Diddy Trial: Day 29 (LIVE UPDATES) Prosecution Set to Rest Case Today.

What to know about the trial

• The prosecution is set to rest its case today after 29 days of testimony. Combs’ defense team said it plans to rest its case without calling any witnesses, but will submit some evidence. It appears that instead of witnesses, the defense will stipulate several issues.
• Combs faces five criminal counts: one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs has vociferously denied the allegations against him.

Combs enters court

Combs entered court this morning wearing an orange sweater.

He sat down at the defense table and shuffled through papers in a folder. He leaned his head back with what looked like a sigh.

Court is in session

Court is now in session, marking Day 29 of Combs’ trial.

Prosecution and defense debate over evidence

Court started with both sides debating evidence. 

The prosecution objected to a message that Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, sent saying she wanted to have sex with him. The defense argued that the text was the day before a “freak off,” an attempt to show that Combs’ ex-girlfriends willingly engaged in freak offs. The prosecution argued that she wanted sex with her boyfriend, not other men. Judge Arun Subramanian sustained the prosecution’s objection, saying the message was about a one-on-one encounter.

Subramanian overruled a government objection to including a text Ventura sent saying she wanted baby oil. The judge noted that it’s difficult to tell whether this message was referring to a one-on-one encounter unrelated to a hotel night.

The judge also allowed in a text where Ventura said she had taken adderall and referred to a freak-off night as “pretty hot.”

Subramanian also overruled a government objection to a text where Ventura was asked if she could do a freak off without getting high, to which she replied she could.

Cerciello returns to the stand

Joseph Cerciello, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, returns to the stand under cross-examination by defense lawyer Teny Geragos.

Defense showing role of ‘Jane’ in relationship

Defense attorney Teny Geragos has been concentrating on a series of text messages showing how, at times, Combs’ then-girlfriend “Jane” played an active role in setting up and enjoying their rendezvous with sex workers.

Jane wrote to a sex worker in December 2021, joyously saying a previous night’s hookup was “one for the books.”

Later that month, Jane told the worker that she was “excited to see” him, while the man said he was “down for that.”

Midmorning break in courtroom action

U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian called for a 15-minute break until at least 11:50 a.m. ET.

The defense has been examining years of text messages between Jane and Combs, showing that the former girlfriend had the freedom to travel and set her own activities.

Court is back in session

Court is back in session after a break with Cerciello still on the stand.

‘Jane’ texts describe balancing life with Combs

At times, her life was a delicate balance between her passion for Combs and her responsibilities as a single mom.

In a series of Aug. 13, 2023, texts to Combs, “Jane” graphically discussed sex in the same breath as her back-to-school shopping list for her son.

Jane called that her “mommy mode.”

S: NBC News

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