Overview

• Jury selection for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' federal trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges has been postponed to early next week, delaying the start of opening statements scheduled for May 12.
• Prosecutors have lost contact with Victim-3, one of four key witnesses, raising concerns about her availability to testify during the trial.
• Cassie Ventura, Combs' ex-girlfriend and a central prosecution witness, is expected to testify about alleged abuse and coercion during their 11-year relationship.
• Combs' defense team plans to argue that violence in his relationship with Ventura was mutual, aiming to undermine her credibility as a victim of coercion.
• The trial is anticipated to last two months, with explicit video evidence and testimony from multiple alleged victims central to the prosecution's case.