Baby oil, bribery, and ‘real danger’: All the disturbing details from day one of Diddy’s bombshell sex-trafficking trial
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex-trafficking trial opening arguments and witness testimonies begin Monday in New York City.
We’re in Manhattan Federal Court following all the developments as alleged victims are set to testify, including his former longtime girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie Ventura, whom Combs was seen beating and kicking in sickening 2016 hotel surveillance video released a year ago.
The trial is not televised because cameras are prohibited inside this courthouse — so watch this space for all the latest updates.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
He faces life in prison if convicted.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ three daughters — D’Lila, Jessie and Chance, all 18 — stood up and left the courtroom after male escort Daniel Phillip began divulging salacious details to the jury.
The teens, who were seated in the same row as Combs’ mother Janice Combs, left as Phillip testified that their dad paid him to have sex with Casandra “Cassie” Ventura as he masturbated in a corner at the Gramercy Park Hotel in 2012.
They came back in a few minutes later, with the graphic testimony still ongoing, and then left again.
Combs, who wore a gray sweater over a crisp white shirt and gray slacks, didn’t react much, but occasionally whispered to his attorneys and jotted down messages to them on sticky notes.