Jury begins deliberations in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

Deliberations are formally underway within the intercourse trafficking and racketeering case towards Sean “Diddy” Combs because the decide turned the case over to the jury on Monday morning.

Combs has spent the final six weeks on trial within the Southern District of New York as the federal government sought to show he was on the helm of a “felony enterprise,” utilizing his workers to assist commit a number of crimes. He was accused of intercourse trafficking, kidnapping, tried arson, bribery, witness tampering, and possession with intent to distribute illicit medication.

The disgraced music mogul has pleaded not responsible to the 5 counts towards him.

A lot of the trial centered on Combs’ need for “freak offs,” or drug-fueled sexual encounters with employed escorts, typically lasting for days at a time.

He is additionally dealing with two costs of transportation to interact in prostitution along with two costs of intercourse trafficking and one depend of racketeering.

Combs’ protection downplayed the extent of his felony exercise, telling the jury that they admitted that Combs was responsible of home violence. However his authorized staff framed the “freak offs” as consensual sexual exercise inside the confines of difficult private relationships.