Diddy admits abuse – but will it be enough to convict him?

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Diddy admits abuse – but will it be enough to convict him?

2025-06-24 01:33:03

Madeleine Halbert

BBC News, New York

Reuters, a planning drawing of Mr. Coms, who listens to the court while Mrs. Ventura is witnessingReuters

Mr. Coms’s lawyers have not yet submitted their case, but they must defend a customer who has already admitted to home abuse

New York Public Prosecutors is scheduled to rest in their case in the trial of sexual tracking and renovation for weeks of rapper Sean “Deddy”.

The 55 -year -old music pole is accused of using his strength as a leader of the business empire to facilitate sex trafficking for women and hide his crimes.

Mr. Combs admitted domestic violence – but he admitted that he was not guilty of the prosecution charges, some of which depend on the laws that were once aimed at the heads of mobs to try to overthrow it.

The defense has not yet prepared its case – which was said by Mr. Coms’s lawyers, will take only two days.

Meanwhile, the general prosecutors called for more than 30 witnesses, including her ex -boyfriend to Mr. Combs, musician Casandra Ventura, rapper Kid Cody, who was once historically historian Ventura – as well as former assistants, security guards at the hotel and others who witnessed the ill -treatment of Mr. Combs.

Legal experts say that their certificates helped the prosecutors to submit a convincing case to a 12 -jurisprudence committee – but the conviction of all charges remains far from being guaranteed.

Below are some of the main aspects of the case – potential weaknesses in prosecution arguments.

Help Cassi and “Jin” in building a sex tracking issue

The main witness of the prosecutors was Mrs. Ventura, musician and music known as Cassi. She witnessed for several days about her 11 -year -old abusive relationship with MR Combs.

Mrs. Ventura witnessed over eight months through tears, and testifies that Mr. Combs won and forced her to the so -called phrase of insult, during which she was working on male companions while watching and photographing him.

Prosecutors claim that Mr. Combs has used drugs, violence, and to pressure many women in unwanted sexual confrontations with male accompanying.

The testimony of Mrs. Ventura – who was delivered when she was a weeks away from birth – was very important to the case of prosecutors that Mr. Combs committed sex trafficking, a charge of life imprisonment in prison.

Some of the strongest evidence was a video of Monitoring for Mr. Compass, hitting Mrs. Ventura in the hallway in a hotel during a horrific operation, and the testimony of a security guard in the hotel said that Mr. Combs offered him money to get rid of the tape. Prosecutors also showed pictures of Mrs. Ventura’s many injuries, claiming that the rapper’s abuse.

Mrs. Ventura was not the only friend to witness. Lawyers also called “Jin”, who witnessed under a pseudonym and shared similar stories on how to click on them in insults, or what he called “hotel nights”.

How does it appear inside the trial of the courtroom

But jury also showed loving text messages sent by Mrs. Ventura and Jin to Mr. Comes, including some of them expressed their interest in participating in sex.

Jennifer Pidel, a former public prosecutor in the southern province of New York, said the public has become more familiar with domestic violence and the fact that women may feel that she is obliged to stay in abusive relationships.

Mrs. Bidel suggested that a mixture of loving messages and coercive allegations may be difficult to collect jury.

She said that the case of Mr. Combs “may not be clean as the jury might want to do so.”

What is more complicated by their case, the public prosecutors lost a third alleged victim who were hoping to witness, after they were not able to contact her.

Nima Al -Rahmiya, former federal public prosecutor, said that the loss of an alleged victim may harm the case, because the prosecution benefited from the existence of multiple certificates.

“The jury may believe one victim, but it is really difficult for them to believe many,” he said.

Lawyers sought to prove a “criminal institution”

Mr. Combes faces a serious charge of equality with blackmail, as public prosecutors claimed that he relied on loyal employees to manage a “criminal institution” to facilitate sexual assault on women and conceal his behavior.

The influential Racketeer law and corrupt organizations (RICO) were originally created to confront the heads of mobs, but it has been used since then in other cases, including the trial that follows sex for the disgraceful sin singer R Kelly, who was convicted.

During the trial, the prosecutors sparked a certificate from Mr. Combs employees about the establishment of cleaning and cleaning operations, in addition to bringing drugs during the meetings.

The government also accused Mr. Coms of using his criminal project to commit deliberate burning. Rapper Kid Kody witnessed that Mr. Combs set fire to Porsche because the singer was angry at him due to the dating of Mrs. Ventura.

Mrs. Bidel said it is easier for prosecutors to prove more sexual trafficking elements than blackmail due to the many technical parts of the blackmail, including the participation of others and entities.

The former public prosecutor added: “It is difficult to simplify complex legal concepts into a language that ordinary people of all different backgrounds understand.”

But if the jury already concludes that Mr. Compass is a “bad man”, it may be likely to acquire him only because of a specific component of the complex legal charge, said Mitchell, Epner, the criminal defense lawyer.

“In my experience, jury tends to fix a story and then harmonize the facts to match this story,” said Mr. Ebiner.

After that, the defense – will Mr. Coms take the situation?

It is now the lawyers of Mr. Coms who will take their place on the platform.

They faced a dilemma: whether to allow their customer to take the situation. This week, his lawyers said they will not call any witnesses, which means that the music pole will not witness.

Legal experts said that if he had, the entire case could have reached his statements.

Al -Rahbani said that such a situation will be fraught with risk for rapper, as he will have to address many allegations of violence, which have been photographed by some incidents.

The prominent defendants in criminal trials usually do not take the situation, in order to avoid opening themselves to interrogation.

Lawyers said that during the interrogation of the government witnesses, the lawyers of Mr. Combs already scored some victories.

During a gene, for example, they tried to paint the witness as a person who sometimes looked with an agency in her relationship with Mr. Coms, Mr. Ebiner said.

In the end, Ms. Bidel said, unlikely that the lawyers of Mr. Combs will try to distort many individual witnesses who have witnessed the misconduct of rapper – after all, he already admitted some misconduct.

Instead, lawyers will try to try to get rid of a broader conspiracy case to reduce and smuggle sex.

She said: “The prosecution has put on a really convincing group of facts that it will be difficult for the defense to compete.” “So I think the defense will be about whether these facts meet the legal elements.”

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