Sean “Didi” Combs Sex trafficking and extortion experiences It will continue next week in New York City. His ex -girlfriend Cassi Vinterora conclude Her testimony on Friday after Four days on a pregnant woman.
Hip hop hop is Accused of managing a criminal institution since at least 2004 This treatment for women to participate in commercial sex work with him, and sometimes male sex, during what the prosecutors described as parties nurturing drugs called “obsessive displacement”.
Combs He was imprisoned in Metropolitan detention center Brooklyn since His arrest last September. he He faces five charges from four different womenIncluding Ventura.
yet, The jury heard from a former security director At the Los Angeles Hotel where he was Comles A notorious video was viewed now attacking Ventura In 2016, along with a man he says He was appointed to have sex with Vinterora While I saw Koms, And Fintora herself.
On Friday, they also heard from a special agent who photographed the hotel where Koms was arrested last year, and from Danie Ken Singer Downt Richard, who witnessed the Koms vision of the Ventura attack.
Here is what to know about the main drawings and names in the case.
Who is Cassi Ventura? Video of the sites is a major guide
Ventura, which is performed by Cassie, has risen to fame with the song “Me & U” in her first album, with a self -title. The song ranked first on the Billboard Hot R & B/Hop chart in 2006.
In her testimony, she said that she signed with Bad Boy Records when she was nineteen years old, and Kums kissed her for the first time on her twenty -first birthday. She was dated mothers for more than 10 years, from about 2007 to 2018.
She said she recorded hundreds of songs as part of a 10 -album deal, but most of them were not released. I witnessed I became a dominant and violent combsAnd “strange displacement” became its function.
Vinterora talked about the alleged years of psychological and physical attack. She also said on Wednesday It raped it after their outbreak in 2018.
The security video of Combs, which attacks Ventura in the hallway at Intercontinental Pitch, is a major guide in his trial. Video, It has been obtained and published By CNN last year, Koms shows her throwing her on the ground before kicking and pulling it.
Prosecutors claim that the hotel’s attack occurred during a “obsessed”, but the Koms lawyers, who He sought to exclude the video from the trialHe argues that he was “a glimpse of a complex relationship but for a decade.”
Vinterora Federal lawsuit was filed against combs in 2023Accusing him of rape and physical assault. The law also said Koms, which paid the hotel $ 50,000 to the footage.
“After years of silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak on behalf of myself and other family women who are facing violence and assault in their relationships,” Ventura said in a statement to the CBS News at that time. “With the expiration of validity The Law of Survivors from adults in New York When quickly approaching, it became clear that this was an opportunity to talk about the shock I faced and that I would recover from the rest of my life. “
Combs He later apologized for the behavior that was seen on the videoBut he denied these allegations in the lawsuit. In a post on the social media that has been removed since then, he said it was “F — ED Up” and “Hit Rock Bottom”.
“I take full responsibility for my actions in this video,” he said. “I felt disgusted after that when I did it. I feel disgusted now. I went and asked for professional help. I entered the treatment, and I went to rehabilitation. I had to ask God for his mercy.
One day after filing the lawsuit, A settlement has been announced. While the details were not disclosed, Ventura said in a statement, “I decided to solve this matter amicably on the conditions that I have a level of control.”
In their opening statements, defense lawyers said in their opening statements that he and Fenora had not seen each other since it was the funeral of Kim Porter in 2018.
Ventura is married and pregnant with her third child. Her husband and brother were seen in court for support.
Who are the other accused?
Since 2023, dozens of women and men have I filed lawsuits against combs It claims sexual and physical assault.
Many accused said they were Anesthetic and then he was abused during his inabilitySome claimed The other celebrities were present or participated In abuse.
However, the Most of these allegations It is not part of the criminal case. Public prosecutors chose to focus on the allegations that have physical or witnesses.
The other three women participating in the trial It was not publicly called They are expected to witness the use of borrowed names. The indictment indicates that they are a victim -1, a victim 2 and a victim 3.
The jury is expected to hear a woman saying that the defense had a three -year relationship with rain that also turned into jealousy and violence, as well as former employees and assistant.
Combs denied all allegations through his lawyer, who described women as “long -term former friends, who participated in relations with mutual consent.”
Other high -level names in the Shawn Combs case
The potential jury was asked if they were Knowing a list of about 190 celebritiesIncluding Michael B. Jordan, Kanye West and Mike Myers, although it was not clear how these people are linked to trial, if any. Ventura witnessed Jordan’s dating, as well as Kid Cody.
The judge who supervises the case is the American boycott judge, Aaron Supramian, a graduate of the Colombia Faculty of Law and a former writer at the late Supreme Court Judge Ruth Badr Ginsburg. President Joe Biden appointed Subramanian as a federal judge in 2022.
The prosecution team consists of eight American assistants, seven of them are women. Among them is Mourin Ryan Komi, daughter Former FBI director James Komei. She was one of the prosecutors in a trial Gisslain MaxwellWho was convicted of conspiracy Jeffrey Epstein to Record teenage girls and sexual abuse.
The Defense team for the New York’s lawyer, Mark Agunefilo, who is with his wife with his wife Karen Friedman Agufilo It is also the defense Luigi Mangion in UNITEDHEALTHARECARE BRIAN Thompson.
Also in the defense team, seven people are the Atlanta Brian Steel lawyer, who represented the bullying Young in the trial of that It lasted for nearly two years Before rapper He acknowledged that he is guilty of gangs, drugs and rifles.
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According to the rules of the federal court, photos and videos from the Interior Court. The courtroom drawings, however, are allowed.
The very expected trial is expected to last from eight to 10 weeks. For the first week, the court will be held from 9 am to 5 pm per day.
Alice Gainer from CBS News News will be in court in court throughout the trial period and submitted updates.
Emily Mai Kazachur contributed to this report.
