(12 May 2025)
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New York – 12 May 2025
1. STILL of Sean "Diddy" Combs, center, motions a heart sign to his family in attendance as he is escorted out of lock-up by US Marshals, on the first day of trial
2. STILL of Assistant US Attorney Emily Johnson, right, gestures to Sean "Diddy" Combs, far left, while giving her opening statement the first day of trial
3. STILL of Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs, left, sits with other family members at the start of Combs’ trial
STORYLINE:
Federal prosecutors began trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades.
Testimony in Combs’ New York trial began Monday afternoon, after a final phase of jury selection and opening statements from the lawyers.
Combs, wearing a white sweater and with his formerly jet-black hair now almost completely gray, entered the courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugging lawyers and giving a thumbs up to supporters seated in wooden court benches behind him.
Earlier in the morning, a line to get into the courthouse stretched all the way down the block. Combs’ mother and some of his children were escorted past the crowd and brought straight into the building.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges including one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian is presiding.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey is the lead prosecutor, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson delivering the opening statement. New York lawyer Marc Agnifilo is leading the defense, with attorney Teny Geragos delivering the opening.
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