US EditionKey Moments From First Week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Sex Trafficking Trial
- Sean Combs faces a federal sex trafficking trial in Manhattan that began on May 12, 2025, focusing heavily on testimony from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
- The trial follows Ventura's November 2023 lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual assault, physical abuse, and coercion into drug-fueled sex parties called 'freak offs' starting around 2007.
- Ventura detailed years of frequent abuse, orchestrated group sex events, and violent incidents including a 2016 hotel assault caught on surveillance footage shown to the jury.
- One text read in court included Ventura saying, 'I'm always ready to freak off,' while prosecutors argued Combs used his business to manipulate women and orchestrate these acts.
- The trial exposes allegations of a criminal enterprise involving coercion and abuse, while Combs’ defense maintains the sexual acts were consensual and rejects the trafficking charges.
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Key moments from first week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial - Seymour Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs began this week, opening a window into what prosecutors say was the sordid world of group sex, drugs and violence beneath the glittering, jet set persona cultivated by the Bad Boy Records founder. Much of the testimony was hard to watch. Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie, recounted being beaten and pressured into degrading sexual performances with strangers. He…
Key moments from first week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs began this week, opening a window into what prosecutors say was the sordid world of group sex, drugs and violence beneath the glittering, jet set persona cultivated by the Bad Boy Records founder. Much of the testimony was hard to watch. Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie, recounted being beaten and pressured into degrading sexual performances with strangers. He…
Inside the Diddy Trial: What Cassie’s Testimony Reveals
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Cassie Ventura’s graphic and emotional testimony in the federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs has ignited headlines, debate, and controversy. As prosecutors build their case against the hip-hop mogul, accusing him of running a criminal enterprise that exploited women, attorney and media executive Faye McCray laid out why the legal stakes are far greater than a story of…
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