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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs accused of raping former aid
Sean ‘Diddy' Combs accused of raping former aid

News.com.au

time3 days ago

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  • News.com.au

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs accused of raping former aid

The 55-year-old music mogul is facing a federal trial in New York, accused of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution - which he has pleaded not guilty to. On Thursday, a witness under the alias of "Mia" took the stand to testify against Combs, having previously served as a personal assistant to him. The witness told the court she had been raped "More than once," by the mogul - and went on to list a string of alleged violent events that she suffered at the hands of the star.

Here's What Diddy's Memorial Day Looks Like Behind Bars
Here's What Diddy's Memorial Day Looks Like Behind Bars

Yahoo

time6 days ago

  • Yahoo

Here's What Diddy's Memorial Day Looks Like Behind Bars

An executive assistant at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) has revealed what disgraced music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Memorial Day will look like behind bars. Speaking to People magazine, the executive assistant explained that Combs and other inmates will be offered several activities like games and sports to take part in on Monday. 'Spades card games, dominoes, 3-on-3 basketball tournament and soccer tournament,' the executive assistant shared. A prison menu obtained by the outlet further discloses that Combs will be eating a standard, rotating Monday meal. The producer will start his day with cereal, breakfast cake, skim milk, and fruit. For lunch, he'll have a choice of BBQ chicken, kidney beans, macaroni and cheese, vegetables, whole wheat bread, fruit, dessert, and a beverage. His dinner options will also consist of chicken, tofu, rice, pinto beans, canned corn, whole wheat bread, and another drink. Combs is currently on trial for charges pertaining to sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty and has denied all of the allegations against him. Since his arrest in September last year, the Bad Boy Records founder has been incarcerated in Brooklyn's MDC which is notorious for its borderline hellish living conditions. The facility has repeatedly been scrutinized by lawyers and judges over the years for its understaffing, outbreaks of violence, and string of suicides and deaths. Combs' own lawyers even acknowledged the facility's pointed issues in a motion for bail filed back in September, which was later denied, highlighting that 'several courts in this District have recognized that the conditions at Metropolitan Detention Center are not fit for pre-trial detention.' 'Just earlier this summer, an inmate was murdered,' they added. 'At least four inmates have died by suicide there in the past three years.' One of Combs' attorneys, Marc Agnifilo, also told reporters outside a Manhattan federal courthouse in Oct. 2024 that adjusting to the prison's food was 'probably the roughest part' of Combs' earlier weeks behind bars. Jurors have so far heard from several of Combs' former employees and close confidants since the start of his trial a few weeks ago, including his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura and previous assistant George Kaplan. The trial is slated to last for several more weeks, with Judge Arun Subramanian expecting it to likely conclude before July. If convicted on all counts, Combs faces a potential life sentence.

Prosecutors Plan To Call Kid Cudi To Testify - Laura Coates Live - Podcast on CNN Audio
Prosecutors Plan To Call Kid Cudi To Testify - Laura Coates Live - Podcast on CNN Audio

CNN

time21-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • CNN

Prosecutors Plan To Call Kid Cudi To Testify - Laura Coates Live - Podcast on CNN Audio

Prosecutors Plan To Call Kid Cudi To Testify Laura Coates Live 47 mins Prosecutors said they plan to call Scott Mescudi, the musician known as Kid Cudi, to the stand Wednesday or Thursday. The prosecution has argued Combs and some in his inner circle used threats, violence, drugs, bribery, arson, kidnapping and lies to coerce Ventura and another woman into participating in sex parties he called 'Freak Offs' and to protect the music mogul's reputation.

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