Kanye sensationally crashes Diddy sex trafficking trial but ‘storms out after being banished to overflow room'

The Irish Sun

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Israel Salas-Rodriguez, Senior News Reporter
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EMBATTLED rapper Kanye West crashed Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trial on Friday, but quickly stormed out of the courthouse after reportedly being banished to an overflow room.
West, who wore an all-white denim outfit and dark sunglasses, caused a frenzy outside the US District Courthouse in Manhattan when he arrived in a blacked-out Maybach at around 11:20 am.
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A pair of security guards escorted West to the courthouse main entrance as the All Falls Down rapper shook hands with members of the public.
Combs ' son, Christian Combs, met West at the main entrance of the courthouse, and video showed the two embracing before heading to the security check-in.
When asked by reporters if he was in attendance in support of Combs, West nodded and replied, "Yes," according to ABC affiliate WABC-NY.
However, West quickly exited the courthouse just 40 minutes later after he and his security team were reportedly banished to an overflow room on the 23rd floor to watch the trial.
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Combs' trial is being held on the 26th floor of the building in Judge Arun Subramanian's courtroom.
Video from outside the courthouse captured a West with a disgruntled expression marching to his Maybach and being driven away.
Inside the main gallery, Combs, 55, was surrounded by his defense team and speaking with his lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, and lawyers Nicole Westmoreland and Xavier Donaldson when West arrived, Inner City Press reported.
Notably missing beside West was his wife, Bianca Censori, who was pictured with the rapper in New York City on Thursday evening.
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West, who is also facing a slew of sexual assault allegations, had been in contact with Christian, 27, about attending the trial, according to CNN.
The troubled Chicago-born rapper, 48, has publicly supported Combs since his arrest in September 2024.
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In February, West posted on X, "FREE PUFF."
West's brief appearance comes after Thursday's proceedings were delayed as prosecutors and the defense discussed several issues with Judge Subramanian in the robing room.
One of the concerns the defense raised was the potential presence of an individual who was not on their list for the day.
The defense asked the court to notify the US Marshals not to allow that person to be present in the gallery.
History of Kanye West and Sean Combs' relationship
Kanye West has kept in contact with Sean Combs after his arrest in September 2024.
A brief history of West and Combs' history in the music industry:
Early 2000s: In multiple interviews, Kanye West acknowledged the role Combs played in shaping and inspiring his career in music.
2006: The two first collaborated on a song in 2006, when West produced Combs' track Everything I Love, which was featured on his Press Play album.
2015: Combs produced West's single All Day.
2022: West presented Combs with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards.
2022: Their relationship collapsed after Combs criticised West's "White Lives Matter" T-shirt that he wore at a Paris fashion show.
February 2025: West proclaimed his support for Combs and urged President Donald Trump on X to free his "brother Puff."
March 2025: West shared his jailhouse call with Combs on his X account.
In the call, Combs, who is being housed in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, scolded West and advised him to tap back into his old roots and get back to rapping.
The individual was not identified and did not attend Thursday's proceedings.
JUROR DISMISSED
At the end of Friday's proceeding and after the jury was dismissed for the weekend, Judge Subramanian ruled to remove a juror, who prosecutors argued lacked honesty in his communication with the court.
The judge moved to dismiss Juror #6, a 41-year-old Black male, due to inconsistencies about his current residency.
Judge Subramanian told the prosecution and defense that he reviewed the transcript of the juror's answers during voir dire, or jury selection.
The prospective jurors are sworn in before the selction process begins so attorneys can assess their biases, prejudices, or any other potential issues that might prevent them from serving.
In voir dire, the juror told Judge Subramanian that he lived in the Bronx with his fiancee and daughter.
However, when the juror was questioned in the robing room after prosecutors raised their concerns to the court, the man told the judge he just moved to New Jersey with his girlfriend.
He then told the judge that his daughter had been living in New Jersey, before switching his answer, saying she lived in the Bronx with his aunt.
The judge told prosecutors and the defense that the juror just "wanted to be on the jury."
"The juror is shading answers to stay in the jury," Judge Subramanian said.
Defense attorney Xavier Donaldson raised the issue that the juror's dismissal will make the jury less diverse.
Donaldson accused the prosecution of being biased of African American and Hispanic jurors.
"We taken a step with this jury, now we're talking a step backward. Some say Black and Hispanic jurors don't answer the call," Donaldson argued.
Government prosecutors slammed Donaldson's claims, arguing the prosecution's focus is "the integrity of the proceeding" and not about race.
The judge said he will consider defense's arguments and will address the court on Monday if he changes his ruling.
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PROSECUTION TO REST CASE SOON
The prosecution, which has called 28 witnesses to testify against Combs, so far, is expected to rest its case the week of June 16.
The trial, which began with opening statements on May 12, is expected to run through the first week of July.
Prosecutors have presented damning evidence against Combs, whom they accuse of running a decades-long criminal enterprise with the help of an inner circle of assistants and security officers.
Combs allegedly wielded his power and influence to hide alleged sexual and physical abuse of his former assistants and ex-girlfriends, including singer Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura, according to prosecutors.
Ventura testified about the physical and mental abuse she endured at the hands of Combs, whom she accused of forcing her into drug-fueled sex marathons with male escorts, which he called "freak offs, hotel nights, and wild king nights."
Another of Combs' ex-girlfriends, a single mother who was identified under the pseudonym Jane, also told jurors about how the Bad Boy Records executive pitched her to participate in a "freak off" with him.
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'PANDORA'S BOX'
Jane, who first met the music mogul in late 2020, said on the stand how she "opened Pandora's box" after agreeing to Combs' request.
She told the jury she thought it was something they would do just that one time.
"I felt excited, I was happy, it was taboo, it was fun, I had a good time with my partner," Jane said.
"I truly felt that that night just opened like a Pandora's box in the relationship.
"It just completely set the tone for our relationship moving forward."
The sexual encounters with different men, which she said her and Combs called "hotel nights" or "debaucheries," continued throughout their relationship, which went on until Combs' arrest in September 2024.
Jane testified that she told Combs verbally and in writing that she did not want to have sex with other men, but he was dismissive.
"Whenever the topic came up it would start out really uncomfortable," she said on the stand.
"I could just feel that the tension was building and I would just kind of push down what I was going to say."
Jane described to jurors that she felt "frustrated" and "obligated" to continue appeasing Combs and "perform these nights for him."
The witness said Combs paid the rent for her home, and when she tried to tell him she did not want to have sex with other men, he would threaten to stop paying her rent.
Combs has pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations against him.
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