Overview

• The trial in Manhattan federal court began May 5, spanned more than six weeks of testimony culminating in closing arguments on June 25
• Prosecutors portrayed Combs as the head of a criminal enterprise responsible for drug-fueled sex parties, kidnapping, bribery, arson, violent assaults
• Defense attorneys argued that all encounters cited were private and consensual, challenging the sufficiency of evidence for trafficking charges
• Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and an anonymous witness known as “Jane” recounted allegations of rape, coercion, other abuses at Combs’s parties, bolstering the prosecution’s narrative
• Combs has been held in pretrial detention since September after bail was denied, facing a potential life sentence if convicted