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On Monday (June 16), jurors in the criminal trial against Diddy had an unorthodox respite from the usual witness testimony and evidence presentation, as they got to view portions of the videotapes of the sex parties that Diddy threw. Prosecutors for the federal government showed the jurors the footage of the alleged “freak offs” as they questioned a special agent for the Department of Justice on the witness stand.According to the New York Times, the footage jurors viewed was from 2012 and 2014, and involved Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, Diddy’s former partner. The jurors viewed the footage while in the courtoom, wearing headphones as they looked at screens with privacy guards attached. One young juror was reported to have giggled audibly as the clips, 30 seconds in length, were first displayed. The remaining jurors were silent, with some wincing at what they saw and one snatching the headphones off after the first clip was done. According to TMZ, some of the audio from the video clips could be faintly heard as the courtroom went silent.Prior to the viewing of the videos, prosecutors presented a bevy of text and audio messages which involved Kristina Khorram, Diddy’s former chief of staff directing assistants to have luxury hotel rooms furnished with supplies for the “freak-offs”(which were also dubbed “wild king nights” and “hotel nights”). The messages are part of the prosecution’s case to prove that these assistants helped facilitate the sex trafficking run by Diddy, aka Sean Combs. Khorram has not publicly testified, but her phone was seized by the government last year.The jurors’ viewing of the clips came after the morning session, where Judge Arun Subramanian replaced Juror No. 6 citing that he was inconsistent about his place of residence, noting that it led him to believe that he was “shading answers” to get on the jury and stay on. “There’s nothing that the juror could say at this point that would put the genie back in the bottle,” Judge Subramanian stated after Diddy’s lawyers protested the move.
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The judge overseeing the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial dismissed a juror on the panel after discovering inconsistencies regarding where they lived. The judge hit back at Diddy’s defense team after they alleged the removal of the juror was a sign of racial bias.
Deadline reports that Judge Arun Subramanian ordered the removal of Juror No. 6, who was reported to be a 41-year-old Black man who is employed in an administrative role in a correctional facility. At issue with Judge Subramanian was the juror’s inability to confirm whether he lived in New York or New Jersey, thus giving pause on whether or not he could be a sound member of the jury panel.
The defense team for the beleaguered mogul addressed the judge via a letter claiming that the removal of the juror would make it so that no other Black juror alternate could join the panel and said they would attempt to seek a mistrial. In times past, the defense has stated that the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York operated under a racial bias.
As indicated in the report, the judge, who was considering the move last Friday, came into the court Monday morning (June 16) and announced the removal of the juror.
“The defense asked the Court to base its decision on race,” Judge Subramanian said in the court. “That would be inappropriate. So, Juror 6 is excused and is replaced by the first alternate.
He continued, “As to the defense’s allegation of prosecutorial misconduct here, that is inviting the Court to make a decision based on race – and cannot be granted.”
Juror No. 6 was replaced by a 57-year-old white man. It was expected that the trial would be concluded by the July 4 holiday.
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Despite all the heat surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs right now, two of his sons still showed love on Father’s Day.
Justin and Christian Combs hit social media with messages for their pops, standing by him even as his high-profile trial keeps making headlines.
Justin Combs posted late Sunday afternoon, dropping a behind-the-scenes video of Diddy talking to a group, saying it’s a proud day for him. The clip felt like a quiet moment of support, showing that the bond between father and son is still strong, no matter what’s going on.
Christian Combs took it back with a throwback photo, a red carpet moment from when he was a little kid, arms wrapped around his dad. His caption read, “Happy Fathers Day Pops!! I Love you & miss you !!! We waiting for you at” Short and sweet, it showed just how much he’s riding for his father.
Meanwhile, Diddy’s trial is still going full speed in New York City. Day 24 is about to kick off, and the courtroom drama hasn’t let up. The case includes serious allegations, from sex trafficking to racketeering and financial misconduct, tied to decades of Diddy’s time running the business side of Hip-Hop. The testimonies have been wild, with ex-Bad Boy staff and alleged victims giving the court some pretty graphic and emotional stories. Diddy’s team continues to deny all charges, but the details coming out have kept the public locked in.
To add more chaos, Kanye West popped up in the overflow gallery last week, turning heads and lighting up social media. With everything still up in the air, no one really knows how this is going to play out. Still, for his sons, it’s clear that Father’s Day wasn’t about headlines, it was about family. Through all the noise, Justin and Christian made it known: love for their dad hasn’t changed.
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The judge overseeing the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial has been mulling a decision to dismiss one of the jurors over inconsistencies in answering questions and other reported issues. Diddy’s legal team wrote a letter to the judge explaining that if the Black and male juror is dismissed that they would seek a mistrial.
As reported by USA Today, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian told the court that he was moving to remove Juror No. 6 due to what he framed as “several inconsistencies” due to where he lived, adding, “The juror is unable to answer simple questions. There are serious questions about the juror’s candor and ability to follow instructions.”
In a TMZ report, it was revealed that Juror No. 6 was Black, and Diddy’s legal team seized on the opportunity to address the judge’s move and seek a pathway to a mistrial.
From TMZ:
The rapper’s legal team filed a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian Sunday evening … claiming that — while the Court might believe the prosecution’s questions about a juror’s inconsistent answers during voir dire are sincere — the government is just finding pretense to dismiss a juror because of their race.
Adding to this, the defense presented claims that authorities abused their power and used excessive force during the raids of Diddy’s homes, along with alleging that investigators linked sensitive information to the public, presumably, to taint the air of the trial.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense team is now trying to present their client as just a regular guy with freaky kinks.
Spotted on Vulture, Diddy’s third sexual misconduct accuser, “Jane Doe,” who many on the web believe to be 50 Cent’s ex, Daphne Joy, was cross-examined by the disgraced music mogul’s legal team on June 10 with a line of questioning that aim to paint their client as an egregiously horny man.
When asked if she would describe Diddy as a voyeur, Jane Doe responded, “I would use the word cuck for him, more so.”
Jane Doe Brings Up Bi-Sexuality During Cross-Examination
Doe further explained she came to that conclusion after doing a deep dive into cuckoldry because he wanted so many of those nights, so wanted to get an understanding of her ex’s freaky ways.
“I came across this word that was called a ‘cuck,’ a cuckolder,” Doe testified on Tuesday (June 10). “I was just trying to understand… I was just like, this is spot-on.”
In another instance Doe seemingly alluded to Diddy’s allegedly bi-sexuality.
“One [reason is] the cuck derives pleasure from seeing his woman derive pleasure from the other man,” Doe explained during the cross-examination. “Cucks could also have a bi-curiosity that they’re too ashamed to experience themselves, so they use the women.”
The Defense Focused On Previous Conversations With Jane Doe
Jane Doe’s cross-examination by Defense attorney Teny Geragos followed three days of testimony.
She accused the Bad Boy general of pressuring her into taking part in days-long sexual encounters with male escorts.
During this time, Diddy watched and pleasured himself. These freakishly horny events occurred between mid-2021 and late summer 2024.
Geragos, through her line of questioning, attempted to paint a picture for the jury in which Jane was a willing participant during what they referred to as “hotel nights.”
“You loved Mr. Combs, right?” Geragos asked Jane, and she replied, “Yes.” “You even said two days ago that you love him currently,” Geragos pressed. Jane said, “I do.”
Jane Doe Said She “Relished” The Time They Spent Together After “Hotel Nights”
Geragos also brought up conversations with Jane when she sat down with Diddy’s defense team back in April, pointing to her “relishing” the time they spent together after “hotel nights.”
Per Vulture:
Geragos referenced a prior conversation she had with Jane — who had sat down with Combs’s defense team as recently as April — where she described relishing the time after these encounters.
“I think you told me before that you enjoyed taking care of him after these ‘hotel nights’?” Geragos asked. “Yes, he was my baby,” Jane answered. Did Jane want to be close to her partner, her lover? Jane said yes.
She was asked, did Diddy enjoy the “foot rubs” part of their time together? Hugging and cuddling him? Bathing him? Jane answered in the affirmative. Jane said that they would stay up late together watching his favorite show, Dateline. Geragos asked about their conversations together.
“You enjoyed listening to his perspective on different issues?” Jane said yes. This included Diddy’s faith. “He had a favorite pastor, and he would also put a lot of sermons on the television and we would watch it together and we would talk about it, and he would send me sermons.”
In even stranger testimony, “Jane Doe” also revealed that Diddy compared himself to Michael Jordan, her to Kobe Bryant, and the escort they used during their threesomes, or “trifectas” as he labeled them, to Shaquille O’Neal.
Audio of a voice message sent to Jane Doe from Diddy reveals that he had a nickname for Jane Doe, his “crack pipe.”
We wished we were making this stuff up.
This trial needs to wrap up immediately.
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As the racketeering and sex trafficking trial against Diddy continues, one witness currently testifying against him happens to be his ex-girlfriend who is having her legal fees paid for by him. According to reports, the woman identified as “Jane” dated Diddy, aka Sean Combs, from 2021 to 2024. Jane testified under oath that Diddy helped her find the lawyer that is currently representing her and is still paying that lawyer’s fees.In her testimony, Jane stated that Diddy helped her with the lawyer after his homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last March. This was after a Homeland Security officer visited her after the raids and left her a business card. Jane also testified that Diddy is still paying the rent on her apartment in Los Angeles, which is an estimated $10,000. She would testify that she felt “very loved by him.”Jane said that she dated Diddy until he was arrested last fall, and that they had “hotel nights,” which have been referred to as “freak nights” after the raids on his residences. She said that she didn’t want to take part in those parties, which have been described as marathons of sexual activity spurred on by copious amounts of drugs, which involved male and female escorts. According to the New York Times, Jane described how she would be left dealing with physical pain afterward including urinary tract infections.Diddy’s former partner Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit against him in November 2023 was also brought up during Jane’s testimony. She noted how similar Ventura’s accounts of the “freak offs” were to her own experience, and wrote as much to Diddy in a text message afterward: “I feel like I’m reading my own sexual trauma. It makes me sick how three solid pages, word for word, is exactly my experiences and my anguish.” Jane is still being cross-examined as of Tuesday (June 10).
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Way back in 2023–back when people just started feeling safe enough to go back outside and Job Corps could still shape the minds of young folks who’d lost their way—Cam’ron realized something that all hustlers do: Why keep giving it away for free when he could be making money off of it?
“I was arguing with n*ggas about two hours over the phone about sports,” the “Oh Boy” rapper said during an interview with Revolt TV. “When I’d get off the phone I would look at it’d be like two hours and 25 minutes and I’d be mad, and I’m like, I need to put that energy somewhere where I can make money because sports and politics are never going anywhere.”
And Cam’ron gave the world: It Is What It Is.
And it was good.
It was a middle ground between sports talk and a barbershop convo feel. It didn’t have the pretentiousness of other sports shows in which former professional athletes sit around and tell you just how much you don’t know about sports. It was just a rapper, and his friend and fellow MCand reformed pastor, Ma$e, kicking it about sports. It used the language of the streets mixed with the knowledge that just about every common fan has and the result was a success. Cam and Ma$e even wear suits.
He once argued masterfully that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was a virtuoso of code switching, who could speak both the King’s English and the language of the street. And Cam was worried that incoming quarterback Russell Wilson and his proximity to suburban living might ruin the rapport that Tomlin had with his team.
Of course, Cam didn’t say it this way.
“Mike Tomlin is very well spoken. He says the right things. You can tell he’s a great head coach on the sidelines, but you can tell that in his off time, he’s a n*gga-n*gga. Russell Wilson ain’t no n*gga-n*gga,” Cam said. “Don’t f*ck real n*gga shit up.”
It was a brilliant articulation of the duality Black men and the difference between those who identify with the cause and those who caution against it.
In 2024, Cam would host a more laid back, casual conversation show Talk With Flee. A one-on-one style show in which the Dipset Cam would wear his chain, du-rag and bravado. If It Is What It Is is Cameron Giles then Talk With Flee is Killa Cam.
And then something started changing. The language from the two shows almost began merging and the conversation on the more buttoned up telecast started to become a bit less tactful.
Then the Diddy RICO trial began and Ma$e, (who has to know more than he’s ever let on considering he was one of Sean Combs’ Bad Boy artists during at least some of the allegations,) became noticeably uncomfortable or dismissive around the subject.
The freak-offs between Diddy, his then girlfriend singer Cassie, and sex workers became a joke, because like most of the rest of America it was jarring to learn that Diddy, one of the most prolific and vocal contributors to Hip-Hop in the past 20 years was in a cuckold relationship, in which he allegedly not only liked watching other men with his then girlfriend, but was willing to pay male escorts to be with her while he watched.
And then Cam had one of the male escorts, a man that goes by the name “The Punisher,” (né Sharay Hayes) onto Talk With Flee and it didn’t take long for the conversation to go all the way left.
“Was the p*ssy good?” Cam questioned, referring to Cassie.
And this is where the language of the street and the brashness of Hip-Hop become a disservice to the show and a crutch for Cam. There was an opportunity, a very real opportunity for Cam to have an honest conversation about sex work, sexual abuse, and sexual trauma.
This conversation required a level of sensitivity that I don’t think Cam has, or at least hasn’t exhibited. Cassie maintains that her relationship with Diddy wasn’t just physically abusive but sexually abusive. She’s claimed both in her civil suit and during her testimony that the cycle of abuse included threats made to her and her family. She noted that she couldn’t turn down Diddy’s sexual demands even though she found having sex with random sex workers disgusting and humiliating. She claimed that Diddy would threaten to expose her sextapes and make her “look like a slut” by releasing the videos.
“I feared for my career. I feared for my family. It’s just embarrassing. It’s horrible and disgusting. No one should do that to anyone,” said Cassie.
And Cam somehow took all of this trauma and sexual abuse and found a way to reduce it to the worst question possible. He made a horrific situation worse for no reason other than a cheap laugh at a sexual assault survivor’s expense.
Just a few days later while discussing possible rape charges against New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson on It Is What It Is Cam took aggressive, derogatory shots at an adult entertainer.
After news that an unnamed woman filed rape charges against Williamson, Moriah Mills (who had a relationship with Williamson,) claimed that she was considering taking legal action against the Pelicans star.
Cam didn’t just make disparaging comments about Mills’ claims, he…I’ll let Cam explain it.
“B*tch, you was mad he got another b*tch pregnant and you was upset,” Cam said. “You do porn. N*ggas cum on your face for a living.”
He also noted that Mills should “Shut the f*ck up” before calling her a “C*m-bucket sl*t.”
And if that wasn’t bad enough, he fell into a common trope in rape culture in which he noted that if Mills was telling the truth that there should be “scars and bruises” proving that she was assaulted.
“I just wanna see a little evidence with these accusations,” he said.
“I’m not saying she doesn’t have evidence, I didn’t do any due diligence on this topic, I just read it and was like, ‘Whatever, here we go again,’” he continued.
It’s this dismissive attitude from men that leads to sexual assaults going unreported. As it stands, rape is the most under-reported crime with some 63% of sexual assault victims suffering in silence.
I’m not expecting the “Suck It Or Not” rapper to be a changed man on his new medium, but there was a real moment here for an adult conversation from an almost 50-year-old man to show that he’s grown up. Cam’ron is not a stupid man. He’s not only survived being a cassette tape rapper in a streaming world, but he’s thrived and clearly mastered a whole new domain.
But these conversations that he’s having are sensitive and require a bit more context and nuance from a man who is closer to getting his AARP card than he is his next platinum plaque.
But something tells me that Cam’s going to ignore this missive and keep that same energy, and maybe I’ve been ignoring the obvious, because at this point, It Is What It Is.
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In court on Thursday, a woman going by the name “Jane” said she felt pressured to do sexual things with escorts while music star Diddy watched, because he was paying her $10,000-a-month rent.
According to Complex, Jane said things started off great in early 2021, with fancy hotel stays, tropical vacations, and a lot of partying, including taking Ecstasy. By May, she said Diddy asked her to sleep with other men while he watched. They called these nights “debauchery” or “hotel nights.”
She said the first time it happened was at a hotel in Miami. An escort showed up, and even though she wasn’t totally okay with it, she went along because “my partner was excited, and it was already happening.” When she asked the escort to use a condom, Jane said Diddy told her it wasn’t needed because “they get tested all the time, they’re some of the cleanest people.”
That night changed everything, she told the court. “It opened a Pandora’s Box in our relationship, it was a door that I was unable to shut.” Jane explained that because Diddy was paying for her rent and lifestyle, she felt stuck and like she had to go along with what he wanted, even if she didn’t really want to.
Her testimony is part of a bigger case accusing Diddy of serious crimes like sex trafficking and abuse. Diddy has said he didn’t do anything wrong, and the trial is still going.
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The Diddy trial continues to produce shocking revelations. A woman testified Diddy dangled her off a balcony.
As per Variety, Bryana “Bana” Bongolan took the stand at the disgraced mogul’s federal trial. The fashion designer recalled an incident from 2016 when she was at Cassie’s Los Angeles apartment. She explained the two would frequently work on fashion designs while using marijuana and ketamine. One morning she heard a loud knocking on the door and instructed her girlfriend to hid in the bathroom; Bongolan headed to the balcony to “act natural.”
She says Diddy gained access to the apartment and immediately rushed to her. Bryana says he “came up from behind” her and “lifted me up and put me on top of the rail” of the balcony. An irate Diddy then told her “You know what the f*** you did.” She explained that she tried her best to not be overtaken adding “I was trying not to slip and pushing back on him,” she said. “I was scared to fall.” Bongolan says he then threw her against some patio furniture prompting Cassie to come from her bedroom and yelling at her former love interest. “Did you just hang her over the balcony?” she asked. Cassie then let Diddy know Bongolan’s girlfriend was hiding in the bathroom, which made Diddy leave immediately.
Bongolan claims she suffered injuries from the ordeal including bruises and neck pain. “I have nightmares, and I have a lot of paranoia, and I used to scream a lot in my sleep,” she explained. She went on to detail another time she had a negative encounter with Diddy specifically a time she was with Cassie in Malibu. She claims Diddy came really close to her face and said “I’m the devil, and I could kill you.” Bongolan admitted she was under the influence of cocaine during that time in Malibu.
Diddy’s lawyer Nicole Westmoreland crossed examined Bongolan and picked apart her testimony pointing out that Diddy was attending a charity event the day on the East Coast when she claims he dangled her off the balcony in Los Angeles. In November 2024, Bongolan filed a civil lawsuit against Diddy, which is still pending.
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The infamous and ongoing Sean “Diddy” Combs trial just had a dramatic moment. The judge presiding over the racketeering and sex trafficking case against Mr. Combs warned the defense that he would have their client removed from court if he kept staring at the jury.
According to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, Diddy was “nodding vigorously” at the jury during witness testimony. Such behavior is apparently a no-no, with the judge noting that it was “absolutely unacceptable” that he had already warned the defense about such behavior, according to various reports.
After being admonished (after the jury had been excused for lunch), Diddy defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo said, “it’s not going to happen again.”
Telling a multimillionaire what not do, even if his freedom depends on it? Good luck with that. The alleged interaction with the jury occurred during the testimony of Bryana Bongolan, who claims that Diddy dangled her over a balcony back in 2016.
According to NBC News, a court artist confirmed what the judge observed.
Courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg, who has had her eyes and binoculars on Combs for over a month, told NBC News that she has seen him making facial expressions both affirmatively and negatively depending on the testimony, and she has seen him attempting to interact with various members of the jury since the beginning of the trial.
The judge was also clear that if the behaviour does not change, he will remove Diddy from the courtroom for the rest of the trial.
Diddy’s trial is only in its third week and is schedule to last about two months.
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