Overview

• Prosecutors rested on June 24 after calling 34 witnesses over 29 days, including Cassie Ventura and a woman known as Jane, who testified to being coerced into drug-fueled “freak-off” sex parties.
• A June 25 filing trimmed jury instructions by dropping attempted kidnapping, arson and aiding-and-abetting sex trafficking counts to streamline the case.
• Closing arguments began June 26 with prosecutors describing Combs as the leader of a criminal enterprise and the defense arguing that all sexual encounters were consensual.
• The court reviewed hotel surveillance footage of alleged assaults, travel records coordinating escorts and communications showing threats and coercion.
• If convicted on the remaining racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution charges, Combs faces 15 years to life in prison.