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

Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Gerard Gannon showed the jury a .45 caliber handgun after testifying that the gun was found in a red suitcase that was in the guesthouse on Sean Combs’ Miami Beach property.

The jury also was shown photos of the ammunition that Gannon testified was loaded into the handgun at the time it was found.

Additionally, the jury was presented with photos of other items that Gannon testified were seized from Combs' Miami Beach home during the March 2024 search. The items included various illicit drugs allegedly discovered inside of a wooden box, featuring a gold “Puffy” label, that was on a bathroom countertop. Puffy is one of Combs' several nicknames.

The jury also was shown two boxes that Gannon testified were discovered in a second-floor closet on the property and which contained bottles of baby oil, personal lubricant, and a green-and-yellow rubber duck.

The indictment against Combs described these items as “various freak-off supplies,” referring to the name of the alleged sexual encounters that have been a prominent focus of testimony so far.

On cross-examination, Gannon testified that federal agents searching Combs' Miami Beach property encountered six individuals there during the search, including a music producer and caretakers. Each was placed in handcuffs until the agents established who they were, Gannon told the court.

After Gannon showed the jury AR-15-style rifles with defaced serial numbers seized from the home, about which he previously testified, defense attorney Teny Geragos told the court that there are other methods law enforcement officials can use to trace firearms to individuals, including fingerprints and DNA testing. Neither Geragos nor Gannon mentioned during testimony whether it is illegal to possess a firearm with an obliterated or altered serial number.

The defense also introduced an exhibit under seal, described as a photograph depicting Combs and others. Gannon testified that he recognized the photo but he was not questioned about it.

Dr. Dawn Hughes, a psychologist, is the next witness scheduled to take the stand.

Before testimony resumed this morning, federal prosecutors signaled that Scott Mescudi, aka rapper Kid Cudi, will not testify today as they previously indicated. Prosecutors said they sent a note to Judge Arun Subramanian at 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday to inform him. The note was not included on the court docket.

Resuming his testimony, HSI Special Agent Gerard Gannon showed the court pictures of a Gucci bag allegedly seized from Combs that contained plastic bags that themselves contained different drugs, including MDMA. Orange tablets featuring the Tesla logo tested positive for MDMA, prosecutors said.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Gerard Gannon returned to the witness stand Wednesday morning, following up on his testimony Tuesday about weapons and other materials that federal agents allegedly discovered at Sean Combs' Miami Beach home.

Federal prosecutors contend that the alleged close proximity of two AR-15 assault-style rifles with defaced serial numbers, as well as baby oil, personal lubricant, lingerie and seven-inch platform heels that Gannon also testified that agents discovered in Combs' home, provides visual representation of their allegation that Sean Combs used violence and threats of violence to coerce women into engaging in stage-managed sexual activity with male escorts allegedly hired for that purpose, an allegation that Combs denies.

According to Gannon's previous testimony, the upper receivers of the rifles were found wrapped in a towel, while the lower receivers and magazines were found in a box. The components were found on the same main bedroom shelving unit as the items that several witnesses have testified were used in so-called sexual "freak offs," Gannon told the court.

Once Gannon finishes his testimony, the jury is expected to hear from Dawn Hughes, a psychologist who specializes in sex trauma. Federal prosecutors are hoping she will explain to the jury why Combs' ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, would stay in a relationship that previous testimony by several witnesses has described as abusive, marred by jealousy, drug use and domestic violence.

Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Gerard Gannon told the court that the AR-15 assault-style rifle receivers and ammunition that he testified federal agents discovered in Combs' Miami Beach home were found on the same bedroom shelving unit as 7-inch platform heels and lingerie. He also testified that agents discovered a 30-round magazine containing 19 rounds, as well as a full 10-round magazine.

Court has recessed for the day. Gannon will resume testifying Wednesday, when the jury is expected to see additional items that agents allegedly recovered from Combs’ Miami Beach home.

Prosecutor Maureen Comey said subsequent witnesses Wednesday will include Dawn Hughes, a psychologist who specializes in sex trauma; George Kaplan, a former Combs assistant; and Scott Mescudi, better known as Kid Cudi, with whom Cassie Ventura testified she had a brief romantic relationship while with Combs and whom she testified Combs threatened because of it.