Federal prosecutors in New York count on to relaxation their case towards Sean “Diddy” Combs at the moment, counting on the testimony of almost three dozen witnesses and a whole bunch of reveals to attempt to show their rivalry that the hip-hop impresario ran a felony conspiracy that trafficked girls and transported prostitutes.
The ultimate witness for the prosecution, Joseph Cerciello of Homeland Safety Investigations, walked the jury via reams of journey data, lodge invoices and cash transfers that prosecutors hope will persuade the jury that Combs and his associates trafficked his ex-girlfriend, who testified earlier below the pseudonym “Jane.”
Combs’ former assistant, Brendan Paul, who was granted immunity from prosecution in trade for his testimony, beforehand instructed the jury that he purchased and carried medicine for Combs. Paul was arrested in March 2024 for cocaine possession whereas aboard a personal aircraft with Combs.
“Was the cocaine yours, Mr. Paul?” prosecutor Christy Slavik requested.
“No,” Paul testified in response.
“Whose cocaine was it?” Slavik adopted up.
“Mr. Combs,” Paul testified.
The drug expenses towards Paul have been dropped final 12 months after he accomplished a pre-trial intervention program.
The felony enterprise Combs is accused of working dedicated drug offenses, in response to federal prosecutors. Combs has conceded that he used illicit medicine however has denied working a felony enterprise. He has pleaded not responsible to the entire authorities’s expenses.
Paul additionally instructed the jury that Combs needed his assistants to “transfer like SEAL Group Six” and anticipate his each want. He testified that it was a part of his job to purchase a pound of marijuana each two months and to obtain a powdery mixture of ketamine and molly, often known as tusi, that was “dyed pink for the aesthetic.”
Paul additional testified that he arrange lodge rooms for so-called “freak-off” sexual encounters, which he knew as “wild king nights,” stocking objects like lubricant and child oil. The jury noticed photographs of the objects organized in Combs’ Los Angeles properties.
On cross-examination, Paul testified that he by no means observed “Jane” being hesitant or apprehensive about taking part in what she referred to as “lodge night time” sexual encounters.
As soon as prosecutors relaxation their case, protection attorneys have stated their case will seemingly take a day or two to current.
