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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial began with testimony from a security guard who allegedly witnessed the aftermath of a violent incident between Combs and Cassie Ventura. Diddy denies all charges
it’s day one of the celebrity trial gripping much of the nation. sean diddy combs was once entertainment’s most powerful mogul.
accused of crime so heinous he faces the possiblity of spending the rest of his life behind bars .
he’s denied all charges.
and just a warning, this story contains accounts, descriptions, and visiual content of actaul or alleged events that some may find distrubing.
all eyes are on this new york city courthouse as the federal trial for disgrace mogul sean diddy combs begins…
combs is inside the courtroom along with those prosepctive jurors .
he faces multiple charges including racketeering and sex trafficking.
th musician famous for hits like;
“bad boy for life “and” can’t nobody hold me down.”
charged with sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution and raketeering conspiracy.
the 55 year old has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
it was a monumental day when we’re talking about sean combs, p.daddy , puff daddy.
at one point he also had the actual key to new york city.
so to see him facing trial on federal criminal charges is completely downfall of who puff daddy, who sean combs was.
prosecutors alleged he used his power to force women into prolong drugfueled orgies he called- freekoffs and then threatened them into silence.
the freakoffs ,according to prosecutors, were these sex marathons.
some of them lasted days and they were fueled by ecstasy or other party drugs and women were not allowed to leave.
highly anticipated at the trial , the testimony of cassandra ventura, the singer better known as cassie .
who was at the center of this now infamous video.
the disturbing scene appears to show combs chasing her down a hotel hallway in 2016,knocking her down and kicking her.
the first evidence shown to jurors, videos and photos from that violent encounter.
everyone was leaning in and focusing and watching this video .
literally , you can hear a pin drop in that courtroom .
a security guard who came onto the scene in the aftermath of that attack testified that diddy had a devilish stare.
and cassie had a purple eye.
another witness alleging he was paid to have sex with cassie while diddy watched and told to urinate on cassie.
you heard so much about sex doing the prosecution’s opening , the defense opening, you heard about oral sex .
you heard about missionary sound ,you heard about baby oil being put on people’s body , you heard so much .
cassie and diddy were in a romantic relationship for almost a decade, releasing hits like” me and you.”
her graphic and disturbing 2023 civil lawsuit against diddy changed everything,helping spur the federal criminal investigation into the mogul.
diddy has denied these allegations and settled that suit without admission of wrtongdoing.
diddy’s mother and children arriving to to court these morning to support him along with com’s spokesperson.
inside the courtroom, diddy smiling and blowing kisses to his family.
he’s very observant to what’s going on in the courtroom and he’s taken part in his defense.
both sides delivered their opening statements, making their case. the all femal prosecution saying that combs used a trusted inner cirlce to commit crime after crime,including kidnapping,arson,and sex crimes.
prosecutor emily johnson saying” this is sean combs, to the public he was puff daddy or diddy,a cultural icon,a businessman larger than life.
but there was another side to him , a side that ran a criminal enterprise.
the prosecution is alleging that it was his inner circle that enabled him to be able to engage n these acts ,but also hide these acts from the public and for it to go on for so long.
at least three alleged victims of diddy are expected to testify,including cassie and a women prosecutors are referring to as jane.
during the opening arguments, prosecutors alleged that diddy forced the women to participate in so -called freakoffs , and instructed cassie and jane how to look,to dress in lingerie,wear tall platform high heels, and have manicured white nails.
diddy’s defense arguing thee sexual relationships were consensual and not coerced,saying ther rapper lived a swinger lifestyle.
the defense wants to say that these women are all adults.
they’re all consenting and willing participants in these freakoffs.
defense attorney tenny geragos saying in her opening statement;
“that may not be what you like to do in your bedroom,but your not here to judge him for his sexual preferences.”
she later added.
being a willing participant in your own sex life is not sex trafficking.”
that disturbing video was also part of the defense’s opening arguments plainly saying it was an instance of domestic violence.
geragos saying;
domestic violence is not sex trafficking, had he been charged with domestic violence had he been charged with assault, we would not be here right now”
the defens said that sean combs may be a lot of things. he may have committed domestic violence,but those aren’t the crimes the defense said that he’s charged with.
so , in effect, the argument is he’s a criminal,just not the kind of criminal they say he is.
the first testimony in the trial taking jurors to los angeles march 2016 in the hotel where that surveillance video was taken.
the first witness , an LAPD who worked security at the hotel.
he says he responded to a call for a women in distress on the sixth floor.
when he got tothe floor, he noticed that there was glass on the floor , that the vase and the flowers were broken .
the security guard described going back to diddy’s hotel room and standing in the dooorway while ventura grabbed her things inside another man sitting at the corner of the bed .
so from the very start,the first witness brings the jury into that hallway where he said sean combs looked at him with a devilish stare and cassie ventura had a purple eye.
sean combs tried to offer him money to give him money to make this go away and he said he wouldn’t accept the money.
the second witnesss to take the stand , daniel phillip, a man who said he was paid to have sex with cassie on multiple occasions at several high – en new york city hotels while diddy watched.
the witness said he was paid between $ 700 and $ 6,000 each time .
so mr phillip agreed to go to the grammy hotel to do a performance for a bachelorette party.
at least that’s what he thought.but when he got to the hotel to the room that cassie opened up the door, he did not know that was cassie and that she told him;
” well,it’s my birthday and my husband wants to do something special, so can you give me a massage with this body oiland then we can just take it from there and see where it leads.”
diddy allegedly in the corner masturbatng , wearing a bandana over his face.
during these meetups ,he says diddy would often give directions and at times tell him to step off and back up because he was going to get some.
sean comb’s children , his mother came to court to support him but when the testimony became graphic, his daughters stood up and walked out and they came back in at one point.
the testimony got more graphic about ejaculation, about urination, that was too much they turned and walked out again.
phillip also described witnessing diddy drag and hit cassie .
when asked by prosecutors why he didn’t intervene,he testified ;
my thoughts was that this was someone with unlimited power, and chanches are that even if i did go to the police that i might still end up losing my life”
cassie , who’s now 8 months pregnant,who has not spoken about this publicly execept in a civil lawsuit.
is taking the witness stand as a star witness.
if convicted , combs could face life in prison .