6 Latest Diddy Trial Bombshells

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The bombshell revelations keep coming! Join us as we break down the shocking developments from week six of Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trafficking trial. From juror dismissals to explicit video evidence and surprising courtroom confrontations, this week delivered dramatic twists in one of the most closely watched celebrity trials in recent memory.

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00:00Behind these doors a jury seeing for the first time the world's been talking about for months

00:05videos of those notorious so-called freak-offs. Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're detailing

00:10the shocking revelations and notable occurrences from the sixth week of Sean Diddy Combs' federal

00:15trafficking trial. Warning, certain information contains distressing details. Jurors removed

00:21their headphones. We saw one who looked rather disgusted, kind of made a face, bent his eyebrows.

00:27Juror dismissed. Juror number six is officially dismissed from the Sean Diddy Combs trial. In a

00:35dramatic shake-up to begin day 24 of Sean Diddy Combs' federal trafficking trial, juror number six

00:41was officially dismissed and replaced after prosecutors raised red flags about his honesty

00:45during jury selection. The judge said he gave conflicting answers when asked a pretty basic

00:51question, where do you live? And during jury selection he said he lived in the Bronx, he then

00:56mentioned somewhat casually to a court staff member that he had moved to New Jersey. The juror, a black

01:03middle-aged man who initially claimed to live in the Bronx, was later found to have moved to New Jersey,

01:08disqualifying him from serving on a Manhattan jury. With the former juror number six being a 41-year-old

01:13black man, Diddy's defense argued in a 14-page appeal filed June 15th that there was, quote,

01:19no valid basis to dismiss him and removing him would affect the diversity of the jury.

01:25Though Combs' legal team objected, accusing the prosecution of trying to alter the jury's racial

01:30makeup. Judge Arun Subramanian cited, quote, serious concerns about the juror's candor and insisted race

01:36couldn't be a factor in the decision. The judge also said it would be inappropriate for him

01:40to consider race when making the decision as to whether this juror's candor made it appropriate

01:49for him to stick around. With his removal, a 57-year-old white architect from Westchester

01:54has taken his place, making the jury slightly older and less diverse. Jury shown explicit messages and

02:00videos. Today, the jury in New York City's most famous trial of the moment, Sean Diddy Combs,

02:06viewing real-life footage of the infamous sex parties, known as freak-offs. The realigned jury

02:12in Sean Diddy Combs' criminal trial was presented with a series of records, messages, and most notably,

02:18explicit video footage of the so-called freak-offs. These are the videos that depicted Cassie Ventura

02:24with male escorts. And these videos, explicit though they are, are at the heart of the prosecutor's

02:31case. These were presented by summary witnesses Ananya Sankar and U.S. Attorney's Office Special

02:37Agent Deleasa Penland, who were called by the government to help clarify previous witness testimony.

02:42The graphs, the charts that we spoke of yesterday, where there are locations, dates, names, flight records

02:49of people who were possibly involved in these alleged freak-offs or hotel nights, as Jane testified to

02:56last week. Jurors reviewed documentation supporting a purported meeting between Combs,

03:01Cassie Ventura, and male escorts at hotels with travel and lodging expenses and damages charged to

03:07Combs' credit card. The jury saw hotel records detailing a 2012 hotel stay where the rap mogul racked up

03:13more than $46,000 in room damage fees, all paid for by Combs' company. Additional travel invoices

03:20and messages from 2012 and 2013 showed Ventura being flown across the country, as well as text

03:26exchanges arranging freak-offs with multiple men. The videos came with hotel receipts, credit card

03:33statements, travel records that helped give the jury a full picture of how Sean Combs allegedly got her

03:42and mail escorts to different hotel rooms for the purposes of these sexual encounters.

03:48One 2013 thread showed Cassie asking Diddy whether he had recorded a particular encounter on his phone.

03:54The jury was then shown actual video clips from explicit encounters, marking the first time they

03:59viewed moving images rather than stills or audio. Behind these doors, a jury seeing for the first time

04:05the world's been talking about for months, videos of those notorious so-called freak-offs involving Sean

04:11Diddy Combs. The jurors donned headphones and watched approximately 10 minutes of video footage

04:16depicting the X-rated encounters involving Diddy, Cassie, and male escorts. It's reported that the

04:22courtroom fell silent as faint moans from the footage leaked through the headphones.

04:26The gallery was not allowed to see or hear these explicit videos, but as the excerpts played,

04:33we could faintly hear the sound of music and moaning noises.

04:39Intercontinental Hotel Incident Records. Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson presented a timeline of

04:45records related to the March 2016 altercation at the Intercontinental Hotel between Combs and Ventura.

04:51Messages revealed Diddy frantically calling and texting Ventura while she told him to stay away.

04:56He was telling her that he was going to be arrested. That wasn't true. He was fervently trying to get in

05:01touch with her. Cassie also texted Diddy's former chief of staff, Christina Coram, pleading for help.

05:06Around this time, Combs was in communication with former Intercontinental security guard Eddie

05:12Garcia, who previously testified that Diddy paid $100,000 to obtain the only copy of the hotel's

05:18surveillance footage of the incident. This is all very important for the racketeering conspiracy

05:22case read, for the prosecution to show that there was knowledge and an effort to cover up what was

05:28going on. The jury also reviewed Ventura's messages expressing distress in the days that

05:33followed. You're going to abandon me all alone. Ventura responded in part, quote, I have a black eye and a

05:39fat lip. You are sick for thinking it's okay to do what you have done. She once wrote to Diddy, quote, you treat

05:46me like Ike Turner, referring to Tina Turner's well-known abusive relationship. Judge warns lawyers.

05:52He was threatening to reprimand the government and the lawyers for Combs. It's said that Judge Arun

05:58Subramanian appeared visibly furious at one point during the week's proceedings, as he sharply

06:03reprimanded both the prosecution and the defense. The issue was over an online article that seemed to

06:08reference information from a sealed hearing about another possible issue with another juror.

06:12Apparently there was an article that discussed an issue that exists with one of the jurors,

06:19not the one who's been removed. This is a different issue. It was the subject of a closed

06:23proceeding. Demanding answers, the judge asked the attorneys if they knew the source of the leak,

06:28stating bluntly, quote, someone is lying. Both parties said they didn't know what was going on. He says

06:34someone is lying and he's going to investigate because information from a sealed proceeding is not

06:39supposed to leave his chambers. He reminded the court that a gag order had been issued to the

06:44government, the defendant, all defense attorneys, and anyone connected to the case. Subramanian warned

06:50that further issues, quote, could lead to civil or criminal contempt charges for those involved.

06:55And he said that he would do a thorough investigation, even write an opinion, admonishing

07:02lawyers responsible, which would effectively derail their ability to try a case in this courthouse.

07:09Juror sickness causes court cancellation.

07:11Juror chaos right now. Sean Diddy Combs' federal trafficking and racketeering trial hit an unexpected

07:18pause on Wednesday, June 19th, when one of the jurors fell ill en route to the Manhattan courthouse.

07:23There was a sick juror, so they had to push back parts of this case, and that could complicate

07:29some things in terms of the schedule the judge has put forward. According to Judge Arun Subramanian,

07:35the juror began experiencing vertigo, prompting his partner to alert the court. As this individual was a

07:40regular juror and not an alternate, the judge ruled there was no way to proceed with testimony for the

07:45day. One of the jurors was actually on the way this morning to report for duty for the trial and

07:51was experiencing vertigo symptoms, was not able to go and obviously sit in the courtroom all day. So

07:56the judge said, hey, let's press pause and we will try and pick things up again tomorrow.

08:01When the prosecution inquired whether the illness was likely to be temporary,

08:05Judge Subramanian responded that it appeared to be a sudden issue.

08:08I guess thankfully they were actually a bit ahead of schedule, which is kind of surprising,

08:14you know, given that everything seems to run slow, nothing is ahead of schedule,

08:17but they were actually ahead of schedule here. So before we continue, be sure to subscribe to our

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08:32and switch on notifications. Trial timeline update. The federal trafficking and racketeering trial of

08:40Sean Diddy Combs, which began on May 12, 2025, is finally nearing its conclusion after six weeks of

08:47explosive testimony. She says that Combs showed up to her apartment early in the morning with a gun

08:52and kidnapped her. Although the proceedings were briefly delayed due to an ill juror, momentum has resumed

08:58and, according to prosecutors, they are preparing to rest their case as early as Monday, June 22nd.

09:03The jury is seeing inside the world of Sean Diddy Combs, viewing receipts and intimate videos as the

09:09prosecution wraps up its case. Their final witness is Brendan Paul, a former assistant to Combs who has

09:15taken the stand to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights. However, Judge Arun Subramanian has since

09:21signed an immunity order compelling Paul to testify. We expect him to testify about providing drugs to

09:26Sean Combs. Once the prosecution concludes, the defense will have their turn to present its case.

09:32And while they will call witnesses of their own, sources have told People Magazine that Sean Combs

09:37will not be one of them, as he is not expected to testify. The defense's case is projected to take

09:42place over the course of two to five days. The defense is going to put on a number of witnesses,

09:47especially an expert to combat Dr. Hughes' testimony, that expert in sex trauma. And that,

09:52I think, is going to become a very large point of contention, this battle of the experts as to

09:56is Cassie and Jane, are they victims of sexual assault, or is it something else?

10:02After that, both sides will deliver closing arguments before it's handed over to the jury,

10:07where deliberations will begin immediately. And with no set deadline, jurors will be granted as

10:13much time as necessary to render a verdict in one of the most closely watched celebrity trials in

10:18recent memory. If convicted on all charges, Sean Combs faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

10:25Are you keeping up with the federal trial of Sean Diddy Combs? What's been the most surprising

10:30moment for you over the past six weeks? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.

10:34The New York Times, the AP reported that one person wince and another person actually took the headphones off.

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