Overview

• Over 30 witnesses testified during six weeks, describing drug-fueled “Freak-Off” sex parties, forced participation and violence under an alleged criminal enterprise.
• Prosecutor Christy Slavik argued Combs used “power, violence and fear” to coerce victims and run a structured trafficking network.
• The defense called no witnesses and portrayed relationships as consensual swinger encounters driven by financial motives.
• Federal attorneys streamlined jury instructions by removing arson and kidnapping allegations to focus on core sex trafficking and criminal enterprise counts.
• Jurors began deliberations Friday with unlimited time to decide, moving the trial toward a verdict that could arrive in days.