Disgraced rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ three daughters left the courtroom as they heard the testimony of a witness and graphic claims about their dad
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial is well underway in a New York City courthouse as he faces charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution. The disgraced rapper, 55, was arrested in September and has denied the allegations made against him.
He has been in prison since his arrest, with a number of bail requests rejected. His family have been attending the court, which will enter its fourth day today.
Combs’ mother Janice, sons Quincy Brown, Justin and Christian as well as his daughters Chance, D’Lila Star, Jessie Combs have been in the public gallery.
The first days of the trial have seen testimonies from Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie Ventura and witness, male escort Daniel Phillip. During Phillip’s time on the stand, he shared graphic details of sexual encounters.
Combs allegedly masturbated while watching him have sex, Phillip testified. He told the court Combs had paid him to have sex with Ventura while he watched from a corner.
During the testimony, Combs’ daughters – recent high school graduate Chance and 18-year-old twins D’Lila and Jessie – walked out of the courtroom.
People report the three daughters left the room twice while Phillip testified as he gave graphic accounts of sexual encounters.
Elsewhere in the trial, prosecutors played the hotel CCTV footage from 2016 where Combs was seen kicking Ventura and pushing her to the ground. His daughters remained in the room while the clip was shown. Combs’ mother and sons also remained as they looked straight ahead.
On day three, a number of text conversations between Combs and Ventura were shown to the jury. She claimed Combs threatened to publicly share videos on a number of occasions of ‘Freak Offs’.
She said if he had done so it could have ruined everything she had worked for as it would have made her “look like a slut”. After admitting she feared for her career, saying she wasn’t supposed to be on the videos, a jury saw a text Ventura sent Combs.
It read: “Please delete any video out of your iphone you have. Too many people have access to your stuff.” It’s said Combs replied: “I did yesterday an no icloud. All Good. Ambien kicking in. Goodnight.”
Despite his claims, Ventura said she kept seeing a video she had previously thought had been deleted.
According to allegations Combs texted Ventura in 2019 saying: “If I as you, I would get me my money.” It’s claimed he wanted to be reimbursed by his ex after she married Alex Fine. Combs had initially hired the personal trainer for Ventura.
The texts are said to have gone on: “YOU WILL NOT BE THREATENING ME,” before he added that Ventura had “too many iPads full of skeletons”. It’s said Ventura replied: “Do you want me to tell the truth? It’s way deeper than iPads.” The trial continues.
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Source: Mirror
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