5 Final Diddy Trial Bombshells

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The shocking final week of Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal trafficking trial revealed disturbing evidence and crucial testimony. Join us as we break down the key moments, including explicit video evidence, damning financial records, and revealing text messages. From Special Agent Cerciello's testimony to the defense's strategic counter-moves, we cover all the major developments in this high-profile case.

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00:00Soon a jury of eight men and four women will be handed the case after hearing from 34 witnesses

00:05and examining more than a thousand pieces of evidence. Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're

00:09breaking down the shocking revelations and occurrences from the seventh and final week

00:13of Sean Diddy Combs's federal trafficking trial. Warning, certain information contains distressing

00:19details. They heard a voice note of him saying, hey, we're out of baby oil. Special agent takes

00:25the stand. The prosecution's final witness, a special agent with Homeland Security returning

00:31to the stand. Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Joseph Cercello continued his

00:36testimony on the 28th day of Sean Combs's federal trial. He confirmed the existence of numerous

00:41explicit videos involving Combs, Jane, a pseudonymous accuser who dated Diddy from 2021 to 2024, and

00:48various other men. They were known as freak-offs, hotel nights, or wild king nights, and there was

00:54one including just weeks before Combs's arrest there. The jury viewed more than 12 minutes of

01:00these videos, which spanned dates from late 2021 through 2022, and were referenced in prosecution

01:06summary charts. They're trying to show the sexual acts in the videos are the result of a coordinated

01:11criminal activity by Combs and multiple people who worked for him. Cercello also reviewed detailed

01:17records from multiple trips Jane took with Combs, including flights, hotel stays, and credit card

01:22transactions often funded by Combs's company, Bad Boy Entertainment, or staff. One September

01:282023 trip to New York included hotel bookings for Jane and an entertainer named Sly, with Jane receiving

01:34$5,000 from Combs's account manager. He's giving us the text messages, the flight logs, the hotel

01:40reservations, and how we all connect in real time. Additional messages and booking records from that

01:45period show Diddy coordinating logistics with his staff, inquiring about escorts through the company

01:50Cowboys for Angels, and organizing hotel stays. Because to prosecutors, this is the case. It's the

01:57hotel invoices, the travel arrangements, the receipts for damages paid to the hotel rooms,

02:03the arranging of male escorts and booking them with Cowboys for Angels. For a January 2023 hotel night in

02:11Los Angeles, Combs was seen arranging for three entertainers, sending Jane $15,000 and discussing plans

02:18for the evening. Records also show texts between Jane and Diddy ahead of an October 2023 sobriety

02:24party, with Jane expressing alleged emotional distress and reluctance to engage in the X-rated

02:29activities. Combs has denied running a criminal enterprise and has pleaded not guilty to charges

02:34in his racketeering and sex trafficking trial. He has said the relationships were consensual.

02:40Cross-examination of special agent. The day began with the defense finishing their cross-examination of

02:45the government's last witness, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent. During cross-examination

02:51of special agent Joseph Cercello, defense attorney Tenny Garagos reviewed a September 2023 invoice from

02:58Sean Diddy Combs' travel management company that listed flight expenses for Jane and the entertainer

03:02known as Sly, noting that the invoice identified Combs personally rather than one of his businesses.

03:07And there was a moment, too, when the federal agent was asked about bank records that showed that even

03:14though one of Combs' business accounts paid for some of the freak-off supplies, that account was

03:21reimbursed by one of Combs' personal accounts. Garagos questioned Cercello about the scope of the

03:27prosecution's summary chart, which he confirmed primarily covered events before April 2023, when Combs

03:33began paying Jane's rent and acknowledged there may have been additional interactions not included.

03:38Jurors are really going to have to wrestle with the fact that he's paying her legal fees, he's paying

03:43her rent present day while she's pretty much testifying against him. Garagos highlighted text messages omitted

03:51from the summary. In one exchange, Jane responded to a message from Combs about seeing him and

03:56entertainer Paul because she was aroused. She went on to describe desired X-rated acts involving both men.

04:02Jane was a willing participant. She was the one, in some cases, who was arranging for the male

04:08escorts for these nights in hotels. She was the one that Sean Combs tasked to keep things secret

04:15from some of his employees. Additional messages showed Jane sending explicit messages to entertainer

04:21Sly and expressing interest in seeing him. She sent sentiments of affection, including, quote,

04:27getting flashbacks, accompanied by a drooling emoji. A prosecution witness went through hours

04:33of text messages and the federal agent reading them out in deadpan, even some of the raunchier ones

04:40containing sexual instructions or desires and eggplant emojis and heart emojis. And it was pretty

04:49tough for the jury to stay awake. The jury was shown more explicit videos by the defense,

04:53totaling over five minutes. Invoices paid from Combs's personal bank account to his travel

04:58management company were introduced, covering travel and accommodations for Jane and entertainers

05:03tied to hotel nights. The jury would also view an additional six minutes plus of explicit video

05:08footage of Jane from July to August 2024. The jury has watched more than 40 minutes of explicit clips

05:14during the trial. They've seen flight records, text messages, and these photos from his Los Angeles

05:20home, which shows bottles and bottles of baby oil. Rule 29 motion. The prosecution rested.

05:26Defense attorneys moved for an automatic verdict of acquittal. Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro

05:32filed a Rule 29 motion for a judgment of acquittal on all counts against Sean Diddy Combs,

05:37arguing that the prosecution failed to meet its burden of proof. As soon as the government rested its case,

05:42Sean Diddy Combs's legal team immediately jumped in, asking the judge to find Combs not guilty.

05:47Specifically, she contended that the government did not establish a racketeering conspiracy involving

05:52Combs, noting that he allegedly concealed the nature of his sexual activities from his own

05:56employees, including former chief of staff Christina Coram. Shapiro further claimed that the evidence

06:02presented was insufficient to support the trafficking charges related to both Jane and Cassie Ventura.

06:07In response, prosecutor Christy Slavik maintained that the trial record provides more than enough

06:12basis to allow the case to proceed to the jury. Three alleged victims, seven former Combs employees,

06:18four hotel workers, two celebrities, and two male escorts. The judge stated he would reserve his

06:24decision on the motion. After about an hour of arguing, the judge was like, the judge asked the

06:29prosecution, do you have a response? Their response was probably less than two minutes. And what the judge

06:35said, well, I'm going to reserve it until the end of the case. Diddy not testifying.

06:39It was the first time, albeit without the jury in the room, that Sean Combs has spoken during his

06:45trial. Outside the presence of the jury, the judge addressed Sean Diddy Combs regarding his decision

06:50not to testify in his own defense. When asked how he was feeling, Combs responded, quote,

06:55I'm doing great, Your Honor, and took a moment to thank the judge, prompting a chuckle and appreciative

07:00response from the bench. I'm doing great, Your Honor. I've been wanting to tell you thank you.

07:04You're doing an excellent job. This is the first time I've seen these words. A little unusual,

07:10I think, for a defendant to thank the judge. The judge confirmed that Combs understood his

07:15right not to testify and that no negative inference could be drawn from that choice.

07:19Combs affirmed that it was his personal decision not to take the stand.

07:23The burden does not exist with Sean Combs. He has a Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself,

07:27and you cannot use that against him. The judge will give that explanation to the jury,

07:31and they will begin to consider this case from the standpoint of, did the government prove their

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07:52The defense rests. After 28 days of graphic testimony from nearly three dozen witnesses,

07:58both sides resting today in the sex trafficking and racketeering trial against Sean Diddy Combs.

08:04As part of the defense's case, Sean Diddy Combs' attorney, Anna Esteval, read a series of text

08:09messages between Combs and Cassie Ventura into the record, which showed the two discussing plans

08:14for a freak-off in a seemingly positive tone. Before the day ended, the defense read several

08:18exchanges of text messages between Ventura and Combs that expressed her love for him,

08:23even after years of what federal prosecutors argued was coerced sex with male escorts.

08:27Defense attorney Tenny Garagos also presented a stipulation outlining statements or omissions

08:32made by witnesses during pre-trial interviews. According to the stipulation, several key witnesses

08:38reportedly did not make certain claims during early meetings with law enforcement. For example,

08:43Dawn Richard did not initially report that Combs threatened her by saying people,

08:47quote, go missing if they speak out. Anonymous witness Mia did not say in her first three

08:52meetings that Combs initiated sexual contact with her. And Brianna Bongolin did not initially

08:57claim that Combs said he could, quote, kill her during a photo shoot. By the end of Tuesday,

09:02June 24th, the defense rested its case. Sean Combs has maintained his innocence throughout,

09:07and his attorneys are resting the defense case without calling any witnesses, seemingly confident

09:13they've raised enough doubt among jurors that what they've heard for the last seven weeks amounts to

09:18ex-girlfriends complaining about regretful sex. Who do you think made the stronger case in Sean Diddy

09:25Combs's federal trial? The prosecution or the defense? Let us know your thoughts in the comments

09:30below. Our criminal justice system is based on being judged by a jury of your peers, not by a judge.

09:35And so the judge is going to probably forego making a decision on this case and allow the jury to decide

09:40and then move from there.

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