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Newsweek
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
50 Cent Repeatedly Mocks Diddy: 'Should Have Took the Plea Offer'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Sean 'Diddy' Combs' is being trolled about his sex trafficking trial by long-time adversary 50 Cent, who has mocked Combs on social media for not accepting a plea deal. Combs was arrested in September and denies multiple charges in what is one of the most high-profile celebrity trials in recent memory. Newsweek has reached out to representatives for 50 Cent and Combs via email for comment. Why It Matters A five-count indictment consisting of racketeering conspiracy, two charges of sex trafficking and two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution has been brought against Combs by federal prosecutors. The charges in the indictment stem from alleged crimes spanning from 2004 to 2024. If convicted, Combs faces life in prison. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all criminal counts and denies any wrongdoing. L: 50 Cent performs onstage during Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World Tour at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 2024 in New York City, R: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023... L: 50 Cent performs onstage during Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World Tour at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 2024 in New York City, R: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. More byfor Live Nation/Combs and 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, have been engaged in a feud since the early 2000s, and Jackson has regularly shared his thoughts on Combs arrest and trial. What To Know In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Jackson shared a photo of himself, which appears as though it was AI-generated, wearing a suit on the street in New York City. "Down on your luck, not feeling good today? Well look at the bright side you could be Diddy," he wrote in the caption. The post has been liked over 315,000 times as of reporting. On Wednesday, Jackson shared another post to Instagram, saying: "After listening to today's testimony, I think the diddler should have took [sic] the plea offer. The s*** they are saying is beyond me, so what do ya think?" On May 1st, 2025, Combs formally rejected the US government's offer to plead guilty. Asked by the judge Arun Subramanian if he rejected the plea deal from the prosecution, he replied, "Yes, I do, your honor." In another post, shared on Tuesday, Jackson commented on the accusations shared by Cassie Venture, Combs' ex-girlfriend. Ventura, who is testifying in the trial, recalled the alleged abuse she faced at the hands of Combs during her first day of testifying as a witness. At one point during the testimony she gave, Ventura alleged that Combs had forced her to climb into an inflatable pool filled with baby oil. Jackson addressed this in his Instagram post. He shared a screenshot of an article from People magazine, which reported on Ventura's allegations. He wrote "This s*** crazier than regular crazy." What People Are Saying Combs' lawyers, in a statement to CBS News New York last month: "These are not new allegations or new accusers. These are the same individuals, former long-term girlfriends, who were involved in consensual relationships. This was their private sex life, defined by consent, not coercion." What's Next The trial is expected to last between eight and ten weeks.
New York Post
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Diddy's lawyer slammed by judge for calling prosecutors a ‘six-pack of white women'
The judge overseeing Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial ripped a member of his family's legal team Tuesday — after the lawyer griped on his podcast about the all-women team of prosecutors in the case. 'This is ridiculous,' Judge Arun Subramanian said during a behind-closed-doors dressing down of Mark Geragos, who represents Combs' mother and has been seen huddling with the embattled hip-mogul's lawyers, a court transcript shows. Geragos drew the judge's ire for calling the all women prosecution team 'a six-pack of white women' on a recent episode of a podcast he hosts with TMZ founder Harvey Levin. Advertisement 3 Attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman, R, leave the Van Nuys West Courthouse, April 17, 2025. Barbara Davidson / NYPost 'I think referring to the prosecution in this case as a six-pack of white women is outrageous,' Subramanian told Geragos, according to the transcript obtained by The Post. 'This would not be tolerated in any court from any lawyer anywhere across the nation,' the jurist added to the veteran attorney. Advertisement Geragos has repped several celebrity clients over the years, including Michael Jackson and Hunter Biden. He's not listed as a lawyer on Combs' case but revealed Tuesday that he's working for Combs' mother, Janice, in an undisclosed matter. He's been spotted observing the first two days of jury selection in a section of the Manhattan federal courtroom reserved for Combs' friends and family. Geragos' daughter, Teny Geragos, is a member of Combs' defense team at the firm Agnifilo Intrater LLP. The judge's lambasting of Mark Geragos Tuesday morning ended on a lighter note, with the jurist noting that he would be listening to future episodes of the podcast to make sure the attorney did not make similar further comments. Advertisement 3 Sean 'Diddy' Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images 3 Sean 'Diddy' Combs sits before US District Judge Arun Subramanian as jury selection continued at his sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, on May 6, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS 'I'm going to be watching and I'm going to be listening. All right? You have one more listener for your podcast,' the judge said. 'As long as you subscribe, I'm all for it,' Geragos replied. Advertisement Combs, 55, faces up to life in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Jury selection resumes Wednesday. Mark Geragos could not immediately be reached Tuesday night.
