By GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER and DANIEL BATES AT THE DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN FEDERAL COURTHOUSE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial for sex trafficking and racketeering is entering its fifth week on Monday in New York City after the court heard chilling voice notes from the rapper.
The disgraced music mogul, 55, is facing life in prison if convicted of the claims that he used his fame and money to coerce women and employees into sexual and criminal activities for two decades.
His ex-girlfriend, who is testifying under the pseudonym of Jane, will be back on the stand after telling the jury last week that she was forced to participate in frequent sexual performances with male sex workers to please Diddy.
Jane’s testimony, which is likely to continue deep into next week, is identical in many ways to the four-day testimony in the trial’s first week by Cassie. Jane said she never wanted to have sex with other men but did it to please Diddy because she loved him.
Diddy has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers concede he could be violent, but he denies using threats or his music industry clout to commit abuse.
LISTEN: Diddy berates ex after she declines ‘freak off,’ tells her to ‘get on her job’
Prosecutors played an audio note from 2023 where Diddy tells Jane to ‘get on her job’ after she said she was not available for a freak off.
‘I’m about to really disappear on you, you feel me?’ the annoyed mogul said on the voice note, adding that Jane had a ‘rude awakening’ coming to her.
‘You better get on your job, that’s all it is,’ he said. ‘Because you got me on my job.’
Jane said she understood her job to be keeping Diddy happy, which included having sex with male escorts as the mogul watched.
Diddy’s ‘job,’ meanwhile was providing financial support for Jane by providing her $10,000 a month.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs tells courtroom artist he looks like a ‘koala’ in sketches
On Thursday, the gray-bearded hip-hop mogul turned to face courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg in the first row to make an unusual request.
‘Soften me up a bit, you’re making me look like a koala bear,’ Combs said, according to Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, a well-known sketch artist, has been documenting the proceedings for Reuters in Manhattan federal court, where photography and video recording are prohibited.
Diddy is not the first high-profile defendant to remark on Rosenberg’s depictions of them.
Earlier this year, Rudy Giuliani told Rosenberg she had made him look like his dog.
And in 2023, Donald Trump Jr. had a blunt request for Rosenberg during a civil fraud trial over his family’s real estate business: ‘Make me look sexy.’
Dr Phil reveals stunning prosecution error and hidden ‘poison’ that everyone has missed
Just four weeks into the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and I want to prepare you for the possibility that these proceedings could come to a sudden, screeching halt.
I spent most of my professional career around courtrooms as a consultant for trial attorneys, instructing them, not on the legal aspects of cases, but on the human elements, specifically how jurors responded to their arguments.
At this moment in the Combs trial – with the prosecution expected to wrap up its arguments in the coming days – I question whether the jury has been presented with enough evidence to reasonably expect them to find a legal basis to convict.
And for that reason, I predict the judge may be tempted to essentially throw the case out of court.
Read Dr Phil’s full analysis here:
Judge to rule on Diddy’s second mistrial motion
On Saturday, Diddy’s legal team filed a letter requesting the trial be dismissed following a testimony from Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie’s friend and fashion designer, Bryana Bongolan.
Combs’ lawyers have argued that the prosecution knowingly allowed the false testimony to be given because they had seen receipts showing the mogul was in the east coast at the time.
On Monday, judge Subramanian said he will wait for the prosecution to answer to the defense’s motion, and he will have an answer on Tuesday.
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Diddy trial live: Hear chilling voice notes mogul sent ‘victim’ after she denied twisted ‘freak off’