Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura’s Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds
After several possible delays, the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began this week.
Mid-April, the defense asked Judge Arun Subramanian to push back the May 12 start date by two weeks. That request did not hold up, evidently. Two days later, it was requested the start date be moved back 60 days, or two months. The rapper wrote a letter asking for the adjournment, but the start date remained on course.
The jury selection took over a week, and a key witness brought the start down to the wire hours before opening statements were set to take place by remaining unreachable by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The trial could last up to eight weeks.
The Bad Boy Records founder, who is currently incarcerated, faces numerous charges, lawsuits and allegations for sex trafficking and more. The rapper did have a 1995 rape allegation at a party for Biggie Smalls,...
Mid-April, the defense asked Judge Arun Subramanian to push back the May 12 start date by two weeks. That request did not hold up, evidently. Two days later, it was requested the start date be moved back 60 days, or two months. The rapper wrote a letter asking for the adjournment, but the start date remained on course.
The jury selection took over a week, and a key witness brought the start down to the wire hours before opening statements were set to take place by remaining unreachable by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The trial could last up to eight weeks.
The Bad Boy Records founder, who is currently incarcerated, faces numerous charges, lawsuits and allegations for sex trafficking and more. The rapper did have a 1995 rape allegation at a party for Biggie Smalls,...
- 5/31/2025
- by Dessi Gomez and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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