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Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: Court is adjourned until Tuesday

Rapper Kid Cudi testified Thursday about alleged incidents with Combs.

Last Updated: May 22, 2025, 3:25 PM EDT

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The second week of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began on Monday.

Jul 2, 2025, 10:50 am

Sean Combs trial reaches an end with mixed verdict

The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached an end.

The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge.

The jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura) and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym "Jane").

He was found not guilty of both charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in connection with Ventura and "Jane."

Combs was accused of being the ringleader of an alleged enterprise that "abused, threatened and coerced women" into prolonged, drug-fueled sexual orgies with male prostitutes, which he called "freak-offs," and then threatened them into silence. Combs has said that all of the sex was consensual and that while his relationships sometimes involved domestic violence, he wasn't engaged in trafficking.

Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said Combs was simply part of the swinger lifestyle and that he "vehemently denies the accusations made by the SDNY."

May 19, 2025, 9:59 AM EDT

Dawn Richard takes the stand

Danity Kane and Diddy Dirty Money member Dawn Richard has returned to the witness stand to continue her testimony from last week in the trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs.

May 19, 2025, 9:23 AM EDT

Read updates from Week 1

Catch up on everything from Week 1 of the Sean Combs trial, featuring extensive testimony from Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

Read more here.

Casandra "Cassie" Ventura is cross examined by Lawyer Anna Estevao during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 16, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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