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Officials Reject Request to Move Up Combs' Sentencing

He will remain at federal lockup in Brooklyn until Oct. 3 sentencing

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs will be sentenced in his federal criminal case on Oct. 3, a judge said Tuesday after probation officials rejected the defense and prosecution's plan to move the date up by about two weeks. Combs, who remains jailed after a split verdict last week, spoke briefly...

Combs Got Standing Ovation From Fellow Inmates: Attorney

Rapper's lawyer says Black inmates were happy he 'beat the government'

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges, providing what his lawyer says might have been the best thing he could do for Black incarcerated men in America. "They all said: '...

How the Racketeering Case Against Combs Fell Apart

Critics suggest they overcharged with allegations of a sprawling criminal enterprise

(Newser) - Former federal prosecutors are weighing in on the partial Sean Combs verdict , seeing it as a blow to the Southern District of New York and a win for the defense. As NPR sees it, the case offers "a lesson in the public's murky understanding of consent, and the...

Combs Denied Bail Ahead of Sentencing

Judge notes his violent history

(Newser) - A judge declined Wednesday to grant bail to Sean "Diddy" Combs after the split verdict in his sex crimes case. The bond decision came after a jury convicted Combs of federal prostitution-related offenses but acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering charges. He stands convicted of two counts of...

Combs Fell to His Knees After Hearing Verdict

He buried his face in a chair after he was acquitted of the most serious charges

(Newser) - In a dramatic moment in federal court in New York on Wednesday, Sean Combs fell to his knees and buried his face in a chair after he was acquitted of the most serious charges against him. He appeared to mouth, "I'm coming home," to family members, the...

Combs Jury Reaches Verdict on 4 Out of 5 Charges

Jurors have been instructed to keep deliberating on racketeering charge

(Newser) - The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul. But the partial decision remained under wraps after jurors were told to keep deliberating because they were stuck on the top charge, racketeering...

Diddy Juror 'Does Not Follow' Judge's Instructions

Letter from jury raises possibility of a mistrial

(Newser) - Drama from the jury room in Sean Combs' sex-trafficking trial: Less than two hours after handing the case to the jury on Monday, the judge received notice that one of its number was acting out, per NBC News . The note said the group was concerned about a juror—a 51-year-old...

Jury Begins Deliberating on Sean Combs

Hip-hop mogul faces up to life in prison

(Newser) - Jurors are set to start deliberating Monday in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking case, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. After receiving legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the jury of eight men and four women will head behind closed doors to...

'It's Time' to Convict Sean Combs: Prosecutor

Prosecution presents closing arguments in Diddy's trial

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs "committed crime after crime" for two decades but thought his "fame, wealth and power" put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments. "That stops now," Assistant US Attorney...

Feds Drop Some Explosive Allegations Against Combs

Jury won't be asked to consider firebombing, kidnapping as part of racketeering charge

(Newser) - As Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial moves towards its end, federal prosecutors have decided not to proceed with some of the more explosive allegations against him. In a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian late Tuesday, prosecutors said they would not instruct the jury to consider attempted...

Diddy's Defense to Rest Case Without Calling Witnesses

Prosecution will wrap after 34 witnesses, with closing arguments expected Thursday

(Newser) - As Sean "Diddy" Combs' high-profile sex trafficking trial nears its end, his defense team is expected to take the unusual step of resting its case without calling a single witness, People reports. The prosecution, meanwhile, is expected to rest its case Tuesday after calling 34 witnesses. Homeland Security...

Sean Combs Likely Won't Take the Stand at His Trial

Judge says jury could get case next week

(Newser) - The possibility that music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial all but vanished Tuesday after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation lasting as little as two days and the judge said jurors could be deliberating next week, the AP reports. Attorney Marc Agnifilo...

Diddy Just Had a Big Supporter Show Up in Court

Rapper Ye, aka Kanye West, sat in during Sean Combs' sex trafficking trial on Friday in New York

(Newser) - Ye, the rapper formerly and sometimes still known as Kanye West, showed up at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs on Friday to support the hip-hop mogul, a longtime friend. Ye, dressed in white, arrived at Manhattan federal court before noon while the trial was...

'Jane': Sean Combs Likened Himself to Michael Jordan

Ex-girlfriend was back on the stand in Diddy's trial

(Newser) - Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend, identified only as "Jane," on Tuesday testified for the fourth day in the rap mogul's sex trafficking trial, and among her testimony was a strange tidbit about basketball stars. She says Combs forced her to participate in degrading sexual activities with male prostitutes, and...

Witness: Diddy Ordered Me to Have Sex for 3.5 Days

'You treat me like an animal,' ex-girlfriend told music mogul

(Newser) - Retaking the stand in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-crimes and trafficking trial on Monday, an ex-girlfriend recalled telling the music mogul after years of abuse, "You treat me like an animal." One of four alleged victims at the center of the government's case against Diddy, the...

Ex-Assistant Says Combs Sexually Assaulted Her

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

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

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

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

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

'The Punisher' testifies about how he found out

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

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

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

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

Cassie Ventura Cross-Examined in Combs Trial

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

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