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CBS News
4 days ago
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- CBS News
Sean "Diddy" Combs tells courtroom artist she makes him look like a "koala"
Judge in Sean "Diddy" Combs trial warns he may be removed from court Judge in Sean "Diddy" Combs trial warns he may be removed from court Judge in Sean "Diddy" Combs trial warns he may be removed from court Sean "Diddy" Combs had a request for the courtroom artist at his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. During a break in trial proceedings Thursday, Combs spoke to court artist Jane Rosenberg to ask her to "soften it up a bit," saying she makes him look like a "koala" in her sketches, Rosenberg told CBS News New York. Sean "Diddy" Combs during opening statements of his trial on sex trafficking charges on May 12, 2025. Jane Rosenberg Combs, who has been jailed since his September arrest, now has grey hair and a beard. Jane Rosenberg Cameras and photography are not allowed in federal court, but sketch artists are. Combs' remarks to Rosenberg came on the same day that a judge warned Combs' defense team that he could be removed from court if he tried to interact with the jury. Combs, 55, is facing five charges. Prosecutors claim Combs used employees and his businesses "in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals." They allege Combs arranged for sex workers to be transported for "freak offs" and that he also used his wealth, threats, and drugs to to control his alleged victims. About Jane Rosenberg Rosenberg has spent more than four decades covering some of the biggest trials, including the trials of Dzohkhar Tsarnaev and Ghislaine Maxwell. Rosenberg recalls that Maxwell started to sketch her while Maxwell was sitting at the defense table. It's not the first time she's been asked for sketch adjustments. One request happened during the civil fraud trial of Donald Trump, Rosenberg previously told CBS News New York's Alice Gainer. "Donald Trump, Jr. told me to make him look sexy," Rosenberg said. "Art is different. Anything that is handmade, touched by a human, I think it adds an element that draws people in," Rosenberg told Gainer. contributed to this report.
Al Arabiya
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Al Arabiya
Sean ‘Diddy' Combs tells courtroom artist he looks like a ‘koala' in sketches
Before the jury in Sean 'Diddy' Combs's sex trafficking trial returned from a lunch break on Thursday, the gray-bearded hip-hop mogul turned to face courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg in the first row to make an unusual request. 'Soften me up a bit, you're making me look like a koala bear,' Combs said, according to Rosenberg. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. During the four weeks of his trial, he has worn sweaters and sported graying hair and a goatee. Rosenberg, a well-known sketch artist, has been documenting the proceedings for Reuters in Manhattan federal court, where photography and video recording are prohibited. Combs, also known throughout his career as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is not the first high-profile defendant to remark on Rosenberg's depictions of them. Earlier this year, Rudy Giuliani told Rosenberg she had made him look like his dog. The former New York City mayor was in court in a civil case stemming from his false accusations that two election workers helped steal the 2020 US presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden. And in 2023, Donald Trump Jr. had a blunt request for Rosenberg during a civil fraud trial over his family's real estate business: 'Make me look sexy.' Combs could face life in prison if convicted on all counts in the trial. He has nonetheless demonstrated good spirits during some breaks in the trial, often making a heart gesture with his hands toward family seated in the front row. But his behavior in court drew a rebuke on Thursday by US District Judge Arun Subramanian. The judge said he had noticed Combs nodding in the jury's direction during his lawyer's cross-examination of a witness. Subramanian said that was 'unacceptable' and threatened to kick Combs out of the courtroom if he sought to interact with the jury again.
1News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- 1News
From Diddy to Trump: The NY courtroom artist who's sketched them all
From Mafia bosses and Hollywood predators to crypto criminals and presidents, New York courtrooms have seen it all. But unlike New Zealand courtrooms, news cameras are not allowed in The Empire State's judicial precincts. That means there are two main ways for the news to report inside the courtroom of some of the biggest criminal and civil cases ever – one of those methods is typing out court reports (or for the old school journos, filling out notepads with shorthand). The other option is creating courtroom art. Kiwis have probably seen a lot of these from our reporting over the years of US court cases. These cartoon-styled images have to do many things at once. Capture a moment. Convey a feeling. Show a story. All with the same journalistic rules of fairness, accuracy, and balance. ADVERTISEMENT A courtroom sketch by Jane Rosenberg. (Source: 1News) It's a craft that few ever take their hand to, and even fewer perfect. But one of the country's most prolific and well-respected courtroom artists is Jane Rosenberg. I caught up with her after court finished for the day during the trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, known as P Diddy. "I did all the big cases there ever were here in New York," she told me. "John Gotti — mafia, Martha Stewart, police brutality cases, all the terrorism cases we've had. And all the MeToo cases. I did Cosby two times; I did Harvey Weinstein. R Kelly and now P Diddy — and Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein," she listed. That list grows longer by the year – Rosenberg has also covered Donald Trump's trials, crypto-boss Sam Bankman-Fried, and Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times. A court sketch from Donald Trump's trial. (Source: Breakfast) ADVERTISEMENT Around 45 years after creating her first piece, she told me it was a career she fell into — almost by accident. "I was always an artist — I was a starving artist, drawing Rembrandt and Vermeer right on the sidewalk with a hat out for money for the 10 years after I graduated college. I didn't know how to make money,' she said. "And then I went to a lecture by another courtroom artist at the Society of Illustrators. And I said 'oh, this looks like so much fun. I'd love to do that. I just don't know if I'm good enough'." A lawyer friend took her to night court – not far from where we chatted – and bombarded the court officers with questions. Where do the artists sit? What do they bring? Eventually they told her to come back in a week, and they'd let her sit with the media. After phoning around – including the new TV startup CNN - she struck gold with NBC. "They said come in and show us what you got – and then they kept calling me and the other stations kept calling me. That's how it all started."
Reuters
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Sean 'Diddy' Combs tells courtroom artist he looks like a 'koala' in sketches
NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - Before the jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs, opens new tab' sex trafficking trial returned from a lunch break on Thursday, the gray-bearded hip-hop mogul turned to face courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg in the first row to make an unusual request. "Soften me up a bit, you're making me look like a koala bear," Combs said, according to Rosenberg. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to five criminal counts of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. During the four weeks of his trial, he has worn sweaters and sported graying hair and a goatee. Rosenberg, a well-known sketch artist, has been documenting the proceedings for Reuters in Manhattan federal court, where photography and video recording are prohibited. Combs, also known throughout his career as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is not the first high-profile defendant to remark on Rosenberg's depictions of them. Earlier this year, Rudy Giuliani told Rosenberg she had made him look like his dog. The former New York City mayor was in court in a civil case stemming from his false accusations that two election workers helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden. And in 2023, Donald Trump Jr. had a blunt request for Rosenberg during a civil fraud trial over his family's real estate business: "Make me look sexy." Combs could face life in prison if convicted on all counts in the trial. He has nonetheless demonstrated good spirits during some breaks in the trial, often making a heart gesture with his hands toward family seated in the front row. But his behavior in court drew a rebuke on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian. The judge said he had noticed Combs nodding in the jury's direction during his lawyer's cross-examination of a witness. Subramanian said that was "unacceptable" and threatened to kick Combs out of the courtroom if he sought to interact with the jury again.
Sky News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
P Diddy trial latest: Rapper 'made me apply baby oil every five minutes during freak offs', tearful Cassie tells court
A look inside the room with court sketches of Cassie and Diddy While the court is on lunch break, we can bring you some sketches from inside. Unlike in some US court cases, cameras are not allowed inside to record this trial because it is a federal case. Instead, we have to rely on sketches to get a sense of what things look like in court - and some of them are now starting to come in. These drawings from court artist Jane Rosenberg shows Cassie being sworn in as Sean "Diddy" Combs watches on. And earlier the artist captured Sean Combs signalling love to family members supporting him in court.
