The prosecution and defense rest; Combs confirms decision not to testify

Old girlfriends, former assistants, hotel employees, law enforcement officers, male escorts and a rival rapper, including more than a month of graphic expression, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex smuggling trial ends.

The prosecutor’s office listened to the afternoon afternoon after the 34th and last witness finished the third day of Joseph Cercielylo, a special agent with internal security investigations.

Less after two hours, he stopped looking for any witnesses, including the defense and the defendant. The combs confirmed that it was not to witness the court.

Closing arguments are followed on Thursday, followed by the jury negotiations.

Federal prosecutors say that Combs has abused, threatened and forced Combs for decades, and said that they use weapons, kidnapping and arson to participate in the sexual encounters of the “Freak Offs” and to participate in the sexual encounters and the business empire to hide their crimes. His lawyers argued that the encounters are based on consent and that the combs refused to do any wrong.

The 55-year-old hip-hop Mogul faces the number of five penalties: a number of tribute conspiracy, two numbers difficult, fraud or two transportation to enter the prostitution and prostitution. If he was convicted, he could have met life in prison.

Some important inferences from this week’s court transactions from various reporters and news organizations in the courtroom Cnn– NBC NewsAnd Washington Post.

The combs confirmed that he would not testify when the defense stopped without calling any witnesses.

After some exhibitions sent evidence, the defense listened to his case without calling any witnesses.

The leading defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo returned to the combs to ask the court to ask the defendant not to decide the booth.

“I do it great, thank you, honor,” Combs said, “You are doing a perfect job.”

“Is your decision not to testify?” He asked Subramanian Combs.

“This is my decision, this is all my decision,” Combs said, his lawyers and his lawyers have discussed this thoroughly.

The combs appear in sexual aspects of ‘Freak Off’ videos, Special Agent says

Cercielylo, a summary for the prosecution, testified about the evidence collected by law enforcement officers in his investigation, including telephone records, short messages and “freak offs” videos.

The combs, federal agents collected by 50 sexually open video appears in some of the sexual, he said.

The jury wore headphones because he watched the images on the screens that cannot be seen in the rest of the court.

It is not clear whether Combs is in the clips of the jury.

Big Picture: Although open videos are an important part of the government’s presentation, the defense played “freak -off” images for the jury to prove that the encounters were probably based on consent.

The combs left an urgent voice message for the Chief of General Staff, saying that baby oil is over

The jury saw text messages and heard that the voice messages left Combs for personnel who want various “freak -closed” materials such as Cialis, Astroglide, Coconut water – even vegetable soup.

In November 2021 voice message, Combs heard Chief of General Staff Kristina Khorram that he was one of the preferred lubricants used during the “freak closures”.

Orum I can’t believe I’m out, “Combs said to Khorram in the voice message.

Khorram was sure that a new delivery would be left outside the door to the combs in a short time.

Similar text messages between Combs and Khorram are shown in court.

Big Picture: According to the indictmentFederal agents, during the raids of the combs in Miami and Los Angeles, seized more than 1000 baby oil and lubricant ”. And the photos taken from the raid of the FBI’s Combs’s La house in March 2024 revealed that 200 bottles of baby oil in cupboards and drawers and a moisture -controlled case similar to a cigar humidor.

The combs asked Cowboys not to increase its rate because it has been a customer for more than 4 angels.

While on the Cercielylo stand, the short messages that have been evidence included a change between the Male Escort Agency Cowboys 4 Angels and Careks, who wanted the company not to raise its rate because it has been a customer for a long time.

Combs, on September 26, 2023, a chat with a Cowboys 4 Angel representative named Bridget, “Stop raising my ratio,” he wrote. Agent, Combs reported that the ratio was not determined by the company, but the escort was given by them. Combs said it was good and asked a escort called Cody to come to Trump International Hotel & Tower New York at 1.

In another stock market, Bridget said there was a mistake with cash payment and owed $ 600.

“Lol couldn’t even do it,” Combs replied.

The representative told Tombs that cost is based on time, not service. “Whether you dance or dance,” he wrote, “You pay your time.”

Big Picture: Under cross -examination, Cerciello confirmed that some expenses and invoices related to “Freak offs olan, which are collected as evidence of flights and hotel accommodation, including flights and hotel accommodation, upset the claims that Combs used the business empire to facilitate them.

Some of the key witnesses said

Here is the key people who have previously testified for the government in the trial and what they said.

• Cassie Ventura: Ventura, who took more than 20 hours of attitude, said that his ten -year relationship with Combs was often marked with violence and physical abuse and explained in detail the “freak closures” of drug -fuel that will take days of healing. The jury members showed the 2016 surveillance video of the combs, kicking and dragging the Ventura in the corridor of the Los Angeles hotel. The defense team offered hundreds of text messages between Ventura and Combs to show that Ventura was a consent -based participant.

• Eddy Garcia: Garcia, a former security guard at Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles, allowed Tombs to pay $ 100,000 in a brown paper bag and also signed a contract agreement in exchange for surveillance images. “Eddy, my angel, I knew you could help, Com said Combs Garcia.

• “Mia”: A former assistant who witnessed under a pseudonym, described a sad and “toxic ğı working environment dominated by Combs’s“ unpredictable and horrifying ”behavior and said that he had been physically and sexually assaulted to the court many times. He also said he threatened to tell Ventura to tell them that they were sleeping together.

• “Jane”: In addition, a pseudonym, another ex-girlfriend and a alleged comb victim to witness under the victim, “hotel nights” he knows the sad sexual encounters in tears-he felt that he had to “perform” for the combs because he paid his rent. He also testified about a brutal attack he endured before he ordered him to cover up the Combs and to take an improvised “hotel night”. However, despite the alleged abuse, Jane said that she still loves Combs, whom she still believed to explore bisexuality by watching sex with other men.

‘Jane’ told a sex worker that he was willing to be another ‘freak’ in the text shown to the jury

During the cross -examination, the texts shown to the jury contained messages between various male escorts and combs.

In some, it seemed to help Tombs coordinates “freak closing” or “hotel nights”. In others, he sent hot messages to the male escorts where he had sex in front of Comes.

“You are so sweet, Jane Jane wrote to one of the escort after their encounters. Thank you for making me feel beautiful.

In another stock exchange, Jane told a sex worker the night before Radevous was “one for books” and that he was willing to another.

“Damn you, baby, you fired me very much,” he wrote. “You want to come back tonight or TMW morning[?]”

In a text speech about the establishment of travel arrangements for a male escort in September 2023, Jane said to Combs, “I love being strange for you,” he said.

Big Picture: Defense, “exploited, threatened and forced” alleged women “freak offs” to participate in the “freak offs” continued to emphasize the alleged situations.

What’s next

On Wednesday, Subramanian said he would unite things known as a conference to conclude jury instructions or a meeting between a judge and lawyers.

Closing arguments will come on Thursday. Both prosecution and defense lawyers told Subramenian that they expect their summary to last about four hours.

Jury negotiations will come.