About three hours after they requested for testimony from star witness Cassie Ventura and male escort Daniel Phillip, the jury in Sean Combs intercourse trafficking trial obtained the transcripts they requested.
The delay was induced partially due to a dispute between the legal professionals about how a lot of the testimony to incorporate.
Protection legal professionals needed so as to add extra – together with testimony concerning the Ventura’s $10 million settlement with the Los Angeles InterContinental Lodge – whereas prosecutors advocated to ship a narrower portion of the transcript. After Decide Arun Subramanian recommended sending the jury the whole thing of Ventura’s testimony – prompting Combs to visibly shake his head at his lawyer – protection legal professionals relented and agreed to ship a shorter portion of the transcript.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and his lawyer Marc Agnifilo focus on with different protection legal professionals on how to answer a brand new be aware despatched by jurors, throughout Combs’ intercourse trafficking trial in New York Metropolis, July 1, 2025 on this courtroom sketch.
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Total, the testimony the jury requested focuses on three situations that prosecutors highlighted as examples of Combs’ alleged intercourse trafficking of Ventura.
First, the jury requested Ventura’s testimony about being assaulted by Combs on the InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles. She testified that she tried to go away a so-called “freak-off” sexual encounter after Combs gave her a black eye.
The jury additionally requested testimony given by Ventura and Phillip about an alleged occasion by which Combs grew to become violent with Ventura at a New York resort throughout a “freak-off.”
The final portion of testimony requested by the jury centered on a time when Ventura traveled with Combs abroad to attend the Cannes Movie Competition in France.
