Sean “Diddy” Combs’ The sexual trafficking trial finally approached Friday, June 27, as the defense delivered its closing argument to the United States Court of Daniel Patrick Moynihan in New York City.
“Sean Combs has become something that is very difficult to be: a successful black entrepreneur” Marc Agnifilo Diddy, 55, said that numerous witnesses praised the impact of the miserable tycoon on the entertainment world. “They always liked it? No way, we don’t even go there. But they loved it. They didn’t want to leave it. When they left, they talked about being suicide.”
The day earlier, the prosecutor’s office spoke his own closing argument, and stated how the witness supported the specific allegations against Diddy. It was arrested in New York In September 2024, after a great jury accused him of accusation of conspiracy, sex traffic by force, fraud or coercion and transport to participate in prostitution. Later did not declare guilty to all accounts.
On Thursday, June 26, United States attorney Christy Slavik He stated that drug distribution is one of the most “simple” crimes Diddy is charged with this, which supports Racketeering’s burden. He also referred to the former Bad Boy employees who testified during the last six weeks, saying: “Attendees and staff of the defendant facilitated the Combs company.”
The SEAN “Diddy” Judgment Combs began in New York City on May 5 after its detention of September 2024 for accusations of sexual traffic, conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. The process began with the jury selection, which was completed on May 12 before starting the opening arguments that same day. Diddy, 55, has begged (…)
Slavik also mentioned the multiple abduction claims discussed during the testimony, as well as the alleged bombardment of Kid cudithe car. Slavik, referring to the alleged bribe Diddy and his team at The Intercontinental Hotel, Slavik said: “This is the perfect illustration of the Combs Enterprise at work.”
Agnifilo turned against Racketeering’s load, saying, “Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?” He then pointed to Diddy’s older children and his mother, Janice CombsSitting in the courtroom, claiming that his presence shows that “man takes care of people.” (Diddy shared the children Quincy Brown, 34, and Christian, 27, and the twin daughters of Lila and Jessie, 18, with ex Kim goalkeeperwho died at the age of 47 in 2018. He also shares son Justin, 31, with ex Mysa HiltonDaughter Chance, 18, with Sarah Chapman and the daughter Love, 2 years old, with DANA TRANI.)
Agnifilo also repeated the central claim of the defense that Freak falls were not criminals, but simply part of Diddy’s “private sex life”. He also acknowledged that his client owns the domestic violence in his relationship with Cassie But he said, “this is not charged.”
Slavik, meanwhile, told the jury that they only need to find an example of Freak where coercion took place to find Diddy guilty. He also argued that Cassie and women’s participation in Freaks offs were a forced work. “This was not for Cassie’s pleasure. This was a work,” Slavik said, referring to Cassie’s testimony in May when he stated that he continued to participate in offs Freak while fighting the UTI.
When the SEAN “Diddy” trial Combs began in New York City, observers were surprised to hear the names of numerous other celebrities mentioned during the jury selection and various testimonies of witnesses. When possible jurors were questioned from May 5, they were asked about their familiarity with stars like Kanye West and ex Danity Kane (…)
“It’s time to make it responsible,” said Slavik. “To find justice. To find the defendant guilty.”
Much of Agnifilo’s argument focused on the defense claim that the prosecution’s evidence does not support accusations against Diddy. “I think the evidence shows that the Government directed -Sean Combs,” he told the court. “He is not an attacker. He is not a conspirator. He is none of these things. He is innocent. He returns to his family to wait for him.”
Prosecutor Maurene comey He then handed over the Government’s refutation, reminding the jury that hired escorts should not be labeled as prostitutes. “What matters is that the defendant intended to pay them by sex when he transported them over the state lines,” he said.
Comey also said that Diddy knew that Freak Offs was illegal because he stopped having them in hotels after Cassie filed his lawsuit against him in November 2023. He again pushed the defense claims that Cassie and other female testimonies were looking for a day of payment. If so, Comey argued, Cassie (Real Casandra Ventura) would have “collected his salary and caused the wave of positive attention from the media” instead of enduring days of unpleasant witness. He reminded the jury that Cassie, 38, testified that he would have returned the liquidation money to avoid the experiences he supposedly had with Diddy.
For four weeks, the prosecution’s testimonies in the trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs have painted an image of a monster: an abusive figure fixed in power and control, ready to do everything that is needed to bend the victims to their will. Its former Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, after eight months pregnant, tears (…)
Comey concluded his refutation by asking the jury to find Diddy guilty. “In his mind, he was untouchable. A God among men, as a (old assistant) George Kaplan Put. For 20 years, the defendant escaped his crimes. Today it ends in this courtroom. He is not a god, he is a person. Find it guilty. “
Once the closing arguments are over, judge Arun Subramanian He advised the jury to “keep an open mind” until they receive deliberation instructions on Monday, June 30.
After Diddy was taken in preventive detention last year, Agnifilo said Use weekly In a statement that his client was “an imperfect person” but “not a criminal.”
“Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts,” said Agnifilo. “These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he hopes to erase his name in court.”
The following month, a judge ruled it Diddy’s trial would start in May 2025. While his legal team filed a motion in April to apply delay judgment For two months to prepare for his defense in the midst of a revised indictment, a judge denied the application.
The SEAN “Diddy” Judgment Combs began in New York City on May 5 after its detention of September 2024 for accusations of sexual traffic, conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. The process began with the jury selection, which was completed on May 12 before starting the opening arguments that same day. Diddy, 55, has begged (…)
The judgment ultimately began with the jury selection from May 5 followed by Opening statements May 12.
“This is Sean Combs,” United States attorney Emily Johnson said in the initial statement of the prosecution. “But there is another side. One side that led a criminal company … but he did not do it alone.”
Johnson stated that Diddy’s case was not “the private sexual options of a celebrity” and revealed that his ex -partner Cassie And Jane Doe’s anonymous allegations against him would be “the main focus of judgment.”
Diddy’s lawyer Words of Geragos He then shared his own declaration of opening, saying -to the jury: “Sean Combs is a complicated man, but this is not a complicated case.”
Inf/urge Sean “Diddy” Combs has been investigated for at least one year after being charged with sexual assault by several people. The 54 -year -old rapper and the Music tycoon made headlines in November 2023 after his ex -wife Cassie accused him of sexual abuse in a bombs. Diddy accused of hitting -the, forcing -(…)
Geragos acknowledged that Diddy had a history of violence, admitting: “We take responsibility for domestic violence in this case. Domestic violence is not sexual traffic.”
Although they went to the claims of Cassie and Jane Doe, Geragos alleged: “All witnesses in this case had a free choice to take the options they made.”
Diddy has been behind the bars of the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, New York, since his arrest after his Bail attempts were repeatedly denied.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Line of Attention to National Sexual Aggression to 1-800-656-hope (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call the National line of national domestic violence at 1-800-799-7233 to obtain confidential support. If you or someone you know is the victim of the traffic of people, please contact the Direct line of human trafficking at 1-888-373-7888.
