Overview

• On July 1, a 12-member jury began deliberations after U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian delivered 61 pages of legal instructions.
• The panel sent notes to the judge requesting clarification on drug distribution elements of the racketeering conspiracy count.
• Jurors elected a foreperson and flagged worries about one member’s capacity to follow the judge’s detailed instructions.
• Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
• The jury will weigh seven weeks of testimony from 34 witnesses and security camera footage depicting a 2016 assault on Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.