend&#8217; Donald Trump has said he would consider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hobn8_NX6s\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Although Diddy has often endorsed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/democrats\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Democrats<\/a> throughout the years, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/joe-biden\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactroot=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> in 2020, he has been photographed with members across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"bzrJE2OppU\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Here DailyMail.com takes a look at all of the politicians this music mogul has mingled with over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"CCMH7BXFP8\">\n<div class=\"embedDMWrapper_c6nJ9xDY\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-embed\">\n<div class=\"embed-dm-image_32IWLKV6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14781613\/diddy-political-ties-revealed-mogul-washington-dc-elite-trump-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/05\/00\/99054089-0-image-a-15_1749081001194.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"9rH3zzD8uP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"A1H7xZcB8uAbdhJQmZgc\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:15:00.556Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751375700556\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:15<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">Jury says one juror &#8216;can&#8217;t follow instructions&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"_TXoa1rOqo\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Barely an hour into deliberations on Monday, the jury foreperson sent a note to the judge, complaining that there was one juror &#8216;who we are concerned cannot follow your Honor\u2019s instructions. May I please speak with your Honor or may you please interview him?&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"aMGUm36c5g\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The juror in question, juror #25, is a 51-year-old scientist with a &#8216;thick European accent,&#8217; according to the New York Post. He has a PhD in molecural biology and neuroscience and lives in Manhattan with his partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"H_tqHexvBx\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The judge decided instead to send jurors a note reminding them of their duties to deliberate and obligation to follow his instructions on the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"J-szP8q5ht\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">By day\u2019s end, the jury seemed back on track, requesting clarification about what qualifies as drug distribution, an aspect of the racketeering conspiracy charge that will help determine whether Combs can be convicted or exonerated on the count.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"TCQFYIjyy7\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury also sent a second note into the courtroom Monday afternoon asking whether a person asking for drugs before receiving them changes how they should consider the narcotics distribution charge against Diddy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"wSqRyoT5xe\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\"><i>Judge Arun Subramanian, upper left, reads instructions to the jury during Sean Diddy Combs&#8217; sexual misconduct trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, June 30.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"pNrojApEZQ\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/01\/13\/1751373209872_lc_galleryImage_Judge_Arun_Subramanian_up.JPG\" alt=\"Judge Arun Subramanian, upper left, reads instructions to the jury during Sean Diddy Combs' sexual misconduct trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, June 30, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)\" width=\"574\" height=\"323\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-AVQOKlMBM\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postItemSocialShareIcons_1ie0AZzb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postFooter_22ajxUgx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"6sYIxpcBejKsSFs0L1Gz\" class=\"postItemWrapper_3neUe0_U\" data-breaking=\"false\" data-closing=\"false\" data-exclusive=\"false\" data-key-update=\"false\" data-pinned=\"false\" data-post=\"true\">\n<div class=\"postItemCreationDate_2l5-MTOC postItemCreationDatePostList_Dn28YUNu\" data-creation-date=\"2025-07-01T13:05:00.500Z\" data-creation-date-epoch=\"1751375100500\" data-testid=\"creation-date\">\n<div class=\"postTimestampIcon_3HRfveY8\"><\/div>\n<p>13:05<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rowLayout_1DHYN8qE\">\n<div class=\"postItem_1uUs-hu4\">\n<h2 class=\"postItemTitle_1WqUGhNH\" data-track-module=\"live-blog-title\" data-display-creation-date=\"true\">See the verdict sheet Diddy jury has been asked to complete<\/h2>\n<div data-track-module=\"live-blog-body\">\n<div data-body-element-id=\"K5XN8QHrLE\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Once the jury comes to a final decision, the foreman will fill out this verdict sheet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"KYB0ZjXEqh\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The three-page form asks them to say if they think Diddy is guilty or not and also detail if they think each charge against him was proven or not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"7YxqPXcSgn\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The first set are questions on the racketeering conspiracy charge, where jurors will have to specify if the prosecution proved the alleged crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"tHGpRAkXt7\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">They will then have to respond about sex trafficking, transportation for purposes of prostitution and drug distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"5Ri7dgMoXr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Some of the questions are specific to his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"hbjoXlRVCP\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF emptyEmbedParagraph_3ryFL04U\">\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"d-kSvoddo6\">\n<div class=\"embedImageWrapper_ClB_zkc8\" data-testid=\"image-component\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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Seltzer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"nfLptoqNSB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;I don\u2019t see how people are not influenced by outside factors,&#8217;\u00a0Seltzer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/diddy-trial-jurors-face-unrealistic-expectations-failure-sequester-mistake-expert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-reactroot=\"\">Fox News Digital.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"-4KZ3JBedB\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">&#8216;We live in a technology world where everyone wants their information now.\u00a0I know the jury was instructed not to read anything, but I don\u2019t think that was realistic given the length of the trial.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"o_FtTS5FNr\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">Seltzer added that it is &#8216;impossible to tell people to stay off media and\/or computers for six weeks-plus, when people are addicted to their devices.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-body-element-id=\"HGayFD0zhx\">\n<p class=\"embedParagraph_1I1nW9oF\">The jury already showed signs of trouble on Monday, sending a note to the court that read: &#8216;We have a juror, no.25, we are concerned cannot follow your honor\u2019s instructions. 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