Overview

• On June 27, Combs’s lead lawyer argued that federal prosecutors had exaggerated evidence of his private lifestyle to manufacture racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
• Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey rebutted that Combs leveraged his fame to intimidate women and make “no” never an option during drug-fueled sex marathons.
• Combs did not testify in his defense, and his legal team called no witnesses after resting their case following six weeks of trial.
• The rapper has been held without bail in a Brooklyn detention center since his September arrest and faces 15 years to life if convicted on racketeering and sex trafficking counts.
• Judge Subramanian will instruct jurors on legal standards before deliberations begin Monday, June 30.