Overview

• Twelve jurors in Manhattan federal court received legal instructions before heading into closed-door deliberations on five federal counts against Combs.
• Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution after rejecting a plea deal in April.
• Prosecutors called 34 witnesses, including ex-girlfriends Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and “Jane,” and introduced surveillance video of a 2016 hotel assault.
• The government portrayed Combs as the leader of a criminal enterprise that used violence, bribery, drugs and coercion in drug-fueled sex marathons known as “freak-offs.”
• Defense attorneys argued all sex acts were consensual, criticized the probe as an intrusion into private life and noted that Combs chose not to testify.