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Ex-assistants portray Diddy as violent and coercive in sex trafficking trial

Prosecutors aim to tie Combs’ entertainment empire to alleged sex trafficking through evidence of orchestrated violence

Sean Diddy Combs, left, stands as his defense attorney, Teny Geragos, gives her opening statement to the jury on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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Overview

  • Capricorn Clark testified she witnessed Combs assault Cassie Ventura and joined a 2011 gunpoint abduction aimed at rapper Kid Cudi
  • A witness known as Mia described repeated sexual assaults over eight years, including forcible kissing, unwanted contact and rape at Combs’ homes and events
  • Los Angeles police linked a Bad Boy Entertainment–registered vehicle to the December 2011 break-in at Kid Cudi’s estate and a subsequent firebombing of his car
  • Combs’ defense argues all sexual encounters were consensual and attributes his actions to personal flaws rather than a coordinated criminal conspiracy
  • Prosecutors expect to finish presenting their case by mid-June, with the defense potentially beginning its witnesses in July